Mobile Africa: City firm Lewis Silkin advised Made in Africa, an organisation that encourages economic growth in east Africa, on a joint venture agreement with Monitise, a mobile phone banking technology company. Monitise East Africa will bring together multiple banks, mobile operators and service providers to provide access to bank accounts via mobile phones. The service will pilot in Uganda. Magic circle firm Clifford Chance advised Monitise.

Hardware buyout: City firm CMS Cameron McKenna advised Lloyds Banking Group and Allied Irish Bank on the management buyout of hardware retailer Robert Dyas. City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner advised the management of Robert Dyas.

Remote investment: London firm Fladgate and Israeli firm Shenhav & Co advised Israeli company Dmatek, which ­provides remote monitoring technologies, on its £53m takeover by an investor group led by private equity fund Francisco Partners. Magic ­circle firm Slaughter and May and Israeli firm Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein advised Francisco Partners.

Care commission: City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised the transition team on the establishment of the Care Quality Commission, a new public body responsible for health and social care regulation. FFW advised the transition team on merging three existing health and social care regulators: the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the Healthcare Commission and the Mental Health Act Commission. The firm also won a place on the commission’s legal panel.

Logistics merger: National firm Bevan Brittan advised Wincanton on the merger of its UK chilled distribution business with Culina Logistics, a logistics provider to the food and drink industry, for an undisclosed sum. The companies’ combined revenue was £205m in the last financial year. Wincanton will retain a 20% stake in the merged business. Culina was advised by Bristol firm TLT.