Slaughter and May

Question 1

Managing Partner

Answer 1

Deborah Thinkler

Question 2

Chief operating officer

Answer 2

Jill Hoseason

Question 3

Senior partner

Answer 3

Steve Cooke

Question 4

Main departments

Answer 4

M&A
Corporate
Financing
Specialisms: IP, tax, sustainability, real estate etc

Question 5

Competitors

Answer 5

Magic circle firms: Freshfields, CC, Linklaters are consistently ranked ban 1 for competition law, M&A
- International approach Travers Smith also operates ‘best friend’ networks

Question 6

General partnership

Answer 6

Where individuals agree to share responsibilities, assets, profits, financial and legal liabilities
- liabilities are not capped like an LLP

Question 7

Benefits of general partnership

Answer 7

• More flexible + partners can control operations more closely
• swift and decisive management
• no business income taxes instead the income and losses are passed to individual partners
• They then report their shares of profit or loss on their personal tax returns
• doesn’t need to report it’s financial figures
• Gives more focus to the clients