HSF and A&O among firms involved in BSkyB’s £4.9bn Sky Europe deal
Herbert Smith Freehills and Allen & Overy are among the firms to advise on BSkyB’s £4.9bn takeover of Rupert Murdoch’s pay TV companies in Germany and Italy. The acquisitions mark a strategic change for BSkyB, which is hoping to become a pan-European pay-TV giant with customers spread across Germany, Italy, Austria, the UK and Ireland. […]