Magic Circle firm trio Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the advisers set to take a slice of a £75 million bill for their roles in the M&G Prudential demerger.

Life insurance giant Prudential Group is set to split from investment management unit M&G Investments, allowing M&G to trade on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as an independent company.