Slaughters’ leadership race starts as senior partner Chris Saul confirms plans to stand down and retire Legal Business22 June 2015Law firm management Part of a wider changing of the guard, Slaughter and May is preparing to elect a new senior partner following partners being informed that incumbent Chris Saul (pictured) is to step down from the position and retire from the Magic Circle firm.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 categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsSlaughters, Gibson Dunn lead on Daily Mail’s £500m Telegraph Media Group acquisition‘I’ve never seen anything like it’ – what’s driving Hong Kong’s IPO boom?‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner