Linklaters, Kirkland & Ellis and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken lead roles on the $3.2bn (£2bn) acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s payment-processing unit by Bain Capital and Advent International, reports The Am Law Daily.

Bain and Advent have both targeted a purchase of the RBS unit, called WorldPay, for several years, according to Advent’s managing director James Brocklebank.