Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Clifford Chance (CC) have landed lead roles on the proposed $3.6bn (£1.8bn) sale of NDS Group by its parent company, broadcasting giant News Corp.

Skadden fielded a team from its New York and London offices to advise News Corp on the deal, which will see set-top box owner NDS taken private in a transaction financed by private equity group Permira.