Steamiest deal: London firm Finers Stephens Innocent advised Flying Scotsman plc on the sale of the Flying Scotsman locomotive, its tender and support coach to the National Railway Museum.

Hull and York-based firm Rollits advised the museum.

Best fabricated deal: Lichfield firm Keelys advised the management of Fusion (Burntwood) on a management buy-out of the business for an undisclosed sum from Bloxwich Engineering.

Fusion manufactures high-quality assemblies and fabricated products formed from metal tube manipulation.

Wolverhampton firm FBC advised Bloxwich.

Deal with the best lunch: City firm DLA and US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised private equity house the Blackstone Group on the 750 million sale of the Savoy Group to Quinlan Private, a specialist property investment group backed by a consortium of Irish investors.

The Savoy Group's hotels include Claridges, the Savoy, the Berkeley, and the Connaught.

It also owns the Savoy Theatre.

Irish firm A&L Goodbod asnd City firm Allen & Overy advised Quinlan Private.

Scariest deal: City firm Olswang advised the founders of Medusa Communications and Marketing on the sale of the business to Contender Entertainment Group for an undisclosed sum.

Medusa has a large library of martial arts films and is the UK's leading distributor of Jackie Chan kung fu films.

London firm Davenport Lyons advised Contender, while the Reading office of Osborne Clarke acted for finance provider Lloyds TSB.

Deal with a view: City firm Goodman Derrick advised Von Essen Hotels on the acquisition of the Sharrow Bay Hotel in the Lake District for an undisclosed sum.

Newcastle-based firm Dickinson Dees advised the vendors.