Slaughter and May led by Nilufer Von Bismarck advised Laporte on the £31m management buy-out of its hygiene division.

Travers Smith Braithwaite's Chris Hale acted for the purchasers. 3i, advised by Osborne Clarke's Alisdair Livingstone, provided the equity.

Royal Bank of Scotland, represented by Dickson Minto's Michael Barron, provided debt finance.