COMMERCIAL law giant Bond Pearce has completed yet another deal - the latest in a string of high-profile corporate finance ones.

The firm, which has an office in Southampton, saw the small print through on behalf of DML, the owner and operator of Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth, to acquire the issued share capital of Frazer-Nash Consultancy Group for an undisclosed sum.

Frazer-Nash is a supplier of specialist engineering services, primarily to the defence, transport, aerospace, energy and industrial sectors, with offices in Dorking, Bristol and Burton-on-Trent.

Bond Pearce has also been involved in other major deals of late, including:

n A £400m financing deal for RWE Innogy, through its

subsidiary National Wind Power.

n Advising Hampshire-based Equinox Converged Solutions on a £11m investment by

private equity investment group Apax Partners.

n Advising on a £2.4m Alternative Investment Market flotation in Asfare Group plc, the UK's leading manufacturer of ladders for the rescue services, also based in Hampshire.

Other recent Bond Pearce corporate finance deals include the acquisition of Devon Waste Management on behalf of its management and waste company Viridor, the disposal of Cornwall-based St Merryn Foods to the Grampian Country Food Group, and a management buy-out at Plymouth-based engineering company Lapmaster International.

Bond Pearce has 62 partners and 288 fee earners and employs a total of 675 staff working from offices in Southampton, Plymouth, Bristol, London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter and Leeds.