Ashurst Morris Crisp corporate partner Jeffrey Sultoon is advising Taylor & Francis Group on its £300m bid for Blackwell Publishing. The target is being advised by Clifford Chance.

Clifford Chance partner Neil Addison has advised UK building materials group BPB Industries on its £242.8m bid for James Hardie Industries. Weil Gotshal & Manges partner Ellen Odoner advised BPB on US aspects of the deal. Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek partner Howard Barnhorst advised the target.