Latham & Watkins and Shepherd and Wedderburn have lined up alongside two Indian law firms on the $9.6bn (£6.1bn) acquisition of a majority stake in oil company Cairn India by India’s largest mining company.

Vedanta Resources is looking to purchase between 51% and 60% of Cairn India, which is 62% owned by the Edinburgh-based FTSE 100 oil firm Cairn Energy.