Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised buy-out house Cinven on its £1.4bn purchase of BUPA's hospitals. The deal sees private equity partner David Higgins advise on the sale of 25 hospitals and a treatment centre. Slaughter and May advised BUPA on the transaction, with corporate partner Simon Robinson leading the team. Cinven has a history of investing in healthcare, with Higgins advising on its 2005 £552m acquisition of Partnerships in Care.