Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s London managing partner Julian Long has advised Liberty Global on the US media group’s £481m purchase of BSkyB’s 6.4% stake in UK broadcaster ITV, with Herbert Smith Freehills acting for BSkyB.
Freshfields lifer Long, who was elected as London managing partner in March after a three-year stint as the office’s head of corporate, worked alongside corporate partner David Sonter. Sonter was also instructed in May by Liberty Global on its £550m joint-purchase with Discovery of All3media, the maker of Midsomer Murders and The Only Way is Essex.
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