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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Hengeler Mueller to advise on €7bn Siemens IPO

    Slaughter and May best friend Hengeler Mueller has secured a plum role advising German conglomerate Siemens on the initial public offering (IPO) of its €7bn (£4.7bn) car parts unit. The Munich-based company has begun gearing up for the flotation of Siemens VDO, which would be the largest German float since Deutsche Telekom's float in 1996.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Eversheds signs off first deal for Sony Ericsson with UIQ takeover

    Eversheds has closed its first corporate deal for Sony Ericsson after advising the mobile phone giant on its recent acquisition of Swedish software company UIQ Technology from Symbian.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Deals: Finance 08/03/2007

    Slaughter and May is acting for Shire on a placing and new debt facilities to finance the pharmaceutical company's $2.6bn (£1.33bn) acquisition of NASDAQ-listed…

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  • March 7, 2007 | International Edition

    Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Bonelli bids to keep young talent with pay revamp

    Bonelli Erede Pappalardo - the Italian ally of Slaughter and May - has unveiled plans to overhaul its profit-sharing model in a move that will see the firm place less emphasis on individual performance. The changes, which are subject to a partnership vote in May, are designed to reward younger partners more evenly as the firm bids to retain up-and-coming talent.

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  • March 6, 2007 |

    Ashurst joins Slaughters on £1bn Countrywide sale

    Ashurst has bagged a major role opposite Slaughter and May acting for longstanding client Countrywide on the £1bn takeover approach from US private equity group Apollo Management. Ashurst is advising Countrywide - the UK's largest estate agent - on a bid that values the group at 590p per share.

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  • March 5, 2007 |

    Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

    Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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  • March 5, 2007 | International Edition

    Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

    Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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  • March 2, 2007 | International Edition

    BPP and College of Law to fight for City LPC deal

    BPP Law School is set to battle it out against the College of Law to keep the five-firm City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium as a client. The consortium has asked current provider BPP as well as the College, the Inns of Court School of Law and Nottingham at Kaplan this week to present their ideas for a revamped LPC.

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