DEALS OF THE WEEK 27.06.2002

Most powerful deal: Denton Wilde Sapte advised London Electricity Group on its 1.4 billion purchase of south-east England electricity and gas company Seeboard from American Electric Power Company, advised by US firm Dewey Ballantine and - on tax, pensions and competition - by Lovells.

Loudest deal: The London office of US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is acting for classified directory company Yell Group on its proposed initial public offering (IPO) and listing in London including a primary global offering to raise 750 million and a secondary offering of 300 million.

The joint bookrunners - Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan - are being advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on English law and Shearman & Sterling on US law.

Most historic deal: Bristol firm Burges Salmon acted for the National Trust on its acquisition of the Tyntesfield estate, considered the UK's finest Victorian country house, which included a 17.5 million grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the largest amount it has ever awarded for a single project.

A further 1.5 million came from 50,000 individuals, with 5 million from two anonymous donors.

Osborne Clarke represented the estate's executors and the sale was completed in seven days.

Best invested deal: Linklaters is acting for banking group Investec, which is planning an IPO and to list in London next month.

Investec intends to implement a dual-listed companies structure to achieve this, the first time it has been proposed for a single company.

Best retailed deal: London firm Forsters represented Crown Dilmum on an agreement for lease with Sainsbury's, advised by Addleshaw Booth & Co, and Borders, advised by Eversheds, for a scheme at the former Dingles department store in Bristol.

Most gaseous deal: Pinsent Curtis Biddle acted for BOC on its acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, of the industrial gases assets of Enron Teesside Operations, advised by the Stockton office of Dickinson Dees.

The parties have also agreed a 15-year electricity supply arrangement.

Denton Wilde Sapte advised BOC on the electricity aspects, and Slaughter and May's Brussels office on competition points.

Most hostile deal: London firm Bircham Dyson Bell acted for Guinness Peat Group and JO Hambro Capital Management on 15 million hostile takeover of National Accident Repair Services, advised by Travers Smith Braithwaite.

Meatiest deal: City firm Nicholson Graham & Jones acted for direct retailer Kleeneze on the 3 million sale of its non-core meat processing business to an unnamed purchaser, advised by Huddersfield firm Baxter Caulfield.