Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, CMS Cameron McKenna and LG are among a number of firms to have taken advisory roles relating to the break-up of Halliwells.

Freshfields advised the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and finance company Lombard Direct, an RBS Group member, on the restructuring process, which concluded this week with the sale of parts of Halliwells’ business to Hill Dickinson, HBJ Gateley Wareing and Barlow Lyde & Gilbert.