Clifford Chance (CC) and Dickson Minto have bagged lead roles advising on the £6.15bn merger between the Automobile Association (AA) and Saga.

CC is advising private equity houses CVC Capital Partners and Permira, which own the motoring giant, while Dickson Minto is advising Saga parent company and regular client Charterhouse.

The CC team was led by global private equity head James Baird and private equity partner Kem Ihenacho. Founding partner Alastair Dickson led for the M&A boutique.

City firm Travers Smith and national giant Pinsent Masons also picked up roles on the deal, advising the management teams of Saga and the AA respectively.

The Pinsents team was led by tax partner Lisa Parisi and corporate partner Paul Harkin. Corporate partners Charles Barter and David Innes and tax partners Kathleen Russ and Mahesh Varia played key roles for Travers.

CC advised on the original sale of the AA by Centrica to CVC and Permira for £1.75bn, with magic circle rival Linklaters advised the vendor.