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Slaughter and May leads as Freshfields and Paul Weiss take key roles on £900m Michael Kors buyout of Jimmy Choo
Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison are all advising on Michael Kors’ £900m offer for luxury British fashion company Jimmy Choo. Under the …
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Clyde & Co sets up in Los Angeles to focus on aviation and insurance clients
Clyde & Co has launched its ninth US office, opening in Los Angeles with a two-partner team consisting of Julie Hawkinson and Jim Koelzer. The office will focus on providing …
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Latham and Hogan Lovells act on consortium’s £2.9bn potential offer for Paysafe Group
Latham & Watkins is advising Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners in their £2.9bn preliminary proposal takeover bid for UK online payment company Paysafe. The FTSE 250 company, which is based …
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RPC turns to the University of Law to provide legal training for its future trainees
Future RPC trainees will be undertaking their legal training at The University of Law (ULaw) from September 2017. The aspiring lawyers will be able to study the GDL, LPC and …
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Dentons to merge with Scotland’s Maclay Murray & Spens to gain foothold in European oil and gas centre
Dentons is to combine with Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens, embarking on the latest phase of its European expansion into Scotland’s oil and gas markets and bringing its total …
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20% hike at Vinson pushes associate starting pay to £120k as US leaders heat up City talent market
Vinson & Elkins (V&E) has increased its London associate and trainee solicitor salary levels, boosting newly qualified salaries 20% to £120,000 and first-year trainee salaries by 11% to £50,000. The …
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RPC posts 82% trainee retention rate
RPC will retain 14 of its 17 London-based trainees who are qualifying in September 2017. Of the 14, 12 will be based in the firm’s London office, with one based …
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Lawyers On Demand set to break into the Middle East with Dubai launch
Lawyers On Demand (LOD), Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP) freelance lawyers spin-off, is due to launch in the Middle East with a new Dubai office, breaking into an increasingly competitive legal …
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Fieldfisher posts 100% autumn trainee retention rates for second consecutive year
Fieldfisher is retaining all of its London-based trainees for a second consecutive year, with a 13-strong cohort qualifying into a range of practice areas. The newly-qualified lawyers (NQs), who will …
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Magic Circle: Slaughters first to announce 91% trainee retention rate
Slaughter and May has announced today (12 July) that it will retain 91% of its second-year trainees for newly qualified (NQ) lawyers positions at the firm this autumn. The firm …
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