Most visual deal: City firm Bates Wells & Braithwaite advised Alphason Designs on its sale to Armour Group for up to £20 million. Alphason designs and supplies audio-visual and home entertainment furniture. US firm Arnold & Porter advised the purchaser.

Most fantastic deal: East midlands firm Flint Bishop & Barnett acted for the shareholders of Mirage Machines on the sale of 80% of their shareholding to engineering group Acteon. Mirage supplies machine tools to the offshore oil industry. The Norwich office of Birketts advised Acteon.


Most entertaining deal: London firm Finers Stephens Innocent advised Centurion Electronics on a £3.6 million placing and a £3.5 million debt restructuring. Centurion supplies in-car entertainment products to more than 500 companies. The London office of Salans advised the debt providers.


Most flushed deal: London firm Olswang advised Party Gaming on its $250 million (£144 million) acquisition of assets, including empirepoker.com and aceclub.com from Empire Online, together with Empire's withdrawal of all its legal claims against the Party Gaming group. City firm Travers Smith advised Empire Online.


Healthiest deal: City firm Ashurst advised Crown Sports on its acquisition by MOP Acquisitions for £38 million. Crown Sports owns and operates 21 health clubs in the UK. City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner advised the bidder and its financial adviser, PricewaterhouseCoopers.


Smallest-scale deal: The Silicon Valley office of Osborne Clarke advised California-based nanoparticle company Nanoplex Technologies on the UK aspects of its merger with Oxonica. The move will help Oxonica, which was advised by national firm Hammonds, develop its existing biomarker detection and security technology. Heller Ehrman and Cooley Godward advised Nanoplex and Oxonica respectively on US law.


Most mechanical deal: Travers Smith advised Phoenix Equity Partners on the £49 million acquisition of Nationwide Autocentres from its management and NBGI Private Equity. Nationwide provides mechanical repairs, servicing and MOT tests from 213 centres across the country. North-west firm Brabners Chaffe Street advised the sellers, while UK/US firm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary acted for the incoming management team.


Most legendary deal: Newcastle firm Dickinson Dees advised Legend Communications on its sale to Thus for £12 million. Legend provides Internet and telecommunications services to more than 45,000 residential and business customers. Olswang advised Thus.