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  • August 14, 2007 |

    Quintet of firms ties up £8bn ICI takeover

    A raft of international firms has advised on the £8bn takeover of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) by Dutch rival Akzo Nobel. Sullivan & Cromwell has joined De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Slaughter and May advising Akzo.

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  • August 14, 2007 | International Edition

    Quintet of firms ties up £8bn ICI takeover

    A raft of international firms has advised on the £8bn takeover of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) by Dutch rival Akzo Nobel. Sullivan & Cromwell has joined De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Slaughter and May advising Akzo.

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  • August 9, 2007 | International Edition

    BPP law school outpaces group in H1 results

    BPP Law School has outperformed the rest of the BPP training group over the first half of this year, announcing a 17% increase in turnover and an increase in profitability of nearly 50%. The school released its unaudited results for the first six months of this year ending 30 June today (9 August), with turnover up from £16.65m for the equivalent period last year to a new mark of £19.5m.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    BPP law school outpaces group in H1 results

    BPP Law School has outperformed the rest of the BPP training group over the first half of this year, announcing a 17% increase in turnover and an increase in profitability of nearly 50%. The school released its unaudited results for the first six months of this year ending 30 June today (9 August), with turnover up from £16.65m for the equivalent period last year to a new mark of £19.5m.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Freshfields Germany ups associate pay

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bumped up its pay for German associates by €10,000 (£6,800) while also introducing a performance-related bonus that could see some first-years trouser in excess of €100,000 (£68,000), Legal Week can exclusively reveal. The magic circle giant previously paid first-year associates in Germany a base salary of between €80,000 (£54,000) and €95,000 (£64,600). However, from 1 November the firm will fork out between €90,000 (£61,000) and €100,000 to its junior lawyers.

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  • August 9, 2007 | International Edition

    Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal

    Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal

    Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Bristol law institute puts London plans on hold in wake of BPP's City LPC win

    The Bristol Institute of Legal Practice looks set to delay plans to open in London after missing out on the City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium contract last week.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Slaughters updates exit terms for departing partners

    Slaughter and May partners wanting to retire or leave the City firm are now no longer required to obtain consent to do so under changes ushered in by the firm.

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Black sabbatical

    Summertime (you know, the muggy bit between downpours of biblical severity) is here - and that means sabbatical season. Big-hitters including Linklaters capital markets chief Nick Eastwell and Slaughter and May corporate sharpshooter Andy Ryde are among those taking an extended break, as is Olswang media guru David Zeffman.

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