Law firms Easy as Pi: Magic Circle duo acts on £615m deal as Swiss manufacturer buys Premier Farnell Matthew Field · 14 June 2016 · 2 min read Corporate and M&A Deal watch A&O Shearman Slaughter and May Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have advised on the acquisition of British electronics company Premier Farnell by Swiss manufacturing giant Dätwyler for £615m.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryWhat made the headlines this summer: the top stories you might have missedLegal Business7 Sep 2026In numbers: How Slaughters’ £110m fee haul doubles nearest rival on UK’s biggest dealsLaw firmsKate Peacock3 Sep 2026Revolving Doors: latest hires for Eversheds Sutherland, HFW and Bird & BirdLaw firmsNews Editor2 Sep 2026Kirkland trio set to rejoin Latham in latest Saudi pushLaw firmsWill Lewallen8 Sep 2026Private equity heavyweight David Walker to leave Latham after 13 yearsLaw firmsWill Lewallen8 Sep 2026US firms lead as Nvidia acquires Hugging Face for $13bnLaw firmsWill Lewallen4 Sep 2026Dealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealLaw firmsAlex Ryan15 Jan 2024Dealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loanLaw firmsAlex Ryan8 Dec 2023Deal Watch: activity powers on as Latham and A&O lead on $19bn energy joint ventureLaw firmsMegan Mayers9 Sep 2022