Manhattan legal heavyweights Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have all taken roles on Charter Communications’ $61bn (£37bn) bid to merge with Time Warner Cable (TWC).

Charter has hired elite M&A firms Wachtell and Kirkland for the bid. A large team of financial advisers, led by Goldman Sachs and LionTree Advisors, is also acting for Charter on the bid.