Magic Circle leads tech foray as Slaughters unveils tech incubator and Linklaters and A&O back Nivaura in $20m funding round Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has announced today (27 February) its much-anticipated legal tech incubator, Slaughter and May Collaborate, with the firm primed…
Deal watch: Big cheeses land £975m Dairy Crest deal as Slaughters acts on £1.3bn Provident hostile takeover Nathalie Tidman The UK buyout market had an uncharacteristically frenetic week with City M&A counsel taking the lead on a £1.3bn unsolicited…
Deal watch: Healthy pickings for Travers and DLA on Unilever’s £150m graze buyout as firms navigate Interserve rescue saga Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith and DLA Piper have sated their appetites on The Carlyle Group’s £150m disposal of graze while a raft of advisers…
Luminance valuation hits $100m as Slaughters stumps up in $10m investment round Thomas Alan UK legal tech leader and Slaughter and May ally Luminance has received further backing from existing investors, propelling the start-up to…
Deal watch: City and US firms defy tough M&A market with deal duo as Gateley takes the cake on Patisserie Valerie collapse Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Ashurst have defied a challenging market to take key…
Slaughters lifts associate salaries alongside performance-related bonuses Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has increased its salary rates for newly qualified (NQ) associates by £3,000, with junior associates also seeing an…
Legal tech focus: Slaughters’ tech ally Luminance makes impact but battle for City elite wages Hamish McNicol Luminance has shot to prominence unlike any other UK legal tech start-up. But Hamish McNicol finds there is still plenty…
Deal watch: Bakers and Slaughters drink in £3.1bn Horlicks acquisition as AJ Bell IPO yields dividends for Pinsents and Addleshaws Nathalie Tidman As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…
Expectations high as Thomson Reuters and Slaughters ramp up legal tech incubator competition Thomas Alan Competition for access to legal tech start-ups is heating up as global multimedia giant Thomson Reuters and City blueblood Slaughter…
Deal watch: Slaughters and Kirkland drill into giant $12bn offshore plc merger as Travers and Eversheds maximise L&G’s pensions buy-out Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have led on the $12bn combination of UK Plc offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan…
Deal watch: Rich pickings for Links as insurance and education sectors mark busy autumn for City elite Marco Cillario It has been a busy few weeks for Linklaters’ transactional team as the firm scooped spots on two multibillion pound…
Government letter reveals conditions of ex-SFO boss Green’s Slaughter and May role Tom Baker Following the much-anticipated confirmation of David Green’s move to Slaughter and May earlier this week, a government document has revealed the…
‘Natural fit’ – Slaughters confirms long-anticipated hire of ex-SFO boss Green Hamish McNicol Slaughter and May’s high-profile move for former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director David Green QC has finally been confirmed, following…
Deal watch: Slaughters leads on Wonga collapse and joins Skadden, Ashurst and CC on £3.9bn Costa deal Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has landed key roles on the high-profile collapse of payday lender Wonga and Coca-Cola’s £3.9bn acquisition of national…
Magic Circle duo goes full throttle on Aston Martin’s landmark London listing Nathalie Tidman City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of…
Deal watch: Weil and Slaughters lead on Bain’s £1.2bn esure bid as CC and RPC land House of Fraser roles Nathalie Tidman Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…
Slaughters confirms highly-symbolic legal tech incubator launch as another start-up secures $13m investment Thomas Alan The burgeoning legal technology scene has seen Slaughter and May confirm it will launch a legal technology incubator in the next…
Deal watch: Slaughters tunes into Sky bidding war as Links and Ashurst waste no opportunity on Cory Riverside disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May has been drafted in by the Walt Disney Company on its Sky News bid while Linklaters and Ashurst took the…
Slaughters’ high-profile move for ex-SFO chief hits watchdog’s review Tom Baker Slaughter and May’s high stakes move on former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director David Green QC is being held up…
Magic Circle duo secure key mandates as Novartis sells its €13bn stake to GSK Thomas Alan Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed pivotal roles on a $13bn deal which sees GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) acquire…
