Clifford Chance advises BT Group on the acquisition of TalkTalk and PlatformX Global law firm Clifford Chance is advising BT Group on its acquisition of TalkTalk Telecommunications Limited and PlatformX Communications Limited out of the administration of TalkTalk Group. The team is led by Restructuring and Insolvency Partners Chris Norman and Iain White and M&A Partner Dominic Ross. Chris Norman, Partner, said, “We are delighted and proud to have advised BT Group on this critical transaction which will provide immediate reassurance for TalkTalk’s employees, its 1.5 million retail customers and its 1 million wholesale customers across the UK.” The cross-practice Clifford Chance team includes partners Melissa Fogarty, Nigel Wellings and Nick Spurrell; senior associates Antonio Folgore, Imogen Saunders and Catherine Freeman and lawyers Dorothy Adu-Mfum, Gina Yeung, Toju Adelaja (all M&A). Alongside, senior associates Alice Odolant and Emma Buchanan (Restructuring and Insolvency), partners Nelson Jung and Philipp Girardet and counsel Nivi Balaji and senior associates Nissim Masserano and Josh Kennion (Antitrust). With partner Zayed Al Jamil, director Richard Hastings, senior associate Hemin Hazar and lawyer Aaron Gelfand and Claudia Saywell (Tech Digital); partner Don McCombie (IP), partner Angela Kearns, senior associates Daniel Stamford and Alex Currie (Real Estate), partner Samantha Ward (Disputes), partner Amy Bird (Employment), partner Andrew Patterson (Incentives), partner Nicola Hemsley, senior associate Viktoria Parkhomenko and director Simon Corzberg (Tax) and Of Counsel Steve Kozak and partner Kevin Ingram (Securitisation).