Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Google on its $700m (£463m) acquisition of ITA Software, one of the few companies specialising in software that allows online flight booking.

The acquisition, which will allow Google to better compete with search rivals such as Microsoft’s Bing, saw Cleary field a team including M&A partner Ethan Klingsberg, employee benefits partner Michael Albano, intellectual property partner Leonard Jacoby and tax partner Sheldon Alster.