Pinsent Masons has secured a substantial corporate instruction for a legacy construction client after taking a lead role on SIAC's acquisition of UK steel and concrete producer Bison Group.

The national firm landed the role for the Dublin-based SIAC, a legacy Masons construction client, after winning out ahead of several rival bids in a competitive tender earlier this year.

The deal, which closed last month and has a value "in the tens of millions", marks SIAC's first major UK acquisition and sees it take on Bison Structures, which produces steel structures for the retail, industrial and commercial sectors.