Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems’ $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corporation and private equity house Permira, writes The Am Law Daily.

London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.