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

  • July 03, 2026

    Is SpaceX A UK Growth Biz? Lawyers Say It Doesn't Matter

    SpaceX was not quite what the authors of a new U.K. capital-raising regime for unlisted businesses had in mind for a typical beneficiary, but lawyers argue that Elon Musk's space project becoming the first user of the funding source shows its potential for other offshore issuers.

  • July 03, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London, Russia's state development bank was sued in a commercial fraud claim involving military GPS technology, one of Nike's subsidiaries brought an intellectual property claim against a menswear company owner, BlackBerry re-opened a $6.49 million claim against its South Asian licensee and CBRE property services filed a claim against CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. 

  • July 03, 2026

    Battery Biz Raises £5M In Oversubscribed Share Sale

    Battery manufacturer Ilika said Friday it has conditionally raised £4.56 million ($6 million) through an oversubscribed share sale, and plans to use the proceeds to support the commercial development of its product lines and invest in equipment.

  • July 03, 2026

    FCA To Simplify Cost Disclosures On Consumer Investments

    The Financial Conduct Authority has set out proposals to simplify how financial services platforms and advisers disclose investment costs to consumers by merging fragmented rules on disclosure into a single approach.

  • July 03, 2026

    EIG-Managed Fund Sells £112M Stake In Global Energy Biz

    A fund managed by U.S. investor EIG Management Co. LLC has sold its stake in Harbour Energy PLC for £112 million ($150 million) as it exits the oil and gas company it helped to set up, bookrunner Barclays said Friday.

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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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