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…
Slaughters seeks to maintain no billable hours culture with associate pay revamp Legal Business Associates at Slaughter and May will receive salary increases of up to 10% as of January 2017 following a major…
‘A matter of efficiency’: BAT drops Linklaters from bribery probe Legal Business British American Tobacco (BAT) has picked Slaughter and May as its sole legal provider for its investigation into allegations of…
Slaughters and Addleshaws follow Simmons in developing fintech funds Legal Business Slaughter and May and Addleshaw Goddard are targeting the fintech market, following in Simmons & Simmons’ footsteps to develop funds…
Freshfields, Eversheds and Slaughters lead the pack as Brexit vote sparks record-breaking admissions to Irish roll Legal Business The number of solicitors added to Ireland’s law society roll has increased by 275% to 1,347 solicitors over the past…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in December 2016 Legal Business TRAVERS AND W&C LEAD ON LATEST BRIDGEPOINT DEAL Travers Smith advised long-time client Bridgepoint as it sold off Oasis Dental…
Nuclear windfall: Slaughters gifted with £12m fees for Hinkley Point C Kathryn McCann Slaughter and May earned £12m in fees for its government work on the controversial £18bn Hinkley Point C project, it has…
Repeat business: Slaughters and Spanish best friend act as Santander buys back its asset management arm Legal Business Slaughter and May, its best friend Uria Menendez and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have won roles advising on Santander’s…
Finance partner takes executive partner role at Slaughter and May Legal Business Slaughter and May announced today (10 November) that finance partner Paul Stacey is to be the firm’s new executive partner.…
‘Making Brexit look tame’: Slaughters heavyweight Boardman et al react as Trump rides to shock victory Kathryn McCann Still reeling from the impact of Brexit, the global legal profession is this morning coming to terms with the shock…
Rising Star: Rob Innes, Slaughter and May Legal Business Key clients: Shell, Mediclinic, RSA, Dentsu Aegis, Remgro, Priceline Partner since 2015 I went into law on gut feel. A…
Rising Star: Chris McGaffin, Slaughter and May Legal Business Key clients: ARM Holdings, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Aggreko, WS Atkins Partner since 2015 As a grammar school boy from Northern…
