Administrators, PwC have been raking in the fees like nobody’s business. In fact they are nearing an all time record with 153 million pounds ($251 million) billed for the first year. On the back of that, legal advisers, led by Linklaters have generated 68 million pounds ($112 million) in fees. Meanwhile, in the US legal fees for work relating to the collapse of Lehman Brothers are nearly $200m, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records.

Boasting the biggest fees so far is Lehman’s lead bankruptcy counsel at Weil Gotshal & Manges at around $99m (£60m). Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy, counsel to the creditors committee has billed $29m (£18m); Jenner & Block,  examining Lehman’s collapse has billed $17m (£10m); Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, Lehman’s special conflicts counsel, has billed $10m (£6m) and Jones Day, special counsel, has billed $7.7m (£4.7m).

Another piece of news competing in the large stakes is CVC’s deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev worth $2.23bn (£1.36bn) to purchase its Central and Eastern European operations. The acquisition is the largest this year; supping the fees are Freshfields who advised CVC and Clifford Chance, instructed by InBev. InBev has been looking to sell assets since it completed its $52 billion acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in a bid to reduce around $53 billion of debt.