Most vintage deal: City firm Trowers & Hamlins advised Australian wine producer Dromana Estate on its fast-track admission to the Alternative Investment Market and an associated £600,000 placing. The London office of US/UK firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham acted for broker Hoodless Brennan & Partners.


Best-connected deal: National firm Pinsent Masons advised Vislink on the acquisition of Link Research, a provider of digital wireless camera systems for the broadcast and broadcast sports markets, for £11 million. Potters Bar firm Batchelor & Myddelton acted for Link.



Meatiest deal: City firm Taylor Wessing advised the management of the Gaucho Grill chain of Argentine steak restaurants on a £21 million management buyout backed by Barclays Private Equity. National firm Addleshaw Goddard acted for Barclays, while Pinsent Masons advised finance provider The Royal Bank of Scotland.



Most accommodating deal: London firm Klimt & Co acted for Dawnay Shore Hotels (DSH) on the acquisition of three hotels in Basingstoke, Hinckley and Daventry from Hanover International for £57 million. City firm Olswang advised DSH on the debt financing, while Addleshaw Goddard acted for the arranger, Anglo-Irish Bank Corporation. Marlborough firm Brew Commercial advised the vendors.



Model deal: Cambridge firm Hewitsons advised Amedis Pharmaceuticals, the medical chemistry and drug discovery company, on its merger with Paradigm



Therapeutics. Taylor Wessing advised Paradigm, while US/UK firm Jones Day advised new investors who provided almost half of the combined company's £11 million cash reserves.



Tastiest deal: The Preston office of north-west firm Forbes has advised Heathcotes Outside, the catering company owned by high-profile chef Paul Heathcote, on taking a ten-year lease of the clubhouse at Orrell rugby club. Wigan firm Platt & Fishwick advised the club.



Most regenerative deal: The in-house legal team at Leicester City Council advised on an agreement with Hammerson UK Properties that will enable a major expansion of the Shires shopping centre in Leicester. City firm Herbert Smith advised Hammerson UK.