. Lawrence Graham corporate partner Sunil Kakkad has advised Metal Bulletin on its £165m merger with fellow UK-based publisher Wilmington Group. Richards Butler corporate partner Roy Montague-Jones advised Wilmington.

. DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary environmental partner Gina Zawitoski has advised UK building material group Aggregate Industries on its purchase of US concrete company Meyer Material for £127m from private equity houses Park Avenue Equity Partners and Wasserstein & Co. Jones Day corporate partner Joseph Adams acted for Meyer.