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(Legal Week Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) . Olswang advised private equity firm Graphite Capital on its backing of the 86m management buy-out of global technical recruitment business NES Group from its founder and majority shareholder Bridgepoint. Private equity partner Fabrizio Carpanini ( pictured) led the Olswang team. Travers Smith senior associate Ian Shawyer advised Bridgepoint and DLA Piper advised the NES management.



. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Woolworths Group on its acquisition of investment holding company AMP Enterprises from 3i for 20m. Corporate partner Andrew Hutchings led the team. Eversheds corporate associate Catherine Eley advised the management and Wragge & Co private equity head Maurice Dwyer advised the seller.

. Pinsent Masons is advising building products distributor Heywood Williams on its 48m acquisition of Carlisle Brass Group. The Pinsents team was led by Manchester corporate partner Helen Ridge, while the vendor, Robin Graham, is being advised by Dickinson Dees corporate partner Simon Watts.

. SJ Berwin corporate finance partner Jonathan Djanogly has advised Pipex Communications on its acquisition of Bulldog's residential and small business broadband customer base and related intellectual property for approximately 12m. Allen & Overy corporate partner Anna Buscall advised the sellers, Cable & Wireless.

. Howard Kennedy head of corporate Alan Banes has advised the shareholders of property consultant Chantrey on the sale of 50% of its business to Australian property and funds management group Mirvac for 2m. Clayton Utz acted for Mirvac.

. White & Case New York corporate partner Ward Atterbury is advising Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners on its agreement to co-invest in Firth Rixson alongside The Carlyle Group. Latham & Watkins corporate partner Mike Bond is advising The Carlyle Group. Ashurst head of finance Nigel Ward advised Lehman Brothers as lenders to the agreement. The management of Firth Rixson was advised by DLA Piper corporate partner Andrew Holt.

. Baker & McKenzie Zurich-based corporate partner Martin Frey and banking partner Marcel Giger have advised 3i and Star Capital on the SFR1.6bn (686m) sale of SR Technics. Clifford Chance London private equity partner Simon Cooke acted for the acquiring consortium, made up from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Mubadala Development and Istithmar. Swiss firm Niederer Kraft & Frey advised SR Technics management.

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