Slaughter and May and Linklaters advised on Vodafone’s £4.3 billion buyout of CK Hutchison from VodafoneThree joint venture.

Vodafone has entered into an agreement to acquire the stake of CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings in the VodafoneThree joint venture for £4.3 billion.

Upon completion of the transaction, Vodafone will become the sole shareholder of VodafoneThree, the UK’s largest mobile operator and one of the fastest-growing broadband providers.

Slaughter and May is advising Vodafone Group Plc on the transaction.

The corporate team included Partner Victoria MacDuff, Partner Richard Hilton, Associate Jessica Harries, Associate David Meiklejohn, and Trainees Dominic Curry and Eamonn Hoare.

The inter-company and services team included Partner Duncan Blaikie, Senior Counsel Richard McDonnell, Associate Anton Hammer and Associate Issabella Cardu.

The tax team included Partner Mike Lane, Partner Charles Osborne, Associate Amy Motherwell and Associate Sophie Allen.

The competition team included Partner Claire Jeffs, Partner William Turtle, Partner Alexander Chadd, Associate Carla Massaria and Associate Malhar Mahurkar.

The pensions team included Partner Chris Sharpe, Senior Counsel Charles Magoffin and Associate Tammy Randall.

Linklaters advised CK Hutchison Group Telecom on the transaction.

The international cross-practice team was led by Corporate Partners Robert Cleaver, Hugo Stolkin and Roger Cheng, and TMT Partner Rich Jones.

The core team also included Corporate Managing Associates Christian Mok and Richard Ness, as well as Tax Partner Chris Smale and Tax Counsel Dom Markham.