Power play: Magic circle firm Linklaters advised National Grid on a £3.2bn rights issue, with City firm Herbert Smith advising a consortium of banks.

On track: Birmingham firm Wragge & Co advised Europorte, the rail freight subsidiary of channel tunnel ­operator Eurotunnel Group, on acquiring Great Britain Rail Freight from FirstGroup for an undisclosed sum. Magic circle firm Slaughter and May advised FirstGroup.

Keeping cool: Magic circle firm Clifford Chance, alongside Saudi firm Al-Jadaan & Partners, advised cooling company Saudi Tabreed on sponsoring a SAR1.84bn (£334m) district cooling project for petroleum company Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Project financiers Banque Saudi Fransi were advised by magic circle firm Allen & Overy, while Saudi Aramco was advised by US firm White & Case.

Test case: South-east firm Cripps ­Harries Hall advised French research company Staphyt on ­acquiring a majority stake in Oxford Plant Sciences, the biological testing facility. East Midlands firm Freeth Cartwright advised the sellers.

Taking stock: City firm Nabarro advised stockbroker Numis Securities on business service group RSM Tenon’s move from AIM to the London Stock Exchange main market. City firm Macfarlanes advised RSM Tenon.

Built to last: National firm DLA Piper advised property infrastructure support ­company Europa Support Services on its purchase of Nationwide Building Services, advised by City firm Trowers & Hamlins, for an undisclosed sum.

Delivery online: City firm Hogan Lovells advised ­supermarket Waitrose on a new 10-year deal to work with online grocer Ocado, advised by Slaughter and May.