Burger buy: Reading firm Pitmans advised restaurant operator Zing Leisure on acquiring three Burger King restaurants in London for an undisclosed sum. Burger King was advised by its in-house team.

Fashion show: Magic circle firm Linklaters and Austrian firm Wolf Theiss advised private equity company Apax Partners on its $1.7bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of German fashion chain Takko from private equity company Advent, advised by German firm Hengeler Mueller; US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; US firm Cravath Swaine & Moore; Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Austrian firm Schönherr and magic circle firm Slaughter and May.

Roadworks: Linklaters, alongside Portuguese firm Vieira de Almeida & Associados, advised Portuguese road building company Brisa on its €3bn (£2.5bn) restructuring. Magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Portuguese firm Morais Leitão Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados advised ­Barclays, which financed the restructuring.

In for a dollar: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised financial services company Dollar Financial on its $195m (£125m) acquisition of payday loan provider Purpose UK. National firm Addleshaw ­Goddard advised seller ­CompuCredit.

New listing: Magic circle firm Clifford Chance advised CITIC Securities International Investment Management on listing its HK$286.6m (£24m) China New Economy Fund on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Dubai bound: City firm Taylor Wessing advised asset manager The Carlyle Group on establishing Carlyle MENA Investment Advisors, a new investment structure located in the Dubai International Financial Centre.