The City arm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has secured its third major deal in recent weeks from Doughty Hanson after being instructed on the private equity house’s £875m sale of tabloid-friendly celebrity clinic The Priory Group.

The deal saw Doughty regular Allan Murray-Jones lead Skadden’s team on the sale to ABN Amro, which was advised by Linklaters.