Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have advised on the £1.27bn buy-out of Cadbury Schweppes’ European drinks business by Blackstone Group and Lion Capital, which was announced this week.

Weil Gotshal London head Mike Francies led the team advising private equity houses Blackstone and Lion, assisted by private equity partner Will Rosen, finance partner Richard Ginsburg and tax partner Sarah Priestley.