Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scooped the work advising leading German cable operator Kabel Deutschland on a financing and subsequent purchase of three regional competing cable operators.

Kabel Deutschland, a consortium made up of Apax, Goldman Sachs PIA and Providence Equity Partners, has raised € 4.175bn (£2.8bn) to purchase the German cable businesses Iesy, Kabel BW and Ish.