Eversheds has taken the lead role on Jessops’ £160m initial public offering (IPO) in a deal that has handed work to a clutch of leading City firms.

Other advisers include Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which advised global co-ordinator and book-runner ABN Amro, Rothschild and sponsor NM Rothschild & Son and Clifford Chance (CC), which acted for debt provider HSBC.