Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has landed the top role advising Nomura on its $230m (£124m) acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ European and Asian businesses.

The US firm is advising the Japanese bank from the firm’s London and Hong Kong offices, with a team including Hong Kong corporate co-head Nick Norris, London restructuring partner Lynn Hiestand and London corporate partner John Adebiyi.