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 16, 2026

    Fitch Accused Of Inflating Debt Ratings Before 2008 Crash

    Fitch Ratings secretly adjusted its credit rating models in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis to generate artificially high credit ratings for complex debt investments, motivated by a desire to grow its revenues, an investment firm said in its latest claim against a major rating agency. 

  • June 16, 2026

    German Food Biz Nears Completion Of £183M Buy Of Treatt

    German ingredients giant Döhler Group and flavor and fragrance maker Treatt said Tuesday that they have secured regulatory approval in two countries for a takeover deal worth approximately £183 million ($247 million), bringing the transaction closer to completion.

  • June 16, 2026

    AI Deals Call For Tailored Approach To Address Hidden Risks

    As artificial intelligence deals continue to advance, they raise complex intellectual property questions with hard-to-verify technical facts that require a different approach to due diligence, risk allocation and execution, say lawyers at Katten.

  • June 16, 2026

    Gift Wrap Firm Launches Buyback Of Up To 9.8M Shares

    IG Design Group PLC said it intends to repurchase up to about 9.8 million shares under a buyback program it began Tuesday, which is expected to lower the gift and party accessory maker's share capital.

  • June 16, 2026

    London REIT Rebuffs Glenstone's £56M Takeover Offer

    Commercial property company Alternative Income REIT PLC urged its shareholders Tuesday not to take any action in response to a takeover offer of approximately £56.4 million ($75.6 million) by its largest shareholder Glenstone REIT PLC.

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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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