Eleventh hour deal: City firm Nabarro advised venture capitalist Spark Ventures on its role as lead investor to interior design website mydeco.com - a new initiative from lastminute.com entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane-Fox. Mydeco was advised by its in-house counsel.


Highest-scoring deal: National firm Weightmans advised Allied Irish Bank on its multi-million pound investment in Complete Football, a company that lists former footballer Kenny Dalglish as a director and is currently setting up a floodlit football academy in Liverpool. Complete Football was advised by Liverpool firm Bremners.



Most accommodating deal: National firm Pinsent Masons advised management on the £21.8 million sale of hotel bookings website Hotels4U.com. Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May acted for the purchaser, the Thomas Cook Group.



Most creditable deal: City firm Lovells advised Bank of Scotland Corporate on the provision of a $500 million (£250 million) credit facility to Guernsey-registered HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVGPE). US firm Debevoise & Plimpton acted for HVGPE.



Most crystal-clear deal: City firm Memery Crystal acted for fund management group Syndicate Asset Management in its £4.2 million acquisition of Independent Financial Solutions (IFS). London firm Collyer Bristow advised IFS.



Cleanest deal: London firm Fladgate Fielder advised Charles Street Securities, financial advisers to AIM-quoted emission control systems provider KleenAir Systems International, on placing new shares to raise £1.2 million. US firm Dechert acted for KleenAir.



Most eye-catching deal: North-west firm Cobbetts acted for the management in its £175 million buyout of laser vision correction company Ultralese. The company currently operates 17 eye laser clinics across the country, with four new clinics planned for 2008.