Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis and Baker McKenzie have picked up roles on a private equity consortium’s $3.3 billion takeover bid of British satellite operator Inmarsat.

CC is advising longstanding client Inmarsat with a team headed up by corporate partners Lee Coney and David Lewis. Global private equity head Jonny Myers and competition partners Jenine Hulsmann in London and Tim Cornell in Washington, D.C. are providing support.