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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Elite four lead on BA's £120m price-fixing charge

    Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on the high-profile BA price-fixing investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opposite City rival Herbert Smith, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Barlett also picking up advisory roles. Competition partner William Sibree is leading the Slaughters team acting for regular corporate client BA, which was today fined a record £121.5m by the OFT after admitting speaking to Virgin Atlantic about fixing prices for fuel surcharges on long-haul passenger flights.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Elite four lead on BA's £120m price-fixing charge

    Slaughter and May has taken a lead role on the high-profile BA price-fixing investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) opposite City rival Herbert Smith, with Sullivan & Cromwell and Simpson Thacher & Barlett also picking up advisory roles. Competition partner William Sibree is leading the Slaughters team acting for regular corporate client BA, which was today fined a record £121.5m by the OFT after admitting speaking to Virgin Atlantic about fixing prices for fuel surcharges on long-haul passenger flights.

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  • July 31, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.

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  • July 31, 2007 |

    Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.

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  • July 30, 2007 | International Edition

    Emap calls in A&O to advise on sale options

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has won the lead corporate role advising Emap on a strategic review that could see the publishing company broken up. Corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne were instructed by Emap last week to advise on the review of the company's structure and assets, which include radio stations and consumer magazines including FHM and Grazia in addition to trade titles such as Retail Week and Nursing Times.

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  • July 30, 2007 |

    Emap calls in A&O to advise on sale options

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has won the lead corporate role advising Emap on a strategic review that could see the publishing company broken up. Corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne were instructed by Emap last week to advise on the review of the company's structure and assets, which include radio stations and consumer magazines including FHM and Grazia in addition to trade titles such as Retail Week and Nursing Times.

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  • July 26, 2007 | International Edition

    City giants sail in for BAE's warship JV

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed the lead roles as defence contractors BAE Systems and VT Group merge their ship-building operations to create the UK's leading provider of surface warships. Freshfields advised BAE on the establishment of the joint venture alongside the company's in-house team, with corporate partner Julian Long leading for Freshfields.

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  • July 26, 2007 |

    City giants sail in for BAE's warship JV

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed the lead roles as defence contractors BAE Systems and VT Group merge their ship-building operations to create the UK's leading provider of surface warships. Freshfields advised BAE on the establishment of the joint venture alongside the company's in-house team, with corporate partner Julian Long leading for Freshfields.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Herbert Smith leads on HK$11bn listing as Hong Kong IPO market gathers pace

    Herbert Smith is leading a raft of international firms seizing on the rush of initial public offerings (IPOs) in China and Hong Kong so far this year.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    City firms set to win big with landmark group HMRC claim

    A raft of City firms are set to win millions of pounds for clients in a group action after a landmark tax ruling against HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC).

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