PAUL Ellaby led a team at the Manchester office of law firm Hill Dickinson who advised Loughborough consultancy RWA Rail on its £1.8m sale to AIM-listed Leeds company Tracsis. The team included Melanie Gavin and David Mikhitarian.

STEVE Kuncewicz and Chris MacCafferty, of Manchester law firm Ralli, have been appointed by Tim and Zoe Bawtree, whose work to build an underground eco-home in Cheltenham featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs programme, to sell the £1m house in a raffle.

RUTH Jones and Simon Lewis, of Manchester law firm Brabners Chaffe Street, advised Nottinghamshire- based Pyramid Products, which sells outdoor equipment, on its acquisition by Group Novo.

CAROLINE Hanratty, a partner at Manchester law firm George Davies, advised Edinburgh-based Kilmartin Property Group on the sale and letting of units at Hyde Point, an industrial scheme in Tameside.

ROSS Wellman led a team at the Manchester office of law firm Halliwells who advised Bolton Sixth Form College on legal issues regarding the launch of its £14m Farnworth Campus.

LEILA Porter and Sarah Flinn, of law firm Beachcroft's Manchester office, advised PLUS-listed Staffordshire broadband firm Keycom on a £4.4m fundraising via a shares placing and its £2.1m takeover of Wrexham-based rivals MCW Group and Media Force (UK).