Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken the lead roles on the $1.7bn (£1.1bn) sale of BG Group’s majority holding in Brazilian gas distribution company Comgas.

Freshfields led for BG Group with a team fielded by City corporate partner Graham Watson, alongside London managing partner Mark Rawlinson (pictured), Amsterdam corporate partner Robert ten Have, tax partner Sarah Falk and Eelco van der Stok.