Dealwatch: Skadden and Freshfields make the news on Pearson’s FT sale Legal Business23 July 2015Corporate and M&A Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both won lead roles advising on Pearson’s £844m sale of the Financial Times.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentA&O Shearman and Freshfields both make up nine London lawyers in latest partnership roundsTop UK firms ramp up New York M&A hiring with fivefold increase in three yearsKirkland and Freshfields hit $100bn for Q1 M&A as tariffs derail new year optimismA&O Shearman and Freshfields both make up nine London lawyers in latest partnership roundsTop UK firms ramp up New York M&A hiring with fivefold increase in three yearsMeal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Clifford Chance’s Melissa FogartyRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner