Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have taken key roles on Qatar Holdings’ sell-off of part of its stake in Barclays Bank.

The sale – which amounts to around 50% of the warrants the Middle East investment company acquired last October – could raise in the region of £1.4bn, £750m of which will be paid to Barclays.