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

  • August 13, 2025

    Aerospace Co. Claims £11.5M Buyout Was For Worthless Firm

    The new owner of an aerospace component maker that supplied BAE Systems is fighting for a refund after an £11.5 million ($15.6 million) acquisition, claiming the company could be worthless because it knowingly sold faulty parts.

  • August 13, 2025

    Fund Manager Sued Over Unpaid Fee In $300M Financing Deal

    A corporate finance adviser has alleged that an investment fund manager is refusing to pay a $3.75 million success fee after the adviser introduced investors for the manager's fleets of supply vessels across the Middle East, Southeast Asia and West Africa.

  • August 13, 2025

    Football Club Owner's $93.6M Buyout Dispute Gets Trial Date

    A dispute over whether the owner of a portfolio of football clubs was required to buy for $93.6 million an investment vehicle's stake in his company will be determined in a preliminary issue trial in September.

  • August 13, 2025

    HSF Kramer, CMS Guide £36M Pension Deal For German Bank

    Pension Insurance Corp. has completed a £36 million ($49 million) buy-in transaction involving the pensions of 156 members of The Helaba Group in a deal guided by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP.

  • August 13, 2025

    Property Owner Beats KKR To Deal For Rival With £1.8B Bid

    Healthcare real estate owner Primary Health Properties can go ahead with its takeover of Assura PLC for approximately £1.8 billion ($2.4 billion) after most of the rival landlord's shareholders rejected a competitive bid from private equity firm KKR.

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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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