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

  • September 08, 2026

    'Resilience,' Scale Up For Changes In EU Merger Overhaul

    With major European Union merger reforms due for finalization by the end of the year, the EU's top competition official said Sunday that enforcers plan to add more clarity to the draft merger guidelines, including by spelling out how improving environmental "resilience" can push transactions across the finish line.

  • September 08, 2026

    Calif. Urges Justices To Let Paramount Merger Case Play Out

    California and other state enforcers that are challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery have urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to expedite Iowa and Montana's case seeking to block the merger challenge.

  • September 08, 2026

    Liberty Global To Sell Dutch Assets For €670M Ahead Of IPO

    Liberty Global Ltd. said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell Dutch communications towers for €669 million ($777 million) to reduce debt at part of its European business, which it plans to float in 2027.

  • September 08, 2026

    US Energy Co. Eyes Snapping Up Explorer In £61.5M Deal

    Texas company Greenland Energy and London-listed gas explorer 80 Mile said Tuesday their boards have agreed to the terms of a proposed £61.48 million ($83.1 million) all-share merger, which could streamline their operations.

  • September 08, 2026

    Kirkland Leads Bridgepoint On €1.2B Pantheon Fund Deal

    A subsidiary of British asset manager Bridgepoint Group said Tuesday that a special fund led by private markets investor Pantheon has acquired approximately €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) of financial commitments from a Bridgepoint direct lending fund.

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Areas of Coverage

  • 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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  • Executives and attorneys at insurance companies and corporate policyholders
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 and FTSE 350 companies
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  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
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