CHARLES Glaskie and Jemma Bolton led a team at the Manchester office of law firm Halliwells who advised Cheshire's Eagle Eye Telematics on a £2.5m debt-for-equity swap. Halliwells' Frank Shephard led a team who advised JJB Sports on its acquisition of Qube Footwear.

Halliwells' Dean Gormley advised Barclays on its funding for a £3m management buyout of Wigan-based greeting cards business Wishing Well Studios. Keith Turpin, of DTE Corporate Finance, and Ian Gillis, of law firm DWF, acted for the company. Rebecca Grisewood, of Halliwells, advised on Aberdeen Asset Managers Private Equity's sale of Darwen-based Brookhouse Holdings to US business Kaman Corporation for £43m.

MIKE Baguley led a team at the Manchester office of Allied Irish Bank who provided £1.6m in asset finance to Denton-based crane provider K-Lift for new equipment and £250,000 to engineering business Skelair International, of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, for a drilling rig.

ANDY Hume led a team at Manchester's City Invoice Finance who provided £100,000 in funding to pie maker Independent Foods, of Ripon, Yorkshire.

UDO Pope, head of the public sector team at Manchester law firm Pannone, advised Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive on the appointment of the M-Pact Thales consortium to design, build and maintain Metrolink extensions to Oldham, Rochdale, Droylsden and Chorlton.