Magic Circle leadership: Slaughters appoints Ryde and McClean as head of corporate and finance
In a week that has seen Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer appoint firm lifer Julian Long as London managing partner, Slaughter and May today announced…
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RBS share sell-off in Direct Line gifts Allen & Overy with £1bn deal
Just under a year earlier than expected by some in the City, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) this week (26…
Slaughters adds US capability in Hong Kong as best friends become rivals
Moore becomes first lateral hire in firm’s 125-year history It had been well telegraphed but even so news that Slaughter…
DLA Piper, Slaughters and Vodafone shine in 2014 Legal Business Awards
In what has proved the largest Legal Business Awards ever held, DLA Piper, Slaughter and May and Vodafone were last…
Asia Pacific: Slaughters makes first foray into lateral market to launch US securities practice in Hong Kong
Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May has taken the unprecedented step of making a lateral hire, recruiting US securities partner…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Hefty fines: Cleary, Slaughters and CC advise on banks’ €1.7bn rate-rigging settlement
A collection of some of Europe’s strongest antitrust practices have been advising some of the world’s largest global banks as…
Merit driven pay – Slaughter and May introduces discretionary associate bonus
Building on its decision earlier this year to introduce an element of merit to its associate pay, Slaughter and May…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients
As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Slaughters teams up with Carillion law venture to cut costs for bluechip clients
As general counsel (GCs) push their advisers to think more innovatively about costs savings, Slaughter and May has begun offering…
Best year for UK IPOs since 2010 as Slaughters and Simpson Thacher bring £1bn Infinis to market
Private equity exits are turning 2013 into the best year for UK IPOs since around 2010 as Slaughter and May and Simpson…
First limb of Lloyds privatisation sees Slaughters and Freshfields win lead roles
Five years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won the leading roles on…
In-house: Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May lawyers take senior roles at CMA, Shell and PwC
Magic circle lawyers have this week filled a number of senior regulatory and in-house positions, with a Slaughter and May partner…
Line up, line up: Twitter, Royal Mail and Foxtons go to market
After a flurry of initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier in the year, with Esure, Countrywide and Partnership Assurance among the…
Real estate round up: Macfarlanes, HSF, Slaughter and May and Hengeler Mueller each win key commercial property mandates
It’s been a week for the traditional corporate bluebloods to shine in real estate-related work, with Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May…
The guessing game is over as Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off sees Slaughters acting opposite Macfarlanes and Wachtell
Intense speculation over Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its US group, whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless,…
Finance: Slaughters, Cravath and De Brauw secure Shell DCM work as Irwin Mitchell wins Wells Fargo as new client
European corporates are showing greater reluctance than last year to tap into the debt capital markets but Royal Dutch Shell…
Deal Watch: Slaughters, Dentons, Taylor Wessing and Nabarro act on high profile European deals
Europe and particularly the UK has thrown up a number of high profile mandates from the nationally significant restructuring of…
Slaughter and May steps in for Siemens on €1.7bn sale of stake in NSN
Shearman & Sterling has led for Nokia on its €1.7bn buyout of Siemens’ stake in Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in…
Slaughters leads on Punch Taverns £2.4bn debt restructuring
Longstanding Magic Circle client warns creditors that it could face administration Slaughter and May is advising Punch Taverns on its…