Deals of the week - 26.06.2003

Most childish deal: Denton Wilde Sapte acted for top toy retailer Hamleys on the recommended public to private offer from its management, which values the company at 47 million.

Travers Smith Braithwaite acted for Soldier Ltd, a new company set up to make the offer, and the management, while Allen & Overy acted for Baugur Group, the Icelandic retail company that backed the bid.

Norton Rose acted for the Royal Bank of Scotland, which provided senior credit facilities, and Ashurst Morris Crisp for Islandsbanki, which supplied mezzanine debt finance.

Most secure deal: Linklaters advised United Technologies Corporation on its 622 million recommended cash offer for Chubb, advised by Slaughter and May.

Best banked deal: City firm Rosenblatt acted for the management on the conditional 7.3 million purchase of Seymour Pierce's investment banking division.

London firm Memery Crystal advised Seymour Pierce, while Macfarlanes represented Alchemy Partners, which backed the buyout.

Most cash-rich deal: Manchester firm Halliwell Landau acted for cash machine installation company Cardpoint on the 9.2 million purchase of Securicor Cash Machine, which adds 1,232 machines to its existing total of 500.

Securicor was advised in-house, while Bristol firm Osborne Clarke advised Evolution Beeson Gregory on Cardpoint's 6 million placing and open offer to finance the acquisition.

Most fandango deal: London firm Marriott Harrison advised London Fund Managers, which operates the government-backed Capital Fund, on its first investment - in Skaramoosh Ltd, a post-production media company advised by Bond Pearce.

The fund is aimed at stimulating private-sector investment at the smaller end (under 1 million) of the venture capital market.

Most electric deal: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Kesa Electricals, Europe's third-largest electricals retailer, and Kingfisher on Kesa's proposed demerger from Kingfisher, and its listing in London and Paris.

Allen & Overy represents UBS as sponsor in London and BNP Paribas and Lazard Frres Banque as joint sponsors in Paris.