Olswang corporate partners Simon Morgan and Stephen Rosen have advised pharmaceutical company Vectura Group on its £130m acquisition of Innovata to create one of the UK's largest biotech companies. Innovata was advised by Bird & Bird corporate partner Simon Allport. Simmons & Simmons, led by corporate partner Gavin Weir and senior associate Isabella Roberts, acted for Vectura's financial adviser, Piper Jaffray.

Travers Smith corporate partner Paul Dolman has advised the shareholders of IT services provider Digica on the £28m sale of the company to Computacenter UK. Eversheds Birmingham corporate partner Keri Rees advised Computacenter.

Bond Pearce corporate partner Sebastian Briggs advised RWE Npower on the sale of Farr wind farm in Invernesshire and Ffynnon Oer wind farm in Neath Port Talbot to Beaufort Wind for around £130m. Hammonds London head of corporate William Downs, assisted by finance partners Graeme Carney and Gwyneth Macaulay, acted for Beaufort Wind. Allen & Overy projects partner Sheila Connell acted for the lenders, a syndicate of 11 banks led by Tokyo Mitsubishi.