ChaseSix City firms have won coveted places on JP Morgan Chase's post-merger M&A panel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Primary firms have been confirmed as Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Lovells and Macfarlanes.

The review follows a lengthy process, which started at the beginning of the summer and is just one of a number of reviews the bank is conducting following Chase Manhattan's acquisition of Robert Fleming last year and its subsequent merger with JP Morgan.