. Ward Hadaway corporate finance partner Robert Thompson has advised UK health club operator Bannatyne Fitness, which has won the auction to acquire 24 clubs from Living-Well Health & Leisure for £90m. SJ Berwin corporate partner Peter Anderson advised the seller.
. Wragge & Co advised Close Brothers Private Equity and Walker Morris advised management on the £93m buy-out of Leeds-based Rose-mont Pharmaceuticals from US biotech company Savient Pharmaceuticals. Partner Andy Stylianou ( pictured) and private equity head Maurice Dwyer led the team for Wragges. Corporate partner Debbie Jackson led for Walker Morris. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr acted for Savient and Eversheds advised debt provider HSBC.
