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Slaughter and May promotes six new partners
Magic Circle law firm adds to its London partner ranks in another tight round
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Linklaters, Paul Weiss and Slaughter and May lawyers top Emea deal rankings
Meet the busiest M&A and finance lawyers in Emea last year
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Slaughter and May names corporate boss as managing partner
Deborah Finkler will retire from the partnership later this year
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Slaughter and May boosts junior lawyer pay to £150,000
Slaughter and May newly qualified lawyers to get 20% pay bump
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Linklaters and Freshfields fire £150,000 salvos in salary battle
The uneasy peace between law firms in London after the US won the pay war is over. Now the Magic Circle are facing a fresh battle that they might not be able to win
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Will more Shearman & Sterling partners leave?
Your guide to the week’s top legal stories
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Slaughter and May promotes five new partners
Slaughter and May has boosted its partner ranks in London and Brussels
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JPMorgan, Goldman and UBS advise on Nationwide’s £2.9bn Virgin Money deal
Virgin Money’s share price jumped more than 30% following the disclosure of the deal
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Slaughter and May wants to up working-class lawyer numbers
'We’re sure that there are lots of talented people out there who either don’t think of a career in law or who don’t think of a career here'
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Slaughter and May partner Sumanasuriya to join Takeover Panel as secretary
The takeover watchdog seconds top bankers and lawyers for two-years
Rothschild, HSBC worst pay gap offenders as women earn nearly half what men do
Women earn 51p for every £1 that men earn at the City bank with the highest pay gap
Slaughter and May promotes 10 to partnership
Magic Circle stalwart promotes largest new partner group in seven years
Magic Circle law firms beef up crypto teams: ‘Everyone wants a piece of it’
Crypto's boom-and-bust cycles have pushed it into the mainstream. That means more work for lawyers
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Magic Circle should consider EY-style spin-offs, ex-Slaughter and May senior partner says
Top law firms should examine spin-offs to 'add pace' in race against US rivals, says Christopher Saul
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Slaughter and May ups pay, introduces work-life balance code in post-pandemic overhaul
The raises follow a 'period of intense home working' says the firm's senior partner Steve Cooke
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Magic Circle law firms must merge or move to mid-market in fight against US firms, says report
'They probably don’t have the right answer because they are a room full of millionaires that refuse to believe that their business model is in trouble'
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EY ropes in Magic Circle law firms to advise on potential break-up
The Big Four firm turns to top lawyers as it weighs a split between its audit and consulting arms
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Magic Circle law firms promote record numbers of female partners as diversity drives take hold
Financial News analysis shows more women are making the grade than ever before
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