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April 09, 2024
HSBC To Take $1B Hit From Sale Of Argentina Unit
HSBC said Tuesday that it will book a $1 billion loss on the sale of its business in Argentina to local lender Grupo Financiero Galicia, as the London-based bank continues to shift its focus to Asia.
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April 16, 2024
Charles Russell Speechlys Hires Banking And Finance Lawyer
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has appointed Philip Withey, a lawyer from Womble Bond, as partner in its banking and finance practice in a move the firm believes will boost its business.
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April 08, 2024
Czech Firm Says Its Vista Deal Offers Benefits Over Rival Bid
Czechoslovak Group A.S. on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to its planned $1.9 billion acquisition of Vista Outdoor's sporting products business, which is also being pursued by rival bidder MNC Capital, noting that it has fully committed financing and has already received antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission.
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April 15, 2024
Kirkland Hires Leveraged Finance Pro From Allen & Overy
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has recruited a debt finance specialist from Allen & Overy LLP as it continues to rebuild in the United Kingdom after undergoing a string of departures to rival U.S. law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in late 2023.
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April 08, 2024
Gowling, Osborne Clarke Steer £60M Tech Co. Pension Deal
Insurer Just Group said Monday it has completed a £60 million ($75.7 million) buy-in of a pension scheme sponsored by technology companies Epson (UK) Ltd. and Epson Europe BV, in a deal guided by Gowling WLG and Osborne Clarke.
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April 08, 2024
Green Transition Biz Debuts With £14.5M Market Cap
European Green Transition PLC began trading its shares on the junior market of the London Stock Exchange on Monday, saying it has a market capitalization of about £14.5 million ($18.3 million).
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April 08, 2024
UK Oil Biz To Buy Kazakhstan Energy Co. For $15M
Caspian Sunrise PLC, an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Kazakhstan, said Monday it has agreed to buy CS Energy LLP, which holds licenses in the West of the central Asian country, for up to $15 million.
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April 08, 2024
Biotech Biz Sensorion Raises €15M From Existing Investors
French biotech firm Sensorion SA said Monday that it has raised €15 million ($16.2 million) through a share offering to existing institutional investors to fund its research and development until the end of 2025.
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April 08, 2024
Real Estate Co. Buys Sites For €110M, Sells UK Asset
Sirius Real Estate, a multinational workspace owner and operator, said Monday that it has finalized four acquisitions in Germany and the U.K. at a price of approximately €110 million ($119 million) as the group seeks to grow in the "highly attractive" regions.
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April 08, 2024
Linklaters Guides Cosmetics Biz On €1.25B Raise In EU IPO
Cosmetics group Puig, which owns the beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury, said on Monday that it plans to raise more than €1.25 billion ($1.35 billion) through a flotation in Spain, in a sign of revival for European equity capital markets.
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April 15, 2024
Hill Dickinson Hires 2 Teams From Irwin Mitchell
Hill Dickinson LLP has recruited two groups of real estate specialists from Irwin Mitchell LLP for its new office in Birmingham after a corporate team made a similar move earlier in the year.
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April 05, 2024
Allianz Selling Mid-Size, Entertainment Holdings In $1.4B Deal
Allianz Group said Friday that its corporate and specialty insurance unit is selling off its U.S. insurance business for midsize corporations and entertainment businesses for $450 million in cash to Arch Insurance North America.
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April 05, 2024
Korean Trade Promoter Wins Claim Despite Kickback Bid
A South Korean trade agency unfairly dismissed a London-based employee of over 20 years — but won't have to pay him a dime after he tried to negotiate a secret commission, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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April 05, 2024
Exec Wins £61K After Being Forced To Quit Following Merger
A bedding company must pay its former managing director £61,000 ($77,000) after it forced him to quit following a merger by backtracking on his benefits under the deal, and blocking him from entering the premises, a tribunal has ruled.
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April 05, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the BBC sued by former Georgian defense minister David Kezerashvili, Russian businessman Ildar Sharipov file a defamation claim against the publisher of the Liverpool Echo newspaper, MEX Group Worldwide sue Barclays and NatWest, and a climbing gear company hit retailer Next with a claim of copyright infringement. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 05, 2024
Rothesay Sees 'Unprecedented' Pipeline For Pension Deals
Pension insurer Rothesay Life said Friday it secured £12.7 billion ($16 billion) in new business premiums across a dozen de-risking retirement savings deals in 2023, with the year ahead marked by an "unprecedented pension risk transfer market pipeline."
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April 05, 2024
Allens-Guided Experian To Acquire Peer Illion For $540M
Experian PLC has agreed to buy Australasian rival credit analyst illion for up to $820 million Australian dollars ($540 million), as the Ireland-based global financial data specialist moves to bolster its presence in the region's growing credit reporting market.
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April 05, 2024
Cloud Biz Denies Owing Telecom Execs Over Bad Sale
A cloud technology business has denied owing directors of a telecommunications company £1.5 million ($1.9 million) left unpaid after it bought their business, claiming the money due is offset by the £2 million it lost from the sale.
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April 19, 2024
Fieldfisher Expands Pensions Practice With 4 PwC Hires
European law firm Fieldfisher LLP has announced it is bolstering its U.K. pensions practice by hiring a partner, two directors and an associate from PwC UK.
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April 05, 2024
French Shipping Giant's £605M Offer For Wincanton Lapses
Wincanton PLC said on Friday that an attempt by Ceva Logistics, a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM SA, to buy the British supply chain group for £605 million ($764 million) has expired.
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April 05, 2024
US Food Processor JBT Preps €3.5B Bid For Icelandic Rival
Food-processing technology giant JBT Corp. said on Friday that it plans to make a recommended €3.5 billion ($3.8 billion) offer for Icelandic rival Marel HF in May.
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April 04, 2024
Novo Holdings, Catalent Reset Review Clock On $16.5B Deal
Novo Nordisk Foundation has given the Federal Trade Commission more time for an initial review of Novo Holdings' plan to acquire Catalent in a deal that values the pharmaceutical services company at $16.5 billion.
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April 04, 2024
Mayer Brown Adds Former KPMG Tax Specialist In London
Mayer Brown has added a former KPMG tax professional to its London office to advise clients on asset management and fund matters in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, the firm announced.
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April 04, 2024
Auto Engineering Firm Dowlais Begins £50M Share Buyback
Slaughter and May-advised Dowlais Group PLC on Thursday kicked off its previously announced share repurchase program worth up to £50 million ($63 million), aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital and rewarding investors.
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April 04, 2024
Insurer Resolution Life To Buy New Zealand Biz For $247M
Resolution Life said on Thursday that its Australasian arm has agreed to buy Asteron Life, an insurer based in New Zealand, for 410 million New Zealand dollars ($247 million), as the global group eyes entry into the country's growing insurance sector.