White & Case and Ashurst have bagged roles advising on Chicago Bridge & Iron’s (CB&I’s) $950m (£470m) acquisition of US-based Lummus Global from power and technology group Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).

White & Case advised ABB – the world’s largest maker of factory robots – after winning a pitch for the deal at the beginning of the year. Although the firm has acted for ABB previously, this is the first public deal it has handled for the client.