Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and K&L Gates were lead advisors as Chinese social networking company Renren agreed to sell shares of its Groupon-like subsidiary Nuomi Holdings to Chinese internet search giant Baidu.

The deal, which remains subject to approval, will see Baidu take a 59% equity interest in Nuomi for a purchase price of $160m (£103m), giving it a bigger share of China’s fast-growing, group-buying market.