Slaughters defends Bestfoods takeover
Slaughter and May is preparing to do battle with the European Commission as Unilever finally wins control of US rival Bestfoods. The $20.3bn (£13.3bn) take over of Bestfoods, on which Unilever is is also paying $4bn (£2.6bn) of debt, was approved by its shareholders on 7 June, and will create the second largest consumer products […]