A trio of firms have advised on a $7.2bn (£4.8bn) deal that will see German pharma giant Merck acquire lab filter and purifier manufacturer Millipore, reports The Am Law Daily.

Skadden took the lead role for Merck, fielding a team including M&A partners Peter Atkins, Hilary Foulkes and Margaret Brown, tax partner Sally Thurston, antitrust partners Frederic Depoortere, Benjamin Crisman and John Lyons, and intellectual property and technology partner Rita Rodin Johnston.