Dewey & LeBoeuf has secured a new role as eBay’s go-to M&A counsel after hiring the online auction site’s long-term advisers from Cooley Godward Kronish last month.

Three M&A lawyers Dewey hired from Cooley last month led the firm’s team representing eBay on its $1.9bn (£1.15bn) deal to unload a controlling interest in Skype to a consortium of investors.