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On its website, Slaughter and May presents a table of Europe's top legal advisers by M&A deal value, showing itself and its 'best friends' collective of elite European firms outranking the likes of ...

A Slaughter and May London partner has left the firm to join Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, in an extremely rare move. Robert Chaplin is joining Skadden's financial institutions group in London ...

Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have secured the top spot in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal adviser for 2024 in the automotive sector, according to the latest league table from ...

Reckitt Benckiser is to divest its Essential Home business, which includes more than 70 brands, to private equity firm Advent International An intellectual property team at Slaughter and May is ...

Magic circle law firm Slaughter and May has elected David Johnson to replace Deborah Finkler as the firm’s next managing partner. Finkler took on the leadership role in May 2022 as the first managing ...

The firm’s plan to recruit more lawyers from ‘lower’ socio-economic backgrounds is welcome, but details will be crucial It’s easy to forget that just 7% of UK school pupils are privately educated.