Power play: Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Indian energy company Essar Energy on its London Stock Exchange listing, which valued the company at around £5.5bn, potentially catapulting it into the FTSE-100 index.

Butcher’s choice: Leamington Spa firm Wright Hassall advised pet food maker Butcher’s Pet Care on negotiating a lease for a new £38m headquarters in Crick. City firm SJ Berwin advised landlord Gazeley.

Quids in: US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges advised private equity firm Advent International on selling discount retailer Poundland to private equity firm Warburg Pincus, advised by magic circle firm Clifford Chance, for an undisclosed sum.

Climate change: The London office of US firm Shearman & Sterling advised financial trading company IntercontinentalExchange on its £395m acquisition of environmental trading exchange operator Climate Exchange, advised by magic circle firm Slaughter and May.

Metal edge: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised iron ore producer Vale on $4.9bn (£3.3bn) worth of transactions with aluminium maker Norsk Hydro, advised by Norwegian firm Thommessen and US firm Latham & Watkins.

Loan arranger: The London office of US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf advised Kazakhstan energy company KMG on increasing the size of its ­medium-term loan note programme to $7.5bn (£5.0bn), and on ­issuing $1.5bn (£1.0bn) of new notes. US firm White & Case advised joint lead managers Citibank, Credit Suisse and RBS.

Home improvement: City firm Trowers & Hamlins advised Isle of Wight Council and housing association Spectrum Housing Group on a £120m, 800-home residential development in Newport. South coast firm Moore Blatch advised developer Barratt.