Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters and Travers Smith have taken the lead roles on Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s (OTPP) acquisition of Burton’s Biscuits, the makers of Jammie Dodgers.

Burton’s, whose range of biscuit brands also includes Cadbury Fingers and Maryland Cookies, employs more than 2,000 people in the UK and boasted recent annual sales of £340m.