Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and Bingham McCutchen have advised on the on the €945m (£837m) debt restructuring of Independent News & Media (INM).

The struggling Irish publisher of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday has reached a deal with creditors after some eight months of negotiations that will include a €200m (£177m) debt for equity swap, a €92m (£82m) rights issue and €150m (£133m) disposal programme.