canary wharf: deal saw 11 bids from competing biddersSlaughter and May and Weil Gotshal & Manges are set for a fees windfall after their client, the Songbird consortium, last week won the long-running auction for Canary Wharf.

Both firms advised the private equity-backed group on the £1.7bn bid, pipping rival CWG Acquisition to the post for the trophy real estate company after a shareholder vote on 21 May.