Nokia has turned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom on its €15.6bn (£11.2bn) acquisition of French telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent, while Sullivan & Cromwell has picked up another leading role on the deal.

The telecoms giants entered into a memorandum of understanding yesterday that will see Nokia acquire the entirety of Alcatel-Lucent’s equity in a public exchange offer in France and in the United States.