Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised Unilever on the sale of its water purification business, Pureit, to A. O. Smith, a leading global water technology company. Pureit offers a range of water purification solutions across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Mexico, among others.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

The multidisciplinary team was led by corporate partners Melissa Fogarty and Alanna Hunter in London who were assisted by senior associate Dan Bomsztyk, associates Lewin Lim, Hephzibah Adeosun, Katie Buckton and Alex Szlezinger and trainee Lucrezia de Jorio.

Additional specialist support was provided by tax partner Nicola Hemsley and associate Viktoria Parkhomenko; commercial contracts partner André Duminy and senior associate Midori Takenaka; employment partner Chinwe Odimba-Chapman and senior associate Florence Wong; pensions partner Clare Hoxey and senior associate Rebecca Trapp; incentives partner Andrew Patterson and director David Baxter; intellectual property partner Stephen Reese and senior associate Alex Walker; and antitrust partner Sue Hinchliffe and senior associate Nissim Massarano