Olswang advised new client NBGI Private Equity on the £10m sale of executive recruitment group Walker Hamill to its management team. Olswang corporate partner Duncan McDonald led for NBGI while Speechly Bircham corporate partner Andrew Collins represented the management.

Eversheds acted for Centrica on the £90m sale of British Gas Connections, its independent gas transportation arm, to Kellen Venture, a joint venture between Terra Firma and East Surrey Holdings. Eversheds corporate partners Chris Garnett and Keri Rees advised Centrica while Beachcroft Wansbroughs corporate partner Matthew Darling represented Kellen.