Magic Circle pay watch: Links edges up associate salaries, Slaughters holds and CC gets coy Georgiana Tudor Pay rises continue to ripple through the top-end legal services market despite the uncertain outlook for the City. The latest…
Gibson Dunn, Latham, Slaughters win roles on Ensco’s $839m buyout of Houston’s Oceanics Madeleine Farman Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Latham & Watkins and Slaughter and May have won places advising on London-based offshore drilling contractor…
‘Some firms do it very well’: Top City outfits embrace flexible working Madeleine Farman The City’s leading firms have formally embraced flexible working, with the percentage of fee-earners working part-time at the top ten…
The quality of life report: Pursuits – Steve Cooke, Slaughter and May Legal Business ‘We have a reasonable word-of-mouth reputation as purveyors of miserable music for gut-wrenching films.’ Many City lawyers have outside…
Linklaters wins Bovis mandate over Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons advise bidders Legal Business In response to a pair of competing takeover bids, Linklaters won the mandate to advise the target Bovis Homes, taking…
Magic Circle duo land £2.2bn energy deal as antitrust concerns surface Legal Business Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles as UK energy services giant Wood Group is to acquire its…
Linklaters takes Bovis mandate from Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons line up on builders takeover talks Legal Business Linklaters has won a mandate to lead takeover defence for FTSE 250 housebuilder Bovis Homes, advising on merger bids from…
Slaughters takes 5% stake in Luminance as firms commit to legal AI Legal Business While there has been no shortage of firms announcing partnerships with legal AI providers, Slaughter and May has gone a…
A&O and CC take spots as Bradford & Bingley loans sold by Slaughters Treasury client Georgiana Tudor Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) have all picked up advisory roles in the UK government’s…
City elite reduce partnership rounds as Slaughters makes up seven and Macfarlanes three Legal Business After making its first ever lateral hire in London last month, Slaughter and May has strengthened its London bench with…
Slaughters dials in on latest Vodafone deal as telco moves to create India’s largest communications operator Legal Business Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), S&R Associates, Vaish Associates Advocates and Bharucha & Partners all gained mandates as…
Repeat business: Slaughters and Linklaters act as Wood Group to take over Amec in £5bn deal Legal Business Slaughter and May and Linklaters gained advisory roles as energy services group Amec Foster Wheeler agreed to a £2.2bn takeover…
Refreshing the ranks: Magic Circle firms freshen up practice area leadership Legal Business Slaughter and May is changing heads in three practice areas: dispute resolution, outsourcing, technology, intellectual property (IP) and sport, and…
Breaking the mould: Slaughters bolsters pensions practice with first-ever London lateral Legal Business HSF’s Schaffer to join Magic Circle firm later this year After first breaking its duck three years ago in Hong…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2017 Legal Business SLAUGHTERS TAKES LEAD ON PHARMA MEGA DEAL Slaughter and May has acted opposite Cravath, Swaine & Moore as Johnson &…
Freshfields, Slaughters and Maclays act as Standard Life absorbs rival for £3.8bn Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Maclay Murray & Spens have won roles on Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset…
Slaughters makes surprise pensions play with first ever London lateral hire Legal Business Slaughter and May announced today (17 February) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills‘ head of pensions Dan Schaffer, in…
Money machines: SFO spending on AI tops Slaughters as investigators use software in Rolls-Royce case Matthew Field The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is using artificial intelligence technology from RAVN Systems to work on its most important cases…
Slaughters and Cravath pick up roles on $30bn Johnson & Johnson bid for Actelion Legal Business A string of firms including Slaughter and May and Cravath, Swaine & Moore are acting on Johnson & Johnson’s $30bn…
DLA, Slaughters and CC advise on Heineken UK’s bid for Punch pubs portfolio Kathryn McCann DLA Piper, Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance (CC) have all won roles advising on Heineken UK’s proposed £403m acquisition…
