Deals of the Week Most assured deal: Simmons & Simmons supported Barclays' in-house team on the bank's alliance with life assurer Legal & General, advised by Eversheds.Flightiest deal: Newcastle firm Dickinson Dees advised the Go-Ahead Group on its 72 million purchase of British Midland's ground-handling businesses and those of an associated company.

Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for British Midland.Purest deal: Morgan Cole advised on the 34 million financing of Pure Wafer, which the firm said is one of the largest and most complex start-up financing arrangements yet seen in the UK.

DLA acted for Apax Partners and Osborne Clarke for the Bank of Scotland.

Swansea-based Pure Wafer has established a revolutionary new process to reclaim silicon test wafers for the silicon chip manufacturing industry.Most hostile deal: Norton Rose is acting for Taylor Woodrow in its 525 million bid for fellow housebuilder Bryant Group, which was planning a merger with Beazer.

The offer started off as hostile but has just become recommended and was conditional on the merger not proceeding.

The firm also advised HSBC Bank on a 250 million acquisition financing facility for Taylor Woodrow.

Linklaters is acting for Bryant.

Meanwhile, CMS Cameron McKenna acted for Taylor Woodrow on the 37.5 million sale of industrial estates in Southampton, Crawley, Oxford and Warrington to a limited partnership formed by Axa Equity and Life and Sun Life, advised by Lawrence Graham.

Most landmark deal: Addleshaw Booth & Co acted for Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group on the 69 million acquisition of Regalian Properties' 90-year leasehold interest in Marble Arch Tower in central London.

Nicholson Graham & Jones acted for Regalian.

Most official deal: Fladgate Fielder and Israeli firm Seligman & Co advised Sadot Research and Development Fund on its admission to the official list of the London Stock Exchange, the first Israeli company to be listed in London since the new Israeli company law came into effect.

SJ Berwin acted for sponsor and broker Cazenove & Co.Most homely deal: Glenchewton was advised by DJ Freeman on the corporate aspects and Morgan Cole on the property aspects of the 12 million disposal of kitchenware supplier Horwood Homewares and basketware supplier Kaufmann to Silampos, advised by Burges Salmon.

Glenchewton is now left as a listed cash shell.