Sullivan & Cromwell has bagged a role on delivery company UPS's 1.7bn (£1.5bn) damages claim against the European Commission.

The US firm's Brussels operation is acting alongside Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the case, which comes six years after the Commission vetoed a UPS takeover of TNT Express in January 2013 and TNT was subsequently acquired by FedEx Corp for 4.4bn (£3.9bn).