Latham & Watkins, Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance are among the firms to have taken key roles on the latest private equity deals in the U.K. and Europe.

Property group Hammerson announced on Wednesday it had sold off the £1.5 billion stake it held in Bicester Village owners, Value Retail, to L Catterton—a U.S. private equity firm part-owned by the Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior owners, luxury giant LVMH.