A trio of US firms have taken roles on Liberty Global’s $4bn (£2.5bn) sell-off of its minority stake in Japan’s largest cable company to mobile phone operator KDDI, reports The Am Law Daily.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom advised Japan’s KDDI on the acquisition of Liberty’s 38% stake in Jupiter Telecommunications, fielding a team led by Tokyo-based partner Mitsuhiro Kamiya.