Resourceful integrator: south-west firm Osborne Clarke advised two AIM-quoted natural resources clients, iodine producer Iofina and hydrocarbon producer Nighthawk Energy, on fundraisings worth £5m and £7m respectively. The firm also advised Marks & Spencer on an IT systems integration contract with IBM. IT provider Ciber Novasoft, which will carry out the integration, was advised by Midlands firm Browne Jacobson. IBM was advised by its in-house team.

Child’s play: national firm Hammonds advised PricewaterhouseCoopers on selling childrenswear retailer Adams Childrenswear, in administration, to its former owner John Shannon for an undisclosed sum. Adams Childrenswear, which had an annual turnover of £150m and more than 270 stores, was placed into administration in December 2008. Shannon was advised by City firm LG.

Leeds leads: City firm Lovells advised Equitix Healthcare and City firm CMS Cameron McKenna advised National Australia Bank on the acquisition, restructuring and refinancing of the Leeds Mental Health Services PFI project to run seven mental health units in Leeds. National firm Addleshaw Goddard advised the Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust.

Speak up: City firm Taylor Wessing advised supplier of speech-recognition systems Telephonetics on its £3.7m acquisition of software firm Eden Origin, which was advised by Bournemouth firm Ellis Jones.

Perfect ten: City firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain advised AIM-listed media company Ten Alps on a £3m fundraising.