Deals of the week - 19.06.2003

Most Churchillian deal: Linklaters acted for the Royal Bank of Scotland on its agreement with Winterthur Insurance, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, to buy the Churchill Insurance Group for 1.1 billion.

Lovells advised the Credit Suisse Group, while Barlow Lyde & Gilbert acted for the management team.

Most sovereign deal: Allen & Overy advised the five-strong lead arranging group on the Dhs 1.5 billion (245 million) Dubai 2003 bond, the first sovereign bond for the Dubai government and United Arab Emirates, and represents what is hoped will be the start of a local currency bond market.

Clifford Chance represented the Dubai government.

Most mobile deals: Berwin Leighton Paisner acted for Tesco on the creation of a joint venture with O2, advised by Olswang, to sell Tesco-branded mobile phone services in Tesco stores.

Meanwhile, Osborne Clarke acted for the Carphone Warehouse Group on its 64 million purchase of German mobile phone service provider Hutchison from Orange, which was advised by Linklaters.

Most wasteful deal: Slaughter and May represented Terra Firma Investments on its 531 million purchase of leading waste disposal company Waste Recycling Group from Kelda, advised by Norton Rose.

Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw acted for Waste Recycling.

Best shipped deal: Taylor Wessing and Norway's Bugge Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen acted for the Aker Group on the merger of its shipping yards with those of Kvaerner, advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Oslo-based Wikborg Rein.

Best stored deal: North-west firm Brabners Chaffe Street advised Staffordshire-based specialist document storage manufacturer Rackline on its sale to a management buy-in/buy-out team, advised by Irwin Mitchell.

Addleshaw Goddard and DWF acted for the respective funders, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland.

Healthiest deal: Hammonds acted for the management team on the institutional buy-out of Marlow Foods, the manufacturer and distributor of the Quorn range of meat-alternative products, from AstraZeneca, advised by Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.

Eversheds acted for Montagu Private Equity, which funded the deal, while DLA acted for HSBC, which provided debt funding.

Most exotic deal: London firm IBB advised Allied Irish Bank on its funding for Mango Hotels to develop a prominent site at Gypsy Corner in west London, into an eight-storey hotel with 150 rooms.

City firm Howard Kennedy acted for Mango.