Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising on Cable & Wireless Communications' (CWC) proposed acquisition of Latin American telecoms provider Columbus International for $1.85bn (£1.15bn).

Slaughters is advising CWC on the acquisition, fielding a team led by corporate partners Andrew Jolly, Paul Dickson and Nigel Boardman. Financing partner Ed Fife and competition partner Jordan Ellison are also advising the communications giant alongside employment partners Sandeep Maudgil and Roland Doughty.

The firm is working as part of a joint advisory team with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, one of its regular US referral firms.