Tallest deal: The Manchester office of Brabners Chaffe Street advised Walktall Footwear, the Bristol-based mail order company specialising in outsize footwear, on its sale to Footshop for an undisclosed sum. Wells firm Chubb Bulleid advised Footshop.

Copper-bottomed deal: The London office of Charles Russell advised Latitude Resources on its admission to the Alternative Investment Market and a £5 million placing. The exploration and mining company has copper-gold projects in Chile. City firm Memery Crystal advised broker Collins Stewart.


Most moneyed deal: Halliwells in Manchester advised Cardpoint on its £87 million acquisition of cash machine company Moneybox. London firm Olswang advised Moneybox.


Oiliest deal: City firm Denton Wilde Sapte advised energy and petrochemicals giant Shell on its backing of the world's first listed crude oil exchange-traded fund, with an expected fund size of $2 billion (£1.1 billion). Dechert acted for the issuer, Oil Securities. City giant Linklaters advised Citigroup Global Markets and UBS, which will act as distributors and market makers.



Most imperial deal: City firm Ashurst advised broker Hoare Govett on a £50 million placing by Imperial Energy Corporation. The money will be used to facilitate production as well as continued exploration in Siberia and Kazakhstan. London and Leeds firm PLLG advised Imperial.


Most musical deal: City firm Lewis Silkin advised the shareholders of London-based brand development consultancy The Value Engineers on its sale to UK marketing services group Cello for up to £7 million. London firm Marriott Harrison acted for Cello.


Most targeted deal: London firm Glovers and UK/US firm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary advised property group Targetfollow on a £290 million financing that will fund future acquisitions, working capital and the buyout of minority shareholders. McGrigors advised the finance provider, Bank of Scotland Corporate.


Well-lit deal: City firm Stephenson Harwood advised EDF Energy on the London Borough of Ealing private finance initiative street lighting project. The £20 million project involves replacing most of the existing street lights in Ealing over the next five years and maintaining them for a further 20 years. National firm Pinsent Masons acted for Ealing Council while Scottish firm Tods Murray advised Dexia Public Finance Bank, which backed the deal.