Most epic deal: Cheltenham media firm Wiggin & Co advised ITV on the £53 million sale of The Moving Picture Company - which provided visual effects for recent blockbusters 'Alexander', 'Troy' and all the Harry Potter films - to Paris-listed media company Thomson's Technicolor Entertainment. City firms Macfarlanes and Lewis Silkin acted for Thomson and the management of The Moving Picture Company respectively.

Most liquid deal: City firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain advised Danish property fund managers Gaardsholt & Partnere on the £14 million acquisition of six properties let to pub group JD Wetherspoon. City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner acted for vendor St James Capital Investments.


Healthiest deal: City firm Olswang acted for the management team in its £3 million buy-out of London-based leisure and fitness club Gymbox from Fitness First. Crawley firm Stevensdrake represented finance providers HSBC, while City firm Ashurst acted for Fitness First.


Most mature deal: Derby firm Flint Bishop & Barnett advised nursing homes group Rushcliffe Care on its purchase of Arleston View, owner of two homes in Derby, for a substantial sum. Nottingham's Browne Jacobson advised the vendor, Charlescare.


Jet-propelled deal: City firm SJ Berwin acted for London City Airport on the construction of a £7 million runway hold facility and the securing of rights to a further £20 million extension. City firm Nabarro Nathanson acted for the London Development Agency.


Most consolidated deal: North-west firm Hill Dickinson acted for Ethel Austin Property Group on a £129 million financial consolidation with Bank of Scotland Corporate and Royal Bank of Scotland, enabling it to repay loans to 11 lending institutions. More than 270 properties in Great Britain were involved in the deal. Glasgow firm Kerr & Co advised the group in relation to Scottish properties, while DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's Liverpool and Glasgow offices acted for the two banks.


Most fluid deal: The London office of US firm Shearman & Sterling advised R20 on the £151 million acquisition of the Laurel Pubs Company, consisting of around 160 pubs, including the Hogshead chain. City firm Trowers & Hamlin and McGrigors assisted on the real estate side. The principal vendors were funds advised by Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, represented by SJ Berwin, while Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May acted for financiers HBOS and Kaupthing Bank respectively.