Merit driven pay – Slaughter and May introduces discretionary associate bonus Legal Business Building on its decision earlier this year to introduce an element of merit to its associate pay, Slaughter and May…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients Caroline Hill As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Best year for UK IPOs since 2010 as Slaughters and Simpson Thacher bring £1bn Infinis to market Jaishree Kalia Private equity exits are turning 2013 into the best year for UK IPOs since around 2010 as Slaughter and May and Simpson…
First limb of Lloyds privatisation sees Slaughters and Freshfields win lead roles Legal Business Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won the leading roles on…
In-house: Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May lawyers take senior roles at CMA, Shell and PwC Francesca Fanshawe Magic circle lawyers have this week filled a number of senior regulatory and in-house positions, with a Slaughter and May partner…
Line up, line up: Twitter, Royal Mail and Foxtons go to market Legal Business After a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier in the year, with Esure, Countrywide and Partnership Assurance among the…
Real estate round up: Macfarlanes, HSF, Slaughter and May and Hengeler Mueller each win key commercial property mandates Legal Business It’s been a week for the traditional corporate bluebloods to shine in real estate-related work, with Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May…
The guessing game is over as Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off sees Slaughters acting opposite Macfarlanes and Wachtell Sarah Downey Intense speculation over Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its US group, whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless,…
Finance: Slaughters, Cravath and De Brauw secure Shell DCM work as Irwin Mitchell wins Wells Fargo as new client David Stevenson European corporates are showing greater reluctance than last year to tap into the debt capital markets but Royal Dutch Shell…
Deal Watch: Slaughters, Dentons, Taylor Wessing and Nabarro act on high profile European deals Legal Business Europe and particularly the UK has thrown up a number of high profile mandates from the nationally significant restructuring of…
Slaughter and May steps in for Siemens on €1.7bn sale of stake in NSN Legal Business Shearman & Sterling has led for Nokia on its €1.7bn buyout of Siemens’ stake in Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in…
Slaughters leads on Punch Taverns £2.4bn debt restructuring Francesca Fanshawe Longstanding Magic Circle client warns creditors that it could face administration Slaughter and May is advising Punch Taverns on its…
Slaughters leads on Punch Taverns £2.4bn debt restructuring as pub group warns it could face administration Legal Business Slaughter and May is advising Punch Taverns on its £2.4bn securitised debt restructuring as the UK’s largest pub company warns…
SFO to recruit 10 more barristers in defence of Tchenguiz brothers multi-million pound claim Francesca Fanshawe The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to recruit an additional 10 junior barristers to join the team involved in the…
Old normal update – Linklaters outpaces Slaughters to hike starting associate pay by £2,500 Alex Novarese A further reminder comes this week that despite much talk of the pressure on the legal market (see Comment: Things…
Comment: Slaughters bumps up lawyer pay but associate lockstep’s days are numbered Legal Business Slaughter and May today (30 April) became the first major City law firm to announce a review of its associate…
Banks could face backlash on legal panel reviews David Stevenson With the latest round of bank panel reviews in full swing, early indications show signs of a backlash from law…
Australia tempts yet another major international player Legal Business Linklaters has joined the ranks of its Magic Circle peers by moving into the Australian market via an alliance with…
Magic Circle reigns but cracks are there Pritchard In the same way the sports media has speculated long and hard these past couple of years on the ‘demise’…
