Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard are among 11 firms that have been appointed to Dixons Carphone’s first legal panel following the £3.6bn merger of Carphone Warehouse and Dixons Retail.

DAC Beachcroft, Clyde & Co, Fieldfisher, Shoosmiths, Worthingtons, employment firm Doyle Clayton and employment lawyer David Woffinden have also won positions on the new roster.