Transactions UK Archive » November, 2022

Transactions UK - November, 2022

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• EU Worried By Vivendi Purchase Of French Publishing Rival
• Gov't Plan For Solicitor Legal Aid Fees Draws Criticism
• Norwegian Health Tech Biz Launches $2M Share Buyback
• Eversheds, CMS Guide £1.7B Pension Deal For Balfour Beatty
• Hill Dickinson Helps SPAC Dial Square Float In London
• UK Chemicals Biz Sells Unit To Turkish Group For $170M
• Linklaters Steers Brookfield's Bid For 49% Of Swedish Biz
• Tesco Buys Back £203M Of Shares As Part Of £750M Program
• AstraZeneca To Buy US BioTech Biz For Up To $320M
• HSBC To Sell Its Canada Business To RBC For $10B
• Pharma Co. Denies Owing Bank €2.5M M&A Advice Bill
• Catering Giant Compass To Return £250M To Shareholders
• Shippers' Shareholders Back Taylor Maritime's $506M Bid
• Nestle To Buy Back $21B In Shares By 2024
• UK Concerned Over Completed $107M Vehicle Salvage Deal
• Shell Plans Net-Zero Emissions With $2B Nature Energy Buy
• CCRC Head Tapped For Judicial Appointments Commission
• Legal Watchdog Launches Sanctions Regime Guidance
• Metal Producer Charges SPAC $19.4M In Battery Stake
• A Look At The Increase In Employee Ownership Trusts
• Beacon Energy Extends Period To Buy European Co.
• Education Tech Co. To Sell Businesses For Up To £16M
• UK Considers Fixes To Korean Air's $1.6B Bid For Asiana
• Engineering Biz Senior Closes Up-To-$100M Purchase Of Rival
• Superdry In Refinance Talks With Hedge Fund-Backed Lender
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Execs Fire Back at Quilter In Pension Compensation Suit
• Court Trims Fraud Claims In $661M Share-Purchase Spat
• Firms Urged To Avoid 'Sleepwalking' Into Pension Deals
• Stephenson Harwood-Led Tech Investor Targets £100M IPO
• Travers Smith-Led Sausage Biz To Buy UK Rival For £540M
• Low-Cost Norwegian Airline Raises $30M For UK Operation
• SSE To Sell 25% Stake In Transmission Network For £1.5B
• Sidley Austin Hires Middle East M&A Pro For New York Office
• Brick-Maker Cements £8.25M Purchase Of Rival, £3M Buyback
• Umbro Supplier Sues For £1.8M In 'Unpaid' Dividends
• Ince Group Raises £4.7M With Placing And Retail Offer
• 'Big Data' Biz Plans To Raise £1M Before Canceling Shares
• Investment Firm Raises £12.5M Through Placing, Subscription
• UK Insurance Broker Buys Australian Co. For AU$482M
• 4 Firms Vie To Lead Suit Against Barclays Over $17.6B Error
• Ropes & Gray-Led Electric Aircraft Co. Lilium Lands $119M
• Unhappy With Public Listing, SourceBio Plans To Go Private
• Economic Woes Threaten To Cool Insurance M&A Deals
• EU Basel III Bank Reforms May Weaken Securities Market
• Tech Investor Clinches €1.8B Buy Of Just Eat's Brazilian Unit
• Clifford Chance Leads Entain's €700M Buyout Of Gambling Biz
• Credit Suisse Shareholders Approve $4.2B Cash Call
• UK Chemicals Co. Fails To Raise Equity, Launches Review
• Glencore Agrees Australian Mine Sale To SPAC For $1.1B
• UK Group Joins Chorus Opposing Amazon's Roomba Deal
• 3 Firms Steer $573M SPAC Merger For UK EV Startup Zapp
• UK Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Oilfield Tech Deal
• Squire Patton Adds Private Equity Pro In Madrid
• FCA Forms Panel To Develop Code For ESG Data, Ratings
• City Lawyers Say Bill Of Rights Undermines UK Stability
• Broadcom's Planned $61B VMware Takeover Probed In UK
• Kirkland Bets On Guiding Deal For National Lottery Operator
• SocGen And US Asset Manager To Launch Equities Venture
• Struggling Lender PCF Seeks Shareholder Approval To Delist
• Consortium's £9.6B Bid For National Grid Unit Gets UK Nod
• UK Judge Limits Remote Hearings After Porn Interruption
• Cleary Lands M&A Pro Nick Rumsby From Linklaters
• Slaughter-Led Virgin Money Extends Share Buyback By £50M
• Irish Health Care Biz To Buy Pharma Co. For Up To €75M
• Investment Firm Sues Metal Biz Sellers After £2.7M Buyout
• Caterer Compass Announces Further £250M Share Buyback
• UK, Switzerland Extend Services Agreement By 3 Years
• CMG Cleantech Buys Ocean Waste Recycling Co. For €100M
• PE Firm Astatine Targets £300M IPO For UK Investment Trust
• Mayer Brown Guides £400M Pension Deal For Aerospace Biz
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• BPE-Advised Covid Test Provider Proposes Capital Reduction
• Zurich Launches $1.8B Share Buyback Program
• Finance Software Biz Sues For $2.3M Over $21M Deal
• Insurer Legal & General Expects £9B Pension Deals This Year
• Dickson Minto-Led Meal Delivery Biz Eyes Share Delisting
• UK SPAC Pulls Acquisition, Blames 'Market Conditions'
• Rio Tinto Ends Deal With Dissenting Miner's Investors
• Law Bodies Call For Urgent Changes To Court System
• Plastic Maker Fights £9.5M Suit Over Dodging M&A Advice Bill
• Linklaters-Led BAE Launches £500M Share Buyback
• Insurer Predicts Pension Risk Transfer Market To Hit £30B
• Mayer Brown Bets On French Lottery Operator's €175M Bid
• Life Insurance Adviser Alpha To Buy Barbados Finance Biz
• Investec Launches £350M Share Buyback After Profits Rise
• EU Proposes Making Listings Easier As IPOs Fall 86%
• Panasonic To Buy Systemair's Air Conditioning Biz For €100M
• EU Raises Concerns Over Booking.com's €1.6B ETraveli Deal
• What To Do When Someone Blows The Whistle
• 5 Factors Driving Longer Prenotifications In EU Mergers
• VGP Launches €303M Rights Offer To Fund Growth
• Voltalia To Raise €490M Through Share Capital Increase
• Gunnercooke Guides £1.3M Pension Deal For Consultancy
• Digital Marketing Biz To Buy PR Rival For Up To €38.8M
• Mayer Brown Guides UK Insurer In £350M Shares Sale
• Vodafone To Return Up To £580M To Shareholders
• Foam Makers Get UK OK For €656M Merger With Fixes
• Parking Co. Founder Fires Back At Buyer's £7.8M M&A Suit
• Bank Sues Pharma Biz To Force €2.5M Payout On M&A Advice
• Tech Biz Owners Sue Dye & Durham For £1M Over M&A Deal
• Eutelsat Board Approves Deal With UK Satellite Rival
• UK SPAC Publishes Prospectus To Buy Cannabis Co. Hellenic
• CMA Starts Investigation Into £5B Shaftesbury, Capco Merger
• Credit Suisse To Sell Securitized Products Group To PE Biz
• 5 Firms Assist Two Energy-Focused Cos.' SPAC Plans
• UK Raises Concerns Over $1.6B Korean Air-Asiana Deal
• Goodwin Launches UK Executive Compensation Practice
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Argue Open-Mindedly
• Squire Patton To Open In Dublin With Pinsent Masons Head
• 5 Questions With Squire's EMEA Corporate Head
• Software Developer Fights For Debts In $313M Resale Suit
• Covington-Led Indivior To Buy US Drug Co. Opiant For $145M
• Schneider Gets Aveva Shareholder Backing For £10B Offer
• Joules To Enter Administration After Financing Plans Fail
• Swiss Cement Maker Holcim To Start $2B Share Buyback
• Latham & Watkins-Led PE Firm To Buy €400M Digital Biz
• Dutch Computer Chip Supplier Launches €12B Share Buyback
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Herbert Smith, Ogier Guide Investment Firm's London Listing
• PE Firm's £1.6B Takeover of Euromoney Wins Regulators' OK
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Toshiba, CVC Capital
• Ardian Raises €5B For Fifth-Generation Private Credit Platform
• Ex-BP Trader Loses Whistleblowing Claim Over Africa Deals
• Goodwin-Led HighBrook Seals Real Estate Fund At $632M
• Ex-Exec Sues Cannabis Biz For £1.8M Unpaid Compensation
• Grafton Group To Return £100M To Shareholders
• Domino's Pizza Group To Buy Back £20M In Stock
• France's Nexans To Acquire Reka Cables For €53M
• Allianz Launches €1B Share Buyback After Earnings Boost
• British Gas Owner Fuels Shareholders With £230M Buyback
• 2 Firms Lead $4.4B Deal For UK Industrial Products Maker
• HSF-led Primark Owner Begins £500M Share Buyback
• Meta's Sale Of Giphy Mapped Out By UK Watchdog
• Pinsent Masons-Led Energy Firm Launches £2.5B IPO
• Lender PCF To Exit UK Banking Market, Cancel Shares
• Pantheon Invests €53M In Irish Internet Infrastructure Co.
• Next Will Buy Failed E-Retailer Made.com From Administrators
• King & Spalding Adds Tax Partner In Paris
• Microsoft Faces EU Probe Of $69B Activision Blizzard Deal
• Solicitors Ask Government To Revamp Retained EU Law Bill
• SRA Sees 'Appetite' For Single Legal Industry Watchdog
• Ireland Raises €396M In Latest AIB Stake Sale
• Applied Graphene's Shares Drop As It Cancels Equity Raise
• Engineering Co. To Buy Smart Thermostat Maker For £110M
• ING Raises €105M From Share Buyback
• SocGen Leasing Unit's €5B Deal For Dutch Rival Gets UK Nod
• Associated British Foods Launches £500M Buyback Program
• University Of Manchester And 10BE5 Announce Partnership
• Worldline To Buy Italian Bank's Card Payment Biz For €100M
• Pinsent Guides PayPoint's £83M Buyout Of Savings Club
• Permanent TSB Buys Retail Biz From Ulster Bank For €4.8B
• Miller Thomson Helps $31.6M DWF Bid For Canadian Law Firm
• Frasers Group To Buy Back Up To £70M In Shares
• Philip Morris Gets 83% Of Swedish Match, Extends Offer Time
• Kirkland Leads Castlelake In Closing $782M Credit Fund
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Oversight Plan May Leave SRA Too Much Leeway, Group Says
• Gallagher Buys Irish Insurer Doyle Mahon, Rebrands Innovu
• Asset Managers Eye Loopholes In FCA Greenwashing Rules
• UK Regulator Raises Antitrust Concerns Over Dough Merger
• Monte Dei Paschi Completes €2.5B Fundraising
• ING To Return Up To €1.5B To Investors Through Buyback
• DLA Piper Taps M&A Pro To Lead Birmingham Office
• Mærsk Starts Third Phase Of $5B Share Buyback
• 3 Firms Lead Bain Capital Group's €955M Bid For Caverion
• Fintech Operator To Raise £10M For Acquisition Funding
• UK Gives Final Nod To €15B Veolia-Suez Merger Deal
• SRA Set To Introduce Rules On Bullying, Health Issues
• Ex-Freshfields Tax Solicitor Named To Court Of Appeal
• Finance Forum Urges Climate Action, Unveils Transition Plans
• Shareholders Accept Frasers' Bid For MySale
• Hurricane Energy Puts Itself Up For Sale After Unwanted Bid
• White & Case-Led French Glass Co. Buys UK Rival For £315M
• Squire Patton Guides £200M Pension Deal For Print Co. Agfa
• Ashfords Guides Broker Ardonagh In Deal For Consultancy
• Foxtons Group Announces £3M Share Buyback
• 3 Firms Rep As Cinven Inks $720M Deal For TaxAct
• DWF Unveils New Menopause Support Policy
• Finnish Auto Tech Biz Calls Off IPO Amid Economic Woes
• 6 Firms Guide $10.9B Deal To Take Atlas Corp. Private
• UK Fintech Broker To Return $60M To Shareholders
• BP Launches $2.5B Shares Buyback As Profit Surges
• Made.com Falls Into Administration As It Suspends Shares