DEALS OF THE WEEK 7.12.2000 ; ; ;Wombliest deal: Field Fisher Waterhouse advised music impresario Mike Batt on setting up and raising the finance for his new enterprise, Dramatico Entertainment, the label behind the Wombles seasonal single I wish it could be a Wombling merry Christmas every day.

;Most on track deal: York firm Denison Till advised newly formed public company Wensleydale Railway in publishing a prospectus to bring a train service back to the Yorkshire Dales.

If funding is received, the company will be the first to take over part of the rail network from Railtrack, which is to grant a 99-year lease for a 22-mile stretch of track.

;Most opinionated deal: Speechly Bircham acted for ;pollster MORI on the purchase of MRC (Ireland), the only major Irish market research agency operating in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, for an undisclosed sum.

PwC Tax & Ghrs, the associated firm of accountants Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, advised MRC, while Macfarlanes acted for the Royal Bank of Scotland, which provided acquisition finance.

;Easiest deal: An 18-lawyer team at Norton Rose acted as UK and US counsel to low-cost airline easyJet on its initial public offering, marketed in Europe and the US and listed in London.

The offering, which will raise more than 195 million for easyJet, values the company at 776 ;million.

;Most oddly shaped deal: Birmingham firm Martineau Johnson advised Rod Webb in the 11 million sale of historic rugby ball manufacturer James Gilbert to a management buy-in, advised by Bentley Jennisson.

Olswang advised equity provider FISP.

;Softest deal: Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has completed its first major IT deal for ICL, with the implementation and ten-year management of a 10.5 million software ;system for Cambridgeshire County ;Council, advised by Addleshaw Booth & Co.

;Booziest deal: Druces & Attlee acted for brewer Youngs on its 5.8 million acquisition of 17 pubs from Bristol brewer Smiles Holdings, advised by Osborne Clarke OWA.