Well-heeled deal: National firm Addleshaw Goddard advised the management team of luxury shoe retailer Kurt Geiger on its £95 million management buyout from Barclays Private Equity, advised by City firm SJ Berwin, with funding provided by Graphite Capital, advised by City firm Travers Smith. National firm DLA Piper acted for funding providers Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Carta Capital.


Tasty deal: Travers Smith advised private equity provider Bridgepoint Capital on its acquisition of sandwich chain Pret a Manger. City firm Macfarlanes advised the sellers, SJ Berwin advised the management team, City firm Ashurst advised the arranger Rabobank and US firm Sullivan & Cromwell advised minority investor Goldman Sachs.



Fashionable deal: London firm Davenport Lyons acted for Greg Tufnell, the former chief executive of fashion group Marchpole, in the £8 million management buy-in of menswear brand Peter Werth. Tufnell and asset management company, Electra Quoted, advised by London firm Fox Williams, bought Springrealm, the company behind Peter Werth. Regional firm Cobbetts advised backer Clydesdale Bank.



High-flying deal: City firm Trowers & Hamlins advised leasing company Waha Capita on the sale and leaseback of four 90-seater Bombardier aircraft for US$100 million (£50 million). Export Development Canada, advised by DLA Piper, financed the deal. Irish firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice advised the seller.



Public deal: City firm Memery Crystal advised public sector software supplier IDOX on its £5.3 million acquisition of software company Plantech. National firm Eversheds acted for Plantech's shareholders.



Back office deal: City firm Olswang advised business information provider LexisNexis on its acquisition of Axxia Systems, which provides back office and integrated software to mid-sized UK law firms. Bristol firm TLT advised Axxia's principal shareholders.



Sporty deal: London firm Teacher Stern acted for the Media Sports Investment consortium in its negotiations with Liverpool Football Club, advised by north-west firm Brabners Chaffe Street, to sign Argentinian international Javier Mascherano.