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…
A NewDay: CC and Slaughters win roles on Cinven and CVC’s latest purchase Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC), Slaughter and May and Jones Day have taken lead advisory roles on the acquisition of consumer finance…
Gibson Dunn and Slaughters act for William Hill in latest gamble for gaming consolidation Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Slaughter and May and Ashurst have all won roles advising William Hill and Canadian online gaming…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October 2016 Legal Business CC and Davis Polk On $8bn China IPO: Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Postal Savings Bank of China on its…
The rise of the machines: Slaughters latest to join rush to embrace artificial intelligence Legal Business Matthew Field reports on the latest from Global 100 players in legal tech Long regarded as the most conservative of…
South African sell-down: Slaughters leads as GSK exits Aspen Pharmacare Legal Business Slaughter and May, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Bowman Gilfillan advised GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on the sale of its remaining…
