Cleanest deal: National firm Pinsent Masons advised the owners of Ideal Bathrooms, Fowzi and Isaac Baroukh, on the £35 million sale of the company to Saint-Gobain Building Distribution. Kingston firm Carter Bell also advised the sellers, while Hammonds advised the purchaser.

Most luxurious deal: City firm Travers Smith advised Bridgepoint Capital and the management of Molton Brown on the £170 million sale of the luxury goods brand to Kao Prestige, a division of Kao Corporation. Lovells advised Kao.


Most tuneful deal: City firm Charles Russell advised Faber Music on its acquisition of International Music Publications, the European printed music business of Warner Bros. Publications, from Alfred Publishing for an undisclosed sum. The London office of Reed Smith advised Alfred Publishing.


Most playful deal: City firm Ashurst advised Blackstone Capital Partners IV on its ¤¤375 million (£259 million) acquisition of Legoland Parks from Lego. The deal includes parks in England, Germany, California and Denmark. US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Blackstone on the US aspects of the deal while City firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised HypoVereinsbank, which provided the debt. Clifford Chance advised Lego.


Most useful deal: London firm Harbottle & Lewis advised Really Useful Theatres on the £11 million sale of four of its 12 theatres to Nimax Theatres, a new entity owned by US producer Max Weitzenhoffer and West End producer Nica Burns. City firm Rosenblatt represented the purchaser.


Most responsive deal: The Leeds office of Watson Burton advised Lloyds TSB's commercial finance team on its backing of the management buy-in/buy-out of Responsive Group, the provider of engineering services. Newcastle firms Robert Muckle and Ward Hadaway advised the buy-out team and the vendors respectively.


Most artisan deal: Manchester firm Pannone & Partners advised property developers Artisan Ship Canal Developments on a £27 million property development and regeneration scheme in east Manchester. The firm handled the construction procurement process on phases two and three of the Eastside Valley development in Ancoats, to build 242 apartments. North-west firm Brabners Chaffe Street advised Allied Irish Bank's capital markets team, which provided the finance for the project.