Rights move: Magic circle firm Linklaters advised financial group UniCredit on a €4bn (£3.49bn) rights issue. US firm Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UniCredit Bank as global coordinators and bookrunners, and a consortium of other banks as bookrunners and co-lead managers.

Wind of change: City firm LG advised wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower on a $206m (£128m) investment in the company and $64m (£40m) cash offer to shareholders by industrial technology company United Technologies Corporation. Linklaters advised UTC.

Tiger feat: Magic circle firm Clifford Chance advised Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and DBS on a $178m (£110m) flotation by Tiger Airways in Singapore, advised by US firm Latham & Watkins.

Class act: US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges advised Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board on acquiring Acorn Care and Education, which provides UK special needs schools. City firm Travers Smith advised Acorn’s shareholders, while City firm Nabarro advised its management.

Raising a glass: US firm Shearman & Sterling advised glass container manufacturer Ardagh Glass Finance on a €180m (£157m) bond offering.

Winter’s lease: US firm Mayer Brown advised financial trading and software company CMC Markets on the lease of a 54,000 square foot office at 133 Houndsditch, London, from property investors Henderson Global Investors, advised by US firm K&L Gates.

Under the hammer: US firm Jones Day advised a syndicate of banks on West Ham United football club’s sale to businessmen David Sullivan and David Gold for around £105m. CB Holding, a special purpose vehicle which previously owned the club, was advised by magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. National firm DLA Piper advised Sullivan.