07.02.2008


Trashiest deal: Hertfordshire firm, Foreman Laws, acted for the shareholders of Grosvenor Waste Management on the £79.5 million sale of the business to Viridor Waste Management, part of the Pennon Group. West country firm Ashfords assisted Pennon's in-house team.



Most locomotive deal: DLA Piper's London office advised John Laing and Henderson Equity Partners on the disposal of Laing Rail to Deutsche Bank for an undisclosed sum. City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse represented Deutsche Bank.



Most talkative deal: Manchester firm Pannone acted for investment bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander on its provision of debt facilities to fund the management buyout of business telecommunications provider, XLN Telecom. Zeus Private Equity, advised by north-west firm Halliwells, backed the buyout. London's Finers Stevens Innocent advised the vendors.



Success storey deal: City firm Fladgate Fielder advised a subsidiary of property investment company Arazim on the purchase of 80 Cannon Street - the 10-storey landmark building adjacent to Cannon Street station - from real estate investment management company PRUPIM for an undisclosed sum. City firm Lovells advised PRUPIM.



Most private deal: London's Boodle Hatfield acted for the Nationwide Building Society in relation to a £25 million loan facility for the purchase of an investment property in central London by an offshore vehicle. The anonymous purchaser instructed US firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.



Most luxurious deal: City firm CMS Cameron McKenna advised JJW Hotels on its $268 million (£136 million) acquisition of two luxury hotels and two golf courses in the Algarve, Portugal, from Starman Hotels. Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted for Starman.