Every little helps: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised a consortium of banks on arranging Tesco’s £685m commercial mortgage-backed bond issue, designed to release value from its UK property portfolio. City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner advised Tesco.

Trading places: City firm Macfarlanes and US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell advised financial markets technology company BATS Global Markets on acquiring equity exchange Chi-X Europe, advised by magic circle firm Slaughter and May. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, creates the largest pan-European equities trading platform by market share.

Deal pioneer: City firm Herbert Smith advised oil and gas company OMV on its $866m (£531m) acquisition of the Tunisian oil exploration and production subsidiaries of US oil and gas company Pioneer Natural Resources, advised by US firm Vinson & Elkins.

Capital idea: Magic circle firm Linklaters advised Credit Suisse on issuing $6bn (£3.69bn) in capital notes as part of a Basel III-compliant contingent conversion capital instrument.

Green for go: City Firm Druces advised motor racing brand EEVRC on launching the The EV Cup, a race series for zero-emission electric vehicles.

Cross-border advice: City firm Pinsent Masons advised AMEC on its £33m acquisition of engineering support services company QED International, advised by Anglo-Scottish firm Shepperd & Wedderburn.

Grecian earn­: City firm Norton Rose and Greek firm Moratis Passas advised investment bank Barclays Capital on creating a €3bn (£1.85bn) covered bond programme for Greek bank Piraeus, advised by magic circle firm Clifford Chance and Greek firm Dracopoulos & Vassalakis.