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Updated: Crunch time – Pannone partners face imminent vote on Slater & Gordon acquisition

Pannone’s ongoing discussions with Australian-listed Slater & Gordon (S&G) over the sale of its consumer services and personal injury (PI) practice are coming to a head, with an equity partnership vote originally scheduled for next Tuesday (12 November) now put back until 19 November.

Should the Manchester-based firm’s partnership approve the business sale agreement – which requires a 75% vote – the firm’s board will now meet on 25 November to exchange agreements. Until today (8 November) that date had been set at Friday 15 November.

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