Blake Dawson's Mark Stanbridge and Freehills' Martin Shakinovsky and Andrew Rich have advised on the A$215m Metcash acquisition of Interfrank Group Holdings, the owner of the Franklins supermarket chain.  The deal is subject to ACCC approval and Metcash has plans to ultimately on-sell the chain to IGA. Deal is. Freehills has advised long-standing client Metcash on a number other strategic transactions, including the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Mitre 10.