Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Unilever’s €390m (£343m) acquisition of an 82% stake in Russian beauty company Concern Kalina.

Linklaters took the lead for Unilever with a team led by Moscow managing partner John Goodwin. Slaughter and May has traditionally been Unilever’s primary corporate adviser; however, the consumer goods company has also turned to Linklaters for several mandates in Russia in the past.