Travers Smith’s longstanding ties with 3i are paying dividends as the City firm landed the pole advisory position on the majority of the buy-out house’s transactions in the past year, according to new research.

Statistics compiled for Legal Week by Mergermarket show Travers has advised on the majority of the FTSE 100 company’s major City transactions since January 2006, including the group’s three largest deals, which have a combined value of £4bn.