Transactions UK Archive » February, 2026

Transactions UK - February, 2026

186 articles

• Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini
• BA Owner To Return €1.5B To Shareholders As Revenue Rises
• Watson Farley Steers Tankers Biz On $500M Fundraising
• Reed Smith Leads Climate Tech Biz In $850M US SPAC Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Aerospace Engineer In Takeover Talks With Advent, Others
• Activist Investor Saba Blocks Exit For Impax Shareholders
• Elliott Pushes LSE To Improve Finances After £3B Buyback
• Footballer's Biz Tackles Broker In £2M Property Clash
• 2 Firms Guide Equinix, CPP Investments On $4B AtNorth Buy
• Gallagher Snaps Up Insurer Krose In Boost For European Biz
• Broker Denies Tricking Investors Over ESMA Risk Before IPO
• LSEG Launches £750M Of New £3B Share Buyback Program
• Freshfields Guides Asahi Kasei Unit In €780M Biopharma Deal
• A&O Shearman-Led UAE Aviation Biz To Buy $7B Leasing Co.
• Ropes & Gray Hires PE Pro From Clifford Chance In London
• Willkie Leads Victory Capital's Rival Bid For Janus Henderson
• Goodwin Procter-Led Banks To Buy $100M Trading Biz Stake
• Rolls-Royce Unveils £9B Buyback Package
• EU, UK To Share Info On 'Significant' Antitrust Probes
• Engie To Buy UK Power Networks At $21.4B Enterprise Value
• BasePoint's £543M Offer For Lender Sweetened With Dividend
• EQT Will Not Make Offer For Oxford Biomedica
• Taylor Wessing Steers £186M Bid For Fintech Fund
• Novo's $2.1B Vivtex Deal Boosts Obesity Drug Pipeline
• Lebanese Fund Accuses Founder Of Secret $29M Asset Sale
• DLA, Slaughter And May Steer £270M Media Biz Pension Deal
• New Foreign Bribery Guide Can Help Int'l Cos. Identify Risks
• GlaxoSmithKline Buys Canadian Drugmaker For $950M
• Hiscox Reveals $300M Share Buyback After Record Profit
• UK Biotech Biz Roquefort To Move To AIM After £30M Merger
• Hut Group Investor Can Revive Unfair-Prejudice Share Dispute
• Reed Smith Advises On £11.3M Bid For Software Biz
• Pinsent Masons Secures £60M Pension Deal For Bodycote
• Irish Biz To Buy Apartment Complex For €31.8M
• West Ham Football Club Owes £3.6M Fee Over Share Sale
• Student Housing Biz To Sell London Building For £186M
• StanChart To Launch $1.5B Buyback
• Zurich Insurance To Buy Australia's ClearView For $293M
• UK Will Uphold Tariff Deal With US, Trade Secretary Says
• South Korea Wins Rethink Of $48.5M Hedge Fund Award
• Paul Hastings Hires M&A Partner From Slaughter And May
• Diagnostics Biz To Acquire Lab Tests Supplier For Up To $18M
• Global Exchange Body Warns Of Longer Trading Hours Risks
• JD Sports Kicks Off Initial Phase Of £200M Buyback Program
• Spanish Hospitality Biz Launches €60M Investment Vehicle
• CMA Names Ex-Amazon Executive As Permanent Chair
• Johnson Matthey Cuts Unit Sale Price To Honeywell To £1.3B
• Politico Owner Axel Springer Joins Bid For The Telegraph
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Aston Martin To Sell F1 Naming Rights For £50M
• FCA Clarifies Conflicting UK Rules For Share Issuers
• Ex-Tech CEO Wins $2M For Firing Over China Deal Warnings
• HSF Kramer-Led Swiss Re To Buy QBE Business Segment
• Pharma M&A Surge Eases Biotech VC Exit Struggles
• HFW-Led Tullow Oil To Buy Ghana Floating Asset For $125M
• Wildcat Petroleum To Quit LSE After Failed Acquisitions
• Gowling Advises Helium Extractor On £7.4M Share Sale
• Womble Bond Clients Say Negligent Advice Sunk £126M Deal
• UK Raises Antitrust Concerns In Getty's Shutterstock Deal
• FCA Chief Rathi Wants Shift Away From New Rules
• How UK Gov't Proposes To Streamline CMA Regime
• Asset Manager ICG To Launch Share Buyback Of Up To £316M
• EU Watchdog To Update Guidance On Inside Information
• Spread-Betting Biz Fights Order To Unwind Merger With Rival
• Nordic Property Biz Raises $2.4M For $3.5B Buy
• Hogan Lovells Aids Pacific Life Re's €1.3B ASR Pension Deal
• Ashurst Guides Debenhams Brand Owner On £40M Share Sale
• Telecoms Biz Liberty To Buy VodafoneZiggo Stake For €1B
• Telecom Joint Venture To Pay $2.7B For UK Fiber Company
• Amaroq Weighs Move To Main Market Of The LSE
• EU Regulator Sees Risk In Simplified Sustainability Rules
• CMS, Gowling Steer £113M Pension Deal For EU Tech Firm
• UK Hotel Biz To Sell NYC Site For $33.5M As It Drops US Plans
• Oil And Gas Co. Raises £2M, Eyes Licenses In Southeast Asia
• Taylor Wessing Steers £11M Energy Consultancy Pension Deal
• Energy Biz Shareholders To Vote On Gas Field Deal
• Sackers, WTW Steer £700M IBM Pension Scheme Buy-In
• Property Biz Eyes German Deals With £77M Capital Raise
• Osborne Clarke, CMS Guide £180M Tech Biz Pension Deal
• Mapping Software Biz To Vote On £87M Takeover Offer
• InterContinental Hotels Group Kicks Off $950M Share Buyback
• Coca-Cola Biz To Return €1B To Shareholders
• Fitch Predicts Rise In European Insurance M&A In 2026
• Canadian Co. Wheaton Secures $4.3B Silver Deal With BHP
• EU Clears AXA's Buy Of Vodafone, Telefónica Fiber Biz Stake
• DLA Piper Steers L&G On Three Bulk Annuity Purchases
• Linklaters Steers Pensions Biz In €110M Scottish Widows Buy
• US Hedge Fund Settles $650M Claim Over Joint Venture Row
• Proskauer Boosts PE, M&A In Paris With Hogan Lovells Team
• Billionaire Alleges Audit Fraud in £51M Gambling Biz Purchase
• Apax Pulls £583M Bid For Auto Dealer Tech Biz Pinewood
• Peugeot Invest Completes Sale Of €116M Stake In French Biz
• Watchdog To Relax Accounting Rules For Chinese Listings
• Optima Health To Acquire UK Rival PAM For £100M
• CVC Buys M&G's Investment Portfolio Stake For $1.1B
• Global Broker Ardonagh Expands In Asia With Hong Kong Buy
• Plus500 Opens $100M Share Buyback After Revenue Increase
• Zurich Gets More Time To Make £8B Beazley Offer
• EU Approves Universal Music's $775M Deal For Downtown
• Taxation With Representation: Homburger, Lenz & Staehelin
• FCA May Be Forced To Set Lower Fines After Appeal Setbacks
• Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Paul Hastings Private Capital Pair
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EU Foreign Subsidies Guide Brings Clarity And Questions
• Finnish IT Biz Launches €150M Buyback After Selling Unit
• Tech Group SDI Swoops Into Avionics Markets With £9.3M Buy
• Invesco Investment Trust Raises £25M Via Placing, Retail Offer
• Clifford Chance Leads Admiral On £80M Car Fleet Insurer Buy
• UK Opens Probe Into Daily Mail Owner's £500M Telegraph Deal
• CMS Steers Avon Cosmetics' £235M Pension Deal
• Daily Mail Owner's £500M Telegraph Deal To Be Scrutinized
• 4 Firms Guide Blackstone, EQT's $6.6B Spanish Recycler Deal
• Pensions Biz Steers 1.4M Plan Members To New Dutch System
• Oil And Gas Explorer Raises £640K In Oversubscribed Offer
• Investor Demand Boosts Yellow Cake's Uranium Fund
• Deutsche Börse To Buy PE Firm's Data Biz Stake For €1.1B
• Clifford Chance-Led Nuveen To Buy Schroders For £9.9B
• Miner's Shareholders Urged To Back £842M Jiangxi Offer
• Accesso Technology Plans £14.5M Buyback Of Shares
• How FCA's Client Reforms May Boost Investment Access
• HCR Legal-Led Investor To Sell Unit To German Biz For £30M
• Commerzbank Unveils €540M Buyback As Revenues Rise
• Debevoise, Sackers Guide £240M KLM Airline Pension Deal
• Aviva Hits 100 Pension Deals Through Small Scheme Service
• Maritime Investor Tufton To Buy 2 Cargo Vessels For $33M
• UK Pension Deals Market Likely To Hit £70B In 2026
• Software Firm Eleco Acquires Kivue For £2.3M
• Barclays Plans £1B Buyback Amid Strong Financial Showing
• UK Banks Are Favoring Tokenized Deposits Over Stablecoins
• BP Halts Buyback To Strengthen Financial Position
• Arc Pensions Steers £12M UK University Pension Deal
• Oil And Gas Explorer Europa Raises £3.5M In Placing
• CMS Guides Housebuilder On £155M Pension Deal
• Lender IPF Delays £543M Takeover Vote As Investor Objects
• Safanad Sells UK Care Home Biz To REIT For $1.6B
• CMS Guides Argent On £16M Pension Deal With Just Group
• Eversheds Guides £700M Deloitte UK Pension Deal
• Irish Consumer Law Proposals Expose Concerns Over Privacy
• Slaughter And May Leads NatWest £2.7B Wealth Manager Buy
• Kirkland, McDermott-Led GBL To Buy €500M Medical Biz Stake
• Fintech Plus500 To Launch $100M Buybacks, Revenue Up
• Schroders, Apollo Team Up On Wealth, Retirement Products
• White & Case-Led CVC To Buy Animal Health Biz For €2.2B
• Weil Helps Advent, FedEx Buy Poland's InPost For €7.8B
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Gowling, CMS Steer £45M Local Authority Pension Deal
• Swedish Vaccines Biz, Biotech Enter $6M Takeover Agreement
• Law Firm Denies Negligence In Sale Row With Decathlon Unit
• Swedish Investment Biz Duroc Buys 4 Firms For $13M
• Electrical Group ABB Set To Launch $2B Share Buyback
• REIT Derwent Sells Central London Property For £33M
• US Investor Gets 19.1% Backing So Far For £340M Idox Buy
• Rio Tinto, Glencore Scrap $200B Merger Talks
• 4 Firms Build Genius Sports' $1.2B Legend Acquisition
• Audit Watchdog Updates UK Corporate Reporting Guidance
• How EU Prospectus Rule Changes May Boost Market Access
• Insurance Distribution M&A Deals Rise, MarshBerry Says
• UK Miner To Raise £43M Through Placing, Subscription
• Vodafone Begins €500M Share Buyback Program
• Shell Kicks Off $3.5B Buyback, Reports Quarterly Earnings Dip
• Vaalco Energy To Sell Non-Core Assets For $25M
• Germany's Henkel Buying Coatings Maker Stahl In $2.5B Deal
• Russells Beats Claim Over Alleged IP Biz Share Sale Plot
• Glencore To Sell 40% Stake In Congo Assets For $3.6B
• Exploring The Rise In European Private Credit Loan Portability
• DLA Piper Steers Marine Biz In £55M Pension Deal With PIC
• Financier Settles Libel Case Over €454M Vatican Fraud Claims
• Trafigura Sells £132M Stake In Atalaya Mining
• UBS Announces $3B Share Buyback As Profit Jumps
• Santander Launches €5B Buyback, Buys US Bank For $12B
• Slaughter And May-Led Zurich Gets Beazley Nod On £8B Offer
• Wachtell Lipton, Davis Polk Steer $12B Santander Deal
• Aircraft Co. Settles $28M Claim Over Undersold Lessor
• FCA Backs Phillip Brokerage's £6M Walker Crips Buy
• UK Sets Financial Services Links With China To Boost London
• Bitcoin-Powered Web Design Biz Begins Trading On LSE
• Osborne Clarke Steers £20M Inspection Biz Pension Buyout
• Wind Farm Biz Sells Onshore Renewables Assets For €1.44B
• Netflix Slams HBO Max User's Challenge To Warner Bros. Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Pensions Biz Chesnara Completes £260M Buy Of HSBC Life
• FitzWalter Capital Pulls £491M Offer For Auction Tech Biz
• Mills & Reeve Guides £16M Pensions Deal For UK Charity
• Akin Aids Helios' $292M Plan To Take Payments Biz Private