Legal advisers netted just £6m (€9.8m) of the £76m of fees from the Halifax and Bank of Scotland merger.

The £6m was divided chiefly between Herbert Smith, lawyers for Bank of Scotland, and Linklaters & Alliance, lawyers for Halifax, according to sources close to the UK banks.

Bank of Scotland and Halifax legal fees kept down to £6m

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FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi reappointed for second term

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The UK lender has given the leading compliance job to a 20-year veteran

Barclays hires Centerview dealmaker Woeber to lead global M&A

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Wells Fargo booked a bigger profit in the first quarter, as lower expenses helped offset a decline in net interest income.

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Several big law firms are discussing $500 million in pro bono legal services with the White House to avert restrictions on their business, people familiar with the matter said.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent helped persuade the president to take some time and negotiate with trading partners in the face of pressure from business leaders.

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Generative AI is going to reinvent virtually every customer experience and enable entirely new ones that have only been dreamed about, Amazon.com Chief Executive Andy Jassy said.

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Carney said the 90-day pause, and Trump’s pledge to negotiate new trading arrangements with dozens of countries, “will likely result in a fundamental restructuring of the global trading system.”

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