Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)

Chambers Review

Slaughter and May is an elite UK law firm which is revered for its ability to orchestrate global mandates from London and has carved out a high level of influence worldwide. In addition to its London headquarters, the firm operates from office locations in Brussels, Beijing and Hong Kong. Slaughter and May's independent lockstep model has also proved appealing when forging close relationships with firms of a similar style and status in jurisdictions outside the UK, ensuring that the firm can provide clients with a team of market-leading firms to add foreign law expertise on international work to fit the client's requirements.

The law firm has a premier M&A team with an epicentre of resources and operations located in its London base, frequently project-managing complex deals governed by UK law. Its stellar cohort of blue-chip corporate clients regularly chose to instruct the firm as lead counsel on complex cross-border transactions, with an emphasis on transformative M&A. Global work is typically carried out in conjunction with the firm's carefully curated network of non-exclusive relationships with firms in foreign jurisdictions, and the firm regularly coordinates this group while acting as lead global deal counsel to UK clients in their outbound investments. Inbound investment is also a frequent element of work for the M&A group, which benefits from its international network, with foreign clients from the USA and Asia investing in and acquiring UK organisations.