Transactions UK Archive » May, 2025

Transactions UK - May, 2025

141 articles

• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FTC Finally Drops Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal
• BMS Group Strengthens Presence In Turkey With Oria Deal
• Pension Admin Staff Threaten Strike Over Capita Takeover
• Biotech Company Benchmark Eyes AIM Exit, £57M Buyback
• Blackstone Backs Davies With £275M For Global Expansion
• Nationwide To Merge Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank Boards
• Troubled NHS Contractor Prepares To Sell Assets
• Blake Morgan-Led Web Designer Raises £7M In Share Sale
• Assura Tells Shareholders Not To Vote On KKR, Stonepeak Bid
• Tech Firm Settles £18.4M Acquisition Claim
• BVI Firm Settles £8.5M Fraud Case Over Property Transfer
• International Paper Co. To Shut 5 Sites After DS Smith Deal
• RedBird To Buy Telegraph As Gov't Relaxes Ownership Rules
• HSF Guides Royal London's Up-To-£500M Asset Manager Buy
• Volvo Trucks Biz Bought By Swedish Car Dealership For $37M
• What EU 'Killer Acquisition' Study Means For Pharma Deals
• Sanofi To Acquire Goodwin-Led US Biotech Biz For $470M
• Latham Leads Honeywell In £1.8B UK Catalyst Tech Biz Buy
• Asset Manager Impax Launches £10M Share Buyback
• Petrofac Wins Approval For $355M Plan To Dodge Liquidation
• Herbert Smith-Led Third Point's Deal To List Reinsurer On LSE
• Cleary, Baker McKenzie-Led Medtronic To Split Diabetes Biz
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London
• Ashurst Steers Agricultural Biz's Proposed £70M Tender Offer
• A&L Goodbody-Led US Broker Buys Underwriter In Ireland
• Revolution Beauty Explores Sale Amid Legal Dispute Fallout
• Mayer Brown-Led Miner To Buy US Copper Project For $119M
• JPMorgan Fell Short In Trader Spoofing Investigation
• London-Listed Investor To Wind Down Amid Strategic Shift
• Ryanair Launches €750M Share Buyback As Revenue Rises
• Biotech Biz Poolbeg Pharma Raises £4.7M To Fund Research
• Engineer Renold Faces Competing Bids Worth Up To £183M
• Tools For Effective Asset Tracking In Offshore Jurisdictions
• Vodafone Kicks Off €500M Buyback In €2B Repurchase Plan
• Ithaca To Boost Stake In UK Gas Field With £116M Deal
• AstraZeneca Completes $1B EsoBiotec Purchase
• Ex-Allen & Overy Chiefs Set Up Shop To Match PE, Law Firms
• Construction Co. Owes £27K To Worker Dismissed In Transfer
• L&G Buys 75% Of US Property Investor Proprium Capital
• BNP Paribas Launches €1B Share Buyback
• Latham-Led Cobalt Buyer Confirms $230M IPO In London
• Dutch Investor Launches €4.1B Offer For Just Eat Takeaway
• Gaming Biz XLMedia Proposes Cancelation Of AIM Admission
• KKR, Stonepeak Take Swipe At PHP's Rival Bid For Assura
• Fintech Firm IForex Plans London IPO To Fund Expansion
• PHP Ups Takeover Offer For Assura To £1.7B
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• BCLP-Led KKR Funds Student Asset Near Warwick University
• UK Biotech Biz Issues Shares To Fund £5M Canadian Buy
• Shell Affiliate Sells Trinidad Assets To Touchstone For $28M
• EU 'Champions' Ambitions Could Cause Antitrust Friction
• Investor Pulls De La Rue Bid Amid Competing Offer
• US Auto Parts Maker Eyes London Listing After £1.2B UK Deal
• Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
• Vinge-Led Swedish Wine Group To Buy Dutch Rival For €57M
• Gov't To Allow Foreign States To Own 15% Of UK Newspapers
• Software Biz Sage Group To Extend Share Buyback By £200M
• Building Materials Biz Wins Irish Clearance For €32M Deal
• Brabners Guides Telecoms Biz In £63M Pension Deal
• Greencore Set To Devour UK Meal Maker Bakkavor For £1.2B
• Alliance Pharma AIM Listing Canceled After £362M Takeover
• Novo Nordisk, Septerna Ink Up To $2.2B Obesity Drug Deal
• Addleshaw Goddard Steers £56.4M Bid For Property Biz
• Sidley-Led Evri To Merge With DHL Unit In The UK
• BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
• Homebuilder Persimmon To Sell Broadband Arm For £100M
• Kirkland-Led Equity Firm To Buy UK Insurance Broker JMG
• Macfarlanes-Led US Pawnshop To Buy UK Rival For £300M
• UK Optics Biz Agrees $17.5M Buy Of US Military Kit Supplier
• Aviva's £3.7B Deal To Buy Direct Line Gets UK Investigation
• HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
• Cleary Guides GSK's $2B Buy Of Liver Disease Drug
• British Oil Biz Lands $100M For Developing US Assets
• Energy Biz DCC Announces £800M Returns For Shareholders
• Sheikh Fights Liability Over Share Transfer At Top UK Court
• Renewables Biz To Sell Assets For €156M, Float In Joburg
• EU Insurtech Sells Italian Arm To Private Equity Firm
• Pinsent Masons Leads Tech Biz On Purchase Of Up To £7.9M
• Peugeot Invests $125M In Insurance Broker BroadStreet
• Latham Helps Partners Group Invest $400M In Digital Platform
• AI Powers Next Wave Of Telehealth M&A After 2024 Uptick
• JP Morgan Plans To End UK WeRealize Case Amid Greek Suit
• Blackstone Gets More Time For Warehouse REIT Offer
• London Business Advisory Firm To Buy Rival For £8.1M
• Latham-Led Cobalt Buyer Seeks $230M From London Flotation
• Self-Care Biz Venture Life To Sell Manufacturing Arm For €62M
• Mayer Brown, Gowling Guide £120M Charity Pension Deal
• Japan's Dai-Ichi Increases Stake In UK Asset Manager To 15%
• CMA Weighs Viagogo Bid To Buy Back IP From StubHub Sale
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• UK-US Trade Deal Needs Work On Pharma And IP, Pros Say
• BCLP And CMS-Led Fintech IForex Weighs London IPO
• Delta, Korean Air To Buy 25% Of Canadian Airline For $550M
• Digital Media Biz Eyes £19M Takeover Of Centaur Subsidiary
• CMS-Led LondonMetric Agrees To Buy REIT For £700M
• Greencore Gets More Time On Potential £1.2B Offer For Rival
• Akin Hires Tech And IP Pro From Orrick To Boost Deals Team
• Finnish Software Firm Buys Polish IT Biz For Up To €16.6M
• McCann FitzGerald-Led AIB €1.2B Buyback Set In Motion
• EU Moves To Revamp 20-Year-Old Merger Control Rules
• Latham, Wilson Sonsini Guide $800M Tripledot Gaming Deal
• FCA Update Eases Private Stock Market Disclosure Rules
• Court Clears CareTrust's £448M Takeover Of UK REIT
• Latham-Led TA Associates Bids £570M For UK Tech Biz
• EU Backs New Screening Rules For Foreign Investment
• Sackers Guides Trustee In Standard Life's £280M Pension Deal
• Staffing Firm Says Possible Takeover Offer Undervalues It
• 9th Circ. Affirms FTC Loss In Microsoft-Activision Case
• $13B Omnicom, Interpublic Deal Faces UK Enquiry
• Intellica Acquires Pensions Consultancy Cosan
• FD Technologies Weighs £542M Approach From US PE Firm
• SoftwareOne Crosses Threshold In $1.4B IT Consultancy Buy
• Swedish Homes Developer In $10M Deal For Property Rights
• Accounting Firm MHA To Buy Baker Tilly Unit For €24M
• Veolia To Take Ownership Of Water Manager In $1.75B Deal
• Uber Paying $700M For Majority Stake In Turkey's Trendyol GO
• Knights Continuing Expansion With £16.6M Birkett Long Buy
• Polymers Firm Synthomer To Offload Chemistry Biz For £30M
• Lenz & Staehelin-Led Swiss Yarn Biz To Buy Rival For $864M
• Freshfields-Led Fintech Alpha Snubs Bid From Payments Biz
• Gallagher Boosts Turkish Operations With Aspera Buy
• Latham Leads DoorDash's £2.9B Bid For UK's Deliveroo
• AB Foods In Talks To Sell Kingsmill To Hovis Owner
• Law Firm Can't Ax €213M Action Over Claim Form Blunders
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SPAC Pineapple Power Plans To Buy Australian Mining Co.
• Comms Services Biz Moves From AIM To Main Market
• Pension Deal Insurance Capacity Outstrips Demand
• BCLP, Skadden Steer €242M Sale Of EasyHotel
• Equinor Sells $3.3B Oil Field Stake To Mayer Brown-Led Rival
• Bank Sues Fintech Execs For Fraud Over £4M Investment
• Shell Launches New $3.5B Buyback Despite Profit Drop
• Shareholders Claim Biogen Skipped $50M Drug Payment
• Tobacco Giant Imperial Rolls Out 2nd Part Of £1.25B Buyback
• Sony Eyes $49B Semiconductor Unit Sale, Plus More Rumors
• Hospitality Company Whitbread To Buy Back £250M In Shares
• Renewables Biz To Sell Hydropower Asset Stake For €16.5M
• Food Group Kerry To Serve Up A Further €300M Buyback
• Mining Biz Expands In Africa With $150M Ivory Coast Buy
• Tech Group Urges Rival To Ditch Chairman As Shares Slump