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  • March 9, 2007 |

    City giants land plum outsourcing mandate

    Lovells and Slaughter and May have landed lead roles on a major outsourcing deal between insurance giants Aviva and Swiss Re. Lovells is advising longstanding client Swiss Re on an agreement that sees the administration of three million life and pension policies held by Norwich Union Life - the UK life business of Aviva - transfer to the Zurich-based insurance giant from October 2007.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    College v BPP in showdown for City LPC prize

    BPP Law School faces losing trophy client the City Legal Practice Course (LPC) consortium after it announced last week that it was putting its contract out to tender. The law school will now have to battle it out against arch rival the College of Law to keep hold of the five-firm contract with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith, Lovells and Norton Rose.

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  • March 7, 2007 |

    Bredin Prat boosts finance with ex-Orrick hire

    Slaughter and May best friend Bredin Prat has hired former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Paris managing partner Raphaele Courtier as the firm looks to build its finance capabilities. Courtier, who joined the Paris leader last week (1 March), was a partner in Orrick's finance practice. She was appointed to head Orrick's Paris arm in July 2004, before handing the role over at the end of 2005.

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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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