Sparkling opening: City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised jeweller David Morris International on opening four stores in the United Arab ­Emirates.

Life is sweet: Slaughter and May and US firm Shearman & Sterling advised chocolate maker ­Cadbury’s on a failed £10bn takeover bid by US food giant Kraft. Clifford Chance advised Kraft.

Chip cheer: Shearman & Sterling’s London office, with Singapore firm Wong Partnership, advised Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Investment Company on its SGD5.6bn (£2.38bn) acquisition of Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM). US firm Latham & Watkins and Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill advised CSM.

Ringing the changes: City firm Norton Rose advised France Telecom on the proposed merger of its UK subsidiary, mobile phone network operator Orange, with T-Mobile, the UK subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. Clifford Chance advised Deutsche Telekom.