Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird & Bird have advised on a landmark 3G sharing agreement between mobile operators 3 UK and T-Mobile, which will save the companies more than £2bn.

Freshfields acted for longstanding client 3, fielding a team under finance co-head Perry Noble and technology, media and telecoms partner Natasha Good. The Freshfields team worked alongside in-house lawyers Stephen Lerner, Kate Copping, Belinda Fawcett and Pip Zame.