Scariest deal: North-west firm DWF acted for Monstermob Group on its acquisition of competition and gaming company Mediaprom for an initial 600,000.

Mediaprom specialises in the production of competitions inserted into newspapers and magazines, with players entering by either a fixed-line premium rate telephone call or a mobile phone text message.

Newcastle-based Dickinson Dees advised Mediaprom.

Most principled deal: City firm Trowers & Hamlins advised Kuwait Finance House's Al Manar UK property fund on the acquisition of a 24 million industrial facility in West Thurrock, Essex, from Scottish Widows and a 56 million portfolio of three south-east offices located in Bracknell, Leatherhead and Stockley Park from Morley Fund Management.

The acquisitions were organised to comply with Sharia principles (Islamic law).

Linklaters advised Scottish Widows and City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner advised Morley.

US/UK firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw acted for Aareal Bank, which provided third-party finance to the deals.

Most newsworthy deal: The London office of Osborne Clarke acted for the shareholders of on-line recruiter Jobsite (UK) Worldwide on its 36 million sale to Associated Newspapers, the national newspaper division of Daily Mail and General Trust.

Advised by City firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

Most timely deal: London firm Marriott Harrison advised the Online Travel Corporation (OTC) on the 55 million offer by Lastminute.com.

OTC is an on-line travel supplier and retailer, owning over 80 Web sites with two million unique users every month.

City firm Herbert Smith acted for Lastminute.com.

Booziest deal: City firm CMS Cameron McKenna is advising Enterprise Inns on the 500 million increase in its senior facility to finance the acquisition of the Unique Pub Company.

Following completion of the acquisition Enterprise will own more than 9,000 pubs, making it the largest leased and tenanted pub operator in the UK.

Allen & Overy is advising the senior banks.

Best laid out deal: City firm Masons has advised Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping (OHM), a provider of remote electromagnetic sensing services designed to detect the presence of offshore oil and gas, on its admission to the Alternative Investment Market.

OHM raised 10 million through a placing, giving it a market capitalisation of 50 million.

City firm Nabarro Nathanson advised OHM's nominated adviser and broker, KBC Peel Hunt.