Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis have advised on the €2.65bn (£2.2bn) sale of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) brewing group StarBev to Canada’s Molson Coors.

Freshfields advised StarBev and private equity owner CVC Capital Partners, fielding a team under corporate partner Chris Bown (pictured), finance partners Duncan Kellaway and Martin Hutchings, competition partner Alastair Chapman and tax partner Jill Gatehouse.