Ropes, Shearman and Slaughters win key roles on Liberty Global’s proposed acquisition of Cable & Wireless Kathryn McCann17 November 2015Corporate and M&A Ropes & Gray, Shearman & Sterling and Slaughter and May have landed key roles on the proposed £5.5bn acquisition of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) by Virgin Media owner Liberty Global.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 roundsRevolving Doors: Sidley picks up Latham City corporate co-chair, two leave HSF in London, and A&O Shearman readies Chicago launchKirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman among latest to cut deals with Trump administrationTop lawyers in Boston, Miami, Charlotte revealed in latest Legal 500 US elite rankingsA&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 yearsRevolving 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