UK magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged its second major Anglo/German deal this year after advising German utility company RWE on its e8.5bn ($7.5bn) merger with the UK’s largest electricity supplier, Innogy.

The deal, which sees A&O acting opposite Innogy’s traditional adviser, UK firm Linklaters, comes just weeks after it secured a lead role on Imperial Tobacco’s e5.2bn ($4.6bn) bid for Germany’s Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken.