Rum deal: City firm Olswang has advised Dominican Republic practice Cabral & Diaz on the majority sale of shares in rum producer Brugal & Co to Famous Grouse whisky producer the Edrington Group. Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens acted for the Edrington Group.


Wheeler deal: The Leeds office of national firm Cobbetts has advised Jamesstan Investments on its acquisition of bus and coach manufacturer Optare Holdings. Leeds firm Walker Morris advised Optare.



Online deal: South-west firm Osborne Clarke has acted for the shareholders of UK online display advertising company Adviva on its sale to US rival Specific Media. Specific Media was advised by US firm O'Melveny & Myers.



Money deal: Thames Valley firm Boyes Turner advised Guardian News & Media on the sale of personal finance magazine Money Observer to Moneywise Publishing. Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens acted for Moneywise.



Raw deal: City firm Travers Smith advised Primary Capital and other shareholders on the management buyout of the Yo! Sushi restaurant chain.



The management team was backed by funds managed by Quilvest Private Equity. National firm DLA Piper advised the management team and US firm Latham & Watkins advised Quilvest.



Liquid deal: City firm Taylor Wessing has acted for the Bank of Montreal's London branch in its role as liquidity bank for a $11 billion (£6 billion) facility for Links Finance Corporation and $1 billion (£500 million) facility for Parkland Finance Corporation. Offshore firm Walkers acted for Links and Parkland.



Moving deal: National firm Halliwells advised logistics company Stobart Group on the £60 million acquisition of transport and logistics business the Irlam Group and the £10 million purchase of transport infrastructure engineers WA Developments. National firm DLA Piper advised the Irlam Group and national firm Eversheds advised WA Developments.