FOREIGN LAW FIRMS

Slaughter and May

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PROFILE

  • Size of India Practice:

  • No dedicated India desk

  • Tie-Up Indian Law Firm:

  • No formal arrangement

  • Clients:

  • HCL Technologies Limited, Aviva Plc, Standard Chartered Plc, Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank India, Corus Group Plc

RSG COMMENT

  • A number of Indian law firms claim to receive referrals from the magic circle firm, although they do not rank very highly in deals tables over the past 3 years. 

RECENT INDIA ACTIVITY:

Termination of Wadia Group joint venture

Advised the Wadia Group in relation to the termination of their joint venture relationships with Groupe Danone in 2009.

Aviva sale to WNS Holdings

Advised Aviva on the sale of its offshore operations, Aviva Global Services, to WNS Holdings Limited for £115 million in 2008. 

Aviva - sale of offshore operations to WNS

In one of the largest business process outsourcing transactions in the financial services sector, Slaughter and May advised Aviva plc on the sale of its offshore operations (Aviva Global Services), including business process operations in India and Sri Lanka, to WNS (Holdings) Limited.