A trio of US firms have won contracts worth up to $25.8m (£17.6m) to advise on auto industry restructurings, reports The Am Law Daily.

The US Treasury Department has awarded contracts carrying a ceiling value of $8.59m (£5.87m) to Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Haynes and Boone, which will see the firms provide advice to troubled car manufactures and suppliers.