DEALS OF THE WEEK 21.09.2000

Most bestial deal: Paisner & Co acted for Great Universal Stores in its 37 million acquisition of jungle.com, a leading Internet trading company.

Eversheds in Birmingham acted for jungle.com.

Most aerial deal: South-west firm Bond Peace acted for British International on the 35.5 million management buy-in/buy-out of Veritair from the Canadian Helicopter Corporation, advised by Scottish firm Paull & Williamson.

Veritair has several Ministry of Defence contracts, including one in the Falkland Islands, and runs the only scheduled helicopter service in the UK - to the Isle of Scilly.

Funders 3i and Bank of Scotland were advised by Osborne Clarke and Blake Lapthorn respectively.

Best travelled deal: Goodman Derrick acted for Culver Holdings in the demerger of its Internet travel services and products division to form a new company, World Travel Holdings, which is to be admitted to the Alternative Investment Market with an associated placing raising 11.5 million, valuing the company at 62 million.

Theodore Goddard is acting for World Travel.

Most on-the-ball deal: Olswang acted for Granada Media on its 47 million investment in Arsenal football club, which will give it 5% of the club's share capital and a 50% interest in a new joint venture company, AFC Broadband.

Slaughter and May advised Arsenal.

Most concrete deal: Pinsent Curtis represented building material company Hanson on its 33 million acquisition of 14 UK operations from the Tarmac group, including 12 quarries.

Eversheds advised Tarmac.

Most playful deal: Denton Wilde Sapte acted for Dixons on its joint venture with gameplay.com which will see gameplay acquire Dixons' seven @jakarta retail stores in return for a 20 million, 12.5% equity stake in gameplay.

The stake could increase by 10% if certain performance targets are met.

US firm Sidley & Austin advised gameplay.

Most architectural deal: Simmons & Simmons advised Despa, the German open-ended investment fund, on the 100 million development and letting of its flagship office building at 100 Wood Street, the first office project in the City designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Norton Rose advised the developer, Helical Bar, while the tenants are: Chase Manhattan Bank, advised by Nabarro Nathanson; Schroders Investment Management, advised by Allen & Overy; Law Debenture Corporation, advised by Speechly Bircham; and Friends Ivory & Sime, advised in-house.