Slaughter & May has landed the leading role in the redevelopment of the Greenwich peninsular with its appointment as sole adviser to Meridian Delta, the Government’s new preferred bidder for the millennium dome.

The Meridian Delta consortium, which is backed by property developers Quintain Estates and Lend Lease, has entered into a 20-year partnership with the government regeneration and development agency English Partnerships to redevelop the Dome as a sports and leisure complex.