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  • August 2, 2007 |

    Cohen Milstein eyes BA price-fixing class action

    US class action specialist Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll is gearing up for major class actions against British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic for their roles in a price-fixing cartel. Washington DC partner Michael Hausfeld is spearheading the Cohen Milstein team, which hopes to file suits in the US and the UK in the next 60 days.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Magic circle giants lead way in Deutsche Germany review

    Deutsche Bank has named magic circle quartet Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May best friend Hengeler Mueller on its German panel.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Freshfields secures key BAE role on VT shipbuilding tie-up

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed the lead roles as defence contractors BAE Systems and VT Group merge their shipbuilding operations to create the UK's leading provider of surface warships.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Banks call in big guns in response to OFT charges

    A raft of law firms have bagged roles representing banks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a claim last week in relation to overdraft charges. Clifford Chance is advising Barclays, Slaughter and May is advising Nationwide and Addleshaw Goddard has been instructed by Clydesdale. Ashurst, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have also won roles advising Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds TSB respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

    1 minute read

  • 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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