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  • May 9, 2007 |

    City duo boost as M&A soars to record level

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) are among a raft of firms to benefit this week from two major M&A mandates worth more than $10bn (£5bn), as research shows 2007 is on course to smash all deal records.

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  • May 9, 2007 |

    Andrew Clark: Judges are not deal brokers

    Have the high charges of City litigation practices, as some in the judiciary believe, slaughtered the goose that laid the golden egg? The number of claims issued in the Commercial Court fell from 1,808 in 1999 to 979 in 2006 (during the same period, the total number of High Court Queen's Bench Division claims fell even more dramatically - 10,317 to 3,958).

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  • May 8, 2007 |

    Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

    Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.

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  • May 8, 2007 | International Edition

    Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

    Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.

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  • May 8, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 8/5/2007

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; and recent posts on Slaughters, Freshfields and SJ Berwin partner John Eldridge.

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  • May 3, 2007 | International Edition

    Accountants edge out lawyers in Companies Act client race

    Accountants are beating lawyers in the race to support clients on the controversial Companies Act, according to new research, as advisers scramble to react to the sweeping governance reforms. A survey of more than 200 businesses across the UK has revealed that 60% of all business directors that have sought advice on the Companies' Act have turned to their accountant rather than a lawyer. The study, carried out on behalf of Leeds Legal, a partnership of Leeds' law firms, questioned small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about the Act, parts of which will come into force in October.

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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Accountants edge out lawyers in Companies Act client race

    Accountants are beating lawyers in the race to support clients on the controversial Companies Act, according to new research, as advisers scramble to react to the sweeping governance reforms. A survey of more than 200 businesses across the UK has revealed that 60% of all business directors that have sought advice on the Companies' Act have turned to their accountant rather than a lawyer. The study, carried out on behalf of Leeds Legal, a partnership of Leeds' law firms, questioned small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about the Act, parts of which will come into force in October.

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  • May 3, 2007 |

    Norton Rose snaps up Orrick Paris tax chief

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's respected Paris tax head, Stephane Salou, is joining Norton Rose in a coup for the top 15 UK firm. Salou, who spent a period at the helm of Orrick's Paris office and is highly rated in the French market, will join the City firm's local office on 9 May.

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  • May 2, 2007 | International Edition

    Path to partner at top firms gets longer despite booming City scene

    The wait for partnership is getting longer at the UK's leading firms, according to research by Legal Week, which shows it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. The partnership track has increased in length each year for top City lawyers during the last four years, despite the fact that a number of firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Path to partner at top firms gets longer despite booming City scene

    The wait for partnership is getting longer at the UK's leading firms, according to research by Legal Week, which shows it took 8.7 years on average for lawyers to make partner this year, compared with 8.1 years in 2004. The partnership track has increased in length each year for top City lawyers during the last four years, despite the fact that a number of firms, including Ashurst, Lovells and Herbert Smith, saw a significant drop in the time it took to make partner this year.

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