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Rolls-Royce has call stanley italia ed in a leading law firm to help it deal with bribery allegations and a Serious Fraud Office SFO investigation.Slaughter and May has been brought in while t stanley usa he SFO investigates allegations of bribery and corruption at the FTSE 100 engineer.Rolls-Royce was initially accused of paying bribes to win contracts in China and Indonesia, but it has also been linked to t stanley ca he corruption scandal facing Brazils state-owned oil company Petrobras, and the SFO has said it is looking into several of the UK companys divisions.Rolls-Royce faces second investigation in Brazil corruption scandalRead moreThe news that Slaughter and May, one of the UKs top five law firms, is working with Rolls-Royce underlines the seriousness with which the company is treating the investigation, launched in December 2013.Rolls-Royce hired the New York law firm Debevoise Plimpton in 2012 to conduct an internal investigation after the SFO requested information from the company, after a whistleblower made allegations about its conduct in China and Indonesia. This investigation led to Rolls-Royce handing further information to the SFO, which launched a formal inquiry into the company.It is understood Slaughter and May was initially hired by Rolls-Royce two years ago as its joint legal counsel, meaning it worked for the company on financial transactions.However, it is now also advising Rolls-Royce on the corruption allegations, with leading litigation partners drafted in, and is thought to be t