Tastiest deal: London firm Howard Kennedy is acting for restaurant group ASK Central on the 213 million cash offer from Riposte, a company formed by private equity houses TDR Capital and Capricorn Ventures to make the acquisition.

City firm Herbert Smith and US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Riposte.

Tallest deal: City firm Nabarro Nathanson advised Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance on raising 23 million to fund the 30-storey Bridgewater Place tower development in Leeds city centre.

The development has been pre-let to City-based law firm Eversheds.

Addleshaw Goddard advised developer Bridgewater Place on the pre-letting, while Hammonds advised external debt provider Barclays Bank.

Best procured deal: City firm Kemp Little advised private investor group Pi Capital on a 3 million fundraising for Procurecard.

Pi Capital is made up of around 200 of the UK's top business people and invests between 10 million and 15 million each year in unquoted UK businesses.

CMS Cameron McKenna advised Procurecard, which provides small to medium-sized businesses with procurement solutions.

Most expedient deal: City firm Rosenblatt advised the management of Expedia, which provides medical reports and services to the legal profession and the insurance industry, on its 5.2 million buyout.

Manchester-based Halliwell Landau advised the selling shareholders of Expedia, while Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson advised the corporate vehicle, Expedia Services Holdings, and Bank of Scotland, which provided facilities and took a 10% stake.

Most underground deal: Sole practitioner and construction and projects specialist Giles Dixon acted for Mouchel Parkman Metro in its negotiations with Alcatel Telecom for a 50 million, eight-year signalling installation contract on the Jubilee and Northern Lines, part of the Tube Lines public/private partnership with London Underground.

Alcatel was advised by its in-house team.