Transactions UK

Law360 UK Transactions delivers daily news, real-time alerts and forward-thinking analysis on corporate transactions trends and deals in the U.K. and EU including hostile takeovers, friendly mergers, IPOs, buyouts and shareholder disputes – and the laws and regulation surrounding them.

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Latest News in Transactions UK

  • June 25, 2026

    2 Firms Lead Merck's $11.3B Bio-Techne Life Sciences Deal

    Germany's Merck has agreed to acquire Bio-Techne Corp. in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S.-based life sciences tools company at about $11.3 billion, including debt, the companies said Thursday.

  • June 25, 2026

    Kirkland, Paul Weiss Guide Bain's €7.4B VW Unit Deal

    U.S. investment company Bain Capital will buy a majority stake in Volkswagen's marine and power engines subsidiary Everllence in a deal valued at €7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the companies said Thursday.

  • June 25, 2026

    Fieldfisher, Burges Salmon Steer 'Landmark' Pension Deal

    James Neill Pension Plan has penned a "landmark" capital-backed investment deal with Portunes Pension Capital, marking only the second such transaction in Britain's retirement savings market, legal advisers on the deal have said.

  • June 25, 2026

    Tropic Biosciences Buys Banana Biz For $20M

    Venture capital firm Agronomics said Thursday that its portfolio company Tropic Biosciences has acquired banana propagation company Rahan Meristem for $20 million to become "a fully integrated banana genetics leader."

  • June 25, 2026

    ArentFox Schiff Advises BP Marsh On $5M Investment

    B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to put $5.1 million into Autonomy, a new investment vehicle which aims to back independent U.S. insurance distribution businesses.

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  • MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & DISPOSALS:
  • Share swaps & cash acquisitions
  • IPOs, Cash Calls and Buybacks
  • Management buy-outs and buy-ins
  • Leveraged-buyouts
  • Shareholder agreements & Poison Pills
  • Activist shareholders and proxy fights
  • Venture capital and private equity deals
  • Distressed M&A: insolvency, restructuring, bailouts
  • AGENCIES
  • The Competition and Markets Authority
  • The Financial Conduct Authority
  • The Pension Regulator
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • U.K. Takeover Code under the Companies Act
  • Financial Services and Markets Act
  • Market Abuse Regulation
  • The Enterprise Act

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