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  • September 24, 2007 | International Edition

    BPP handed degree-giving breakthrough

    BPP Law School has been granted degree-awarding status in a move that makes the group the UK's first private-sector company able to award the qualification. The school, together with BPP Business School, was awarded the powers by the Privy Council after an 18-month review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

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  • September 24, 2007 |

    BPP handed degree-giving breakthrough

    BPP Law School has been granted degree-awarding status in a move that makes the group the UK's first private-sector company able to award the qualification. The school, together with BPP Business School, was awarded the powers by the Privy Council after an 18-month review by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Martin loses out on Thomson-Reuters top GC role

    Lauded Reuters general counsel Rosemary Martin has been overlooked for the top post-merger legal job at Thomson-Reuters in favour of Thomson's legal director, Deirdre Stanley.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Olswang checks out £562m hotel sell-off

    Olswang has landed a role opposite Slaughter and May on the £562m sell-off of Dawnay Shore Hotels' (DSH's) portfolio to Spanish operator Barcelo.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    A&O claims Centrica coup with rare M&A role

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a rare corporate mandate for FTSE 100 client Centrica on its $486.4m (£242m) acquisition of energy company Newfield UK Holdings. A&O corporate partners Mark Dighero and Anna Buscall led the team advising Centrica, assisted by tax partner Brenda Coleman. The firm advised alongside Centrica energy general counsel Peter Roberts and legal counsel Sarah Townson.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    DLA Piper, Slaughters lead Virgin Megastores MBO

    DLA Piper and Slaughter and May have won the key advisory roles on the high-profile management buy-out (MBO) of entertainment retail giant Virgin Megastores UK and its sister chain in Ireland. DLA Piper advised the Virgin Megastores management team, which was led by managing director Steve Peckham, on a deal that will create the largest independent entertainment retailer in the UK and Ireland.

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 19/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Jones Day, Weil Gotshal and Slaughters among the movers and shakers

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  • September 18, 2007 |

    Bonelli revamps pay as new chief Saravalle steps in

    Slaughter and May ally Bonelli Erede Pappalardo has overhauled its payment structure and appointed a new managing partner, as the Italian independent moves to resolve succession issues. The remuneration changes, which were voted in at a partnership meeting last week (10 September), will see the Italian leader change its profit-sharing model to place less emphasis on individual performance and institutionalise its structure.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Partner alternatives gaining acceptance at top City firms

    Nearly two-thirds of major City firms have introduced partnership alternatives, according to Legal Week research, which shows many law firms are still wrestling with 20%-plus associate attrition rates.

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  • September 13, 2007 |

    Links tops law firms in graduate employer poll

    Law firms continue to lag accountancy giants and corporate employers in the opportunities they offer UK graduates, according to a recent poll by The Times. Linklaters was placed highest of 11 law firms to feature in the newspaper's latest annual top 100 list of the UK's leading graduate employers, compiled from interviews with more than 17,000 new graduates to leave university this summer.

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