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• Herbies, Slaughters, Ashurst on Bradford & Bingley nationalisation

  Sep 29 2008 Herbert Smith, Slaughter and May and Ashurst have all landed top roles on the £40bn nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley (B&B)... more

• Slaughter and May moves in with friends in Beijing

  Sep 23 2008 Slaughter and May has announced plans to apply for a licence to set up an office in Beijing and co-locate with two of its “best friend” firms, De Brauw Blackstone... more

• Slaughter and May retains FTSE client rankings top spot

  Sep 02 2008 Slaughter and May has held onto its position as the firm with the largest number of FTSE 100 clients, significantly ahead of its nearest rival Linklaters. more

• Magic circle trio break into profits top 10 as City firms move up Global 100

  Jul 11 2008 Figures compiled by Legal Week and The American Lawyer show that three UK firms make it into the global top 10 by PEP — Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields... more

• Slaughter and May upgrades China and India secondment program

  Jun 19 2008 Slaughter and May is set to strengthen its ties in the emerging markets with the magic circle law firm looking to upgrade its secondment program to help build its... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf joins Slaughter and May for Zurich's RBS bid

  Jun 14 2008 Dewey & LeBoeuf has snared a lead advisory role alongside City royalty Slaughter and May to advise one of the front-runners in the race to acquire the insurance... more

• Quinn Emanuel recruits magic circle talent for London launch

  Jun 05 2008 US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges has bolstered its new London presence with the hire of a trio of associates. Matthew Bunting joins... more

• Long road to the top for associates as partner track continues to grow

  May 22 2008 Despite significant drops in the partnership track this year for the London offices of a number of firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance,... more

• Top city law firms convert to LLPs

  May 08 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Macfarlanes and Hammonds have become the latest law firms to convert to limited liability partnership (LLP) status. All three firms... more

• Frances Murphy: 'Being a woman doesn't make a difference'

  Apr 25 2008 Slaughter and May's new head of corporate has a hard act to follow but is used to thriving in a male-dominated environment... more

• Lovells jumps 38 places to storm UK M&A top three

  Apr 04 2008 Lovells jumped 38 places to storm into the top three firms by value for UK M&A deals in the first quarter. The rankings show Linklaters as the firm advising on the... more

• Slaughter and May and Linklaters lead €2bn GE-Santander swap

  Mar 29 2008 Magic circle duo Slaughter and May and Linklaters take the lead advisory roles on the agreement between Santander and GE Money to swap European assets worth a combined... more

• Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy battle for control of pub chain M&B

  Feb 06 2008 Slaughter and May is acting for longstanding client Punch Taverns in a merger bid that would create the UK's largest pub group. Punch tabled an offer last week for... more

• Slaughter and May Names Saul New Senior Partner

  Jan 20 2008 The most profitable and traditional of top English firms underwent a changing of the guard last week, when Slaughter and May announced that corporate partner... more

• Slaughter and May overhauls management team

  Jan 18 2008 Slaughter and May is facing a wholesale change of leadership as head of corporate Chris Saul is elected as senior partner. Saul, who has been head of corporate at the... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more

• UK law firms bank on emerging markets to ride out credit crunch

  Jan 08 2008 Law firms at all levels of the market are bracing themselves for an uncertain year, with management looking at geographic diversification as a means of mitigating... more

• Magic circle dominates 2007 Thomson European M&A league

  Jan 05 2008 The magic circle have this year all but sewn up the European M&A market between them off the back of the $193bn Rio Tinto, $99bn ABN Amro and $19bn Boots KKR... more