Greatest deal: London firm Finers Stephens Innocent and US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Conran Holdings and Blackstone Real Estate as co-owners of the Great Eastern Hotel on its sale to Hyatt and JER Partners for an undisclosed sum. The hotel, which is next to Liverpool Street station in the City, has 267 bedrooms and four restaurants. City firms Norton Rose and Richards Butler, and US firm Kirkland & Ellis, advised the purchasers.

Most refined deal: City giant Clifford Chance acted for the lenders on the $5.8 billion (£3.3 billion) financing for the development of a major oil refinery and petrochemicals complex on the western coast of Saudi Arabia. The lenders include Japan Bank for International Corporation and 15 commercial banks. US firm White & Case and City firm Herbert Smith acted for Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical as co-sponsors of the project.


Most intellectual deal: City firm Travers Smith advised 3i and the bidder on its £110.7 million bid to take Chorion private. Chorion - advised by Berwin Leighton Paisner - owns and manages intellectual property including the copyright to the Mr Men and Noddy books as well as the majority of the Agatha Christie titles. City firm Macfarlanes acted for Chorion's management.


Most populist deal: London firm Fladgate Fielder advised real estate investment company Arazim on its £59 million purchase and leaseback of the Little Chef restaurant portfolio from The People's Restaurant Group, which plans to use the money to revamp the business. The Sheffield office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary advised the group.


Most enterprising deal: National firm Pinsent Masons advised IT recruitment company InterQuest Group on its acquisition of PeopleCo Worldwide for £5.4 million. PeopleCo focuses on enterprise resource planning, software development and testing. It was advised by Leeds firm Lupton Fawcett.


Handiest deal: City firm Tax & Legal Consultancy advised the shareholders of Tula Group, the handbag company that owns the Radley brand, on the sale of a majority stake to Phoenix Equity Partners for £45 million. Travers Smith advised Phoenix.