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 [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categorySeal of approval: the LB100 firms with the strongest client recommendationsRevolving Doors: Three leave Taylor Wessing after merger vote, while Gibson Dunn taps Freshfields for APAC rebuildSkadden and Gibson Dunn lead on $58bn oil and gas mergerTaylor Wessing swipes RPC rainmaker in first hire since merger announcementSlaughters and Clifford Chance lead as Schroders agrees to £9.9bn takeoverInside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansionRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry