Most futuristic deal: North-west firm DWF advised Back to the Future on its acquisition of discount supermarket chain Kwik Save, which operates 171 stores around the country, for an undisclosed sum. City firm Linklaters advised vendor Somerfield.

Tastiest deal: London firm Fladgate Fielder advised a Loch Fyne Restaurants (LFR) management team on the buy-out of Blanc Brasseries and a proposed equity fundraising for £6 million. Birmingham-based Wragge & Co acted for strategic investor Core Growth Capital, while London firm Marriott Harrison advised broker KBC Peel Hunt. Nottingham firm Roythornes acted for LFR.


Diciest deal: London firm Edwin Coe advised Amaury Taittinger on the sale of Leo Management, owner of the Leo Casino in Liverpool, to UK gaming company Gala for £15 million. London firm Joelson Wilson advised Gala.


Most glittering deal: London firm Mishcon de Reya advised kosher food products company Gold Frost on its admission to the Alternative Investment Market and an associated £4.5 million placing. Marriott Harrison represented broker and nominated adviser Corporate Synergy.


Most genetic deal: City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised the Home Office on the outsourcing of the operations and maintenance of the National DNA Database, which will now be run by the Forensic Science Service (FSS). The database was set up in 1995 and holds records of the DNA of known criminals. City firm Charles Russell advised the FSS.


Most revolutionary deal: City firm Ashurst advised Bank of Scotland on the provision of £46 million of facilities to refinance debt used to fund the December 2005 acquisition of the Inventive Leisure Group by Alchemy Partners. Inventive Leisure runs the Revolution chain of vodka bars. City firm Macfarlanes advised Alchemy.


Most controlled deal: The London office of US firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw advised Circor International on its £29 million acquisition of the Hale Hamilton Group, which provides valves and flow-control equipment to the naval defence, industrial gas and high-technology markets. UK/US firm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary advised Hale Hamilton.


Most geometric deal: National firm Pinsent Masons is advising intellectual property commercialisation company Angle on its bid to raise £8.1 million through an institutional share placing. City firm Ashurst is acting for broker Collins Stewart and merchant bank Mulier Capital.


Most airborne deal: Charles Russell has advised CAFCO (Coventry) on its acquisition of Coventry Airport's operating company, West Midlands International Airport, from the Tui Group. CAFCO is a joint venture between Howard Holdings, advised by City firm Davies Arnold Cooper, and Convergence-AFCO, an Anglo-American airport management and development company. City firm Allen & Overy advised Tui.