Macfarlanes has advised Kleinwort Capital on the £104.5m sale of information technology provider Vivista to SunGard Data Systems. Corporate partner Simon Perry led the Macfarlanes team while Allen & Overy corporate partner Jeremy Parr represented SunGard.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary advised Five Arrows on its £70m sale of County Leasing & Finance and Benton Finance to The Funding Corporation (TFC). London-based private equity partner Tom Whelan led the DLA Piper team with Tony Bochenski, a banking partner at DWF Solicitors, acting for TFC.