Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bredin Prat have laced up their running shoes to advise on a cross-border, €520 million private equity deal involving two sportswear retailers in the U.K. and France.

Equistone Partners Europe has agreed to sell Courir, a French sports shoe retailer of which it has been majority owner since 2018, to JD Sports Fashion, a sportswear retail chain based in the U.K.