New York’s Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has won Cox Communications as a new client, after being called in to advise on the media giant’s proposed $7.9bn (£4.4bn) public-to-private deal.

The plan, announced in August, sees the company’s parent, Cox Enterprises, offer to buy all the publicly-held shares in Cox Communications – representing 38% of its total stock – for $32 (£17.81) per share.