Most luxurious deal: The London office of US firm Hogan & Hartson acted for HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz al Saud in the purchase of the Savoy Hotel in London for an undisclosed sum. The purchase was made jointly by Kingdom Hotels International, which is owned by the prince and his family, and Bank of Scotland Corporate, a division of HBOS. Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson advised Bank of Scotland. Irish firm A&L Goodbody advised the vendor, Quinlan Private, while City firm Nabarro Nathanson acted for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, which will manage the Savoy.

Deal with bottle: The Manchester office of north-west firm Brabners Chaffe Street has advised the management of Kingsland Wines & Spirits, the independent bottling operation, on a buyout for an undisclosed sum. Regional firm Cobbetts advised vendors John Brooks and Nigel Gardener.


Most inscrutable deal: Cheltenham media firm Wiggin & Co acted for Emap Consumer Media on a tie-up between its FHM title and the on-line poker site, The World Poker Exchange (WPX). The six-month campaign will involve 'advertorials' in FHM and a prime-time TV special on the Bravo channel. City firm Tarlo Lyons advised WPX.


Most intellectual deal: The London office of Pinsent Masons acted for university technology intellectual property (IP) specialist IP2IPO on its £16 million acquisition of Techtran Group, a company set up to commercialise IP. Techtran's primary client is the University of Leeds. The vendors, including Axiomlab Group, were advised by Leeds firm Walker Morris.


Four-star deal: City firm Payne Hicks Beach has advised Nick Menzies, the chairman and founder of the four-star Menzies Hotels Group, on the share sale aspects of its buyout by investment house Nikko for £120 million. Nottingham firm Freeth Cartwright advised Mr Menzies on tax, while national firm Eversheds advised him on his ongoing role as shareholder and chairman of the Menzies group. Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised Nikko, while US/UK firm Jones Day acted for the existing institutional investors, BancBoston Capital and Indigo Capital.