Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won the leading roles advising on the sale of restaurant chain PizzaExpress to Chinese investment group Hony Capital for £900m.

Freshfields acted for buyout house Cinven, which owns PizzaExpress parent company Gondola Group. The firm, which also acted for Gondola on the deal, fielded a team including corporate partners Adrian Maguire and David Higgins.