Slaughter and May has won a role advising a coalition of media organisations opposed to NewsCorp chief Rupert Murdoch’s bid to secure a full takeover of BSkyB.

Slaughters’ competition team is advising eight media rivals – which include the BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph – on NewsCorp’s bid to acquire the remaining 60.1% of shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB, a deal which values the company at more than £12bn.