Most mobile deal: Telford firm Martin Kaye advised mobile phone giant NEC on the sale for an undisclosed amount of NEC's manufacturing arm at its Castle Farm Campus in Telford to Celestica, represented by Addleshaw Booth & Co's Manchester office.
The deal safeguards all 685 jobs at the plant.Most paper-driven deal: London firm Biddle advised legal stationery and specialist services supplier OyezStraker Group on its recommended offer to take Stat Plus Group private.
The office valued Stat Plus at 17.6 million.
Nabarro Nathanson acted for Stat Plus, while Lovells advised Bank of Scotland, which has offered OyezStraker loan facilities to fund the deal.Most powerful deal: Norton Rose acted for Scottish Power on its 220 million acquisition of Powergen's Rye House Power Station.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Beringer advised Powergen.Most urgent deal: Bristol firm Burges Salmon advised the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority on its pathfinder private finance initiative (PFI) to award a contract for the management and maintenance of its vehicle fleet and operational equivalent.
It is the first PFI for any UK fire and emergency planning authority.
The contract was awarded by TLG Fire Services, one of two bidders, advised by Garretts.Most Wellcome deal: CMS Cameron McKenna represented The Wellcome Trust on the 28 million purchase of Eagle Star's former headquarters in Threadneedle Street, which is now mostly occupied by US law firm Sidley & Austin.
Simmons & Simmons acted for Eagle Star.Most comfortable deal: City firm Tarlo Lyons acted for Eurosea Group and Park Plaza Hotels in their purchase of a long lease of a former office building in Nottingham.
The building was to be converted into a 196-room hotel, the Nottingham Park Plaza, which it is intended will open this autumn.
London firm Jerrard Saunders Donn advised the sellers, Rectory International.Most secure deal: SJ Berwin acted for British Land and Linklaters for Security Capital on a joint venture to buy the London & Henley Residential Investment Portfolio from Security Capital European Realty.
SJ Berwin also advised the joint venture vehicle.
Berwin Leighton advised Abbey National on the 114.5 million financing of the joint venture, while Shoosmiths, Richards Butler and Hammond Suddards Edge provided the property certificates.
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