Deals Of The Week: 2.06.2003

Most wearing deal: The Derby office of Freethcartwright acted for shoe retailer Brantano on its 2 million acquisition of 28 stores from Famous Brunswick Warehouse, which went into administration last December.

Leeds firm Walker Morris acted for the administrators, Ernst & Young.

Brantano now claims to be the largest out-of-town footwear retailer in the UK.

Most greeted deal: City firm Taylor Wessing acted for Cardfair on its purchase of the majority stake in national discount greeting card retailer Card Warehouse from Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity, advised by Manchester firm Halliwell Landau.

Juciest deal: City firm Withers acted for leading contract publishing company John Brown Citrus Publishing on its purchase for an undisclosed sum of children's contract publisher Act-Two, represented by London firm Marriott Harrison.

Act Two works with brands such as Disney and Nickelodeon.

Most historic deal: Olswang acted for Independent Television News on its five-year deal to take over the management and marketing of the British Pathe News archive, which contains more than half a million hours of historical material dating back to the 1890s.

Denton Wilde Sapte advised British Pathe, which is owned by the Daily Mail & General Trust.

Most glamorous deal: US/UK firm Jones Day Gouldens and Scottish firm James Stewart & Co advised the vendors on the sale of Skibo Ltd, the principal asset of which is Skibo Castle in Scotland, most famous for being the venue for Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie.

The 7,500 acre estate also includes a championship golf course.

The London office of US firm Dewey Ballantine acted for the undisclosed buyer.

Most private deal: City firm Norton Rose advised Sports Resources Group on its decision to go private.

Addleshaw Goddard acted for Hegira, the company formed by two of the group's directors for the purposes of making the offer.

Most youthful deal: City firm CMS Cameron McKenna advised the STC (Milton Keynes) Ltd consortium, led by Securicor Custodial Services, on a private finance initiative to build an 80-bed secure training centre at Milton Keynes, the first to be contracted directly with the Youth Justice Board, advised by Denton Wilde Sapte, which also acted for the Treasury Solicitor's Department.

Clyde & Co acted for Securicor and Wragge & Co for consortium member MJ Gleeson Group.

Allen & Overy advised funder Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank.