Tracy Preston, senior vice president and general counsel of The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. turned to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton for the Dallas retailer’s pending sale for $6 billion.

Buyers Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is using Proskauer Rose as transaction counsel and Latham & Watkins as finance counsel. CPPIB is also using Torys as counsel.