Transactions UK

  • August 14, 2026

    Energy Exploration Biz Pays $9M For Canadian Oil Asset

    Arrow Exploration Corp. said Friday that it has acquired an oil and gas producing property in Canada for 12.15 million Canadian dollars ($8.9 million) as it seeks to complement its core operations in Colombia.

  • August 14, 2026

    Aviva Doubles Personal Lines Income After Direct Line Deal

    Aviva said Friday that income from U.K. personal lines insurance premiums grew 98% in the first half of 2026, reflecting the impact on results of its acquisition in July 2025 of rival Direct Line and continued growth in its intermediated business.

  • August 13, 2026

    Fieldfisher Launches Berlin Disputes Practice With New Hire

    Fieldfisher has added corporate disputes attorney Benny Wünschmann as a partner in Berlin, launching a dispute resolution practice in the German capital as the firm continues to expand its European disputes team.

  • August 13, 2026

    AI Investor Puts $86.7M In Anthropics, Bytedance, Others

    Shaires Holdings Ltd. said Thursday it has agreed to invest up to $86.7 million in a number of artificial intelligence-based technology companies, including Anthropic, as part of its plans to invest more than $500 million in the coming months.

  • August 13, 2026

    Winston Taylor-Led Frasers Group Acquires Harvey Nichols

    Frasers Group PLC said Thursday it has acquired the loss-making Harvey Nichols Group after the luxury retailer entered into administration, in a deal including six U.K. stores, the online business, existing inventory and more than 1,000 employees.

  • August 13, 2026

    Investment Cos. Ask FCA To Toughen Up Listing Rules Reform

    The Association of Investment Companies said Thursday it has told the Financial Conduct Authority to toughen up planned reforms of rules for investment trusts to close loopholes recently exploited by U.S. hedge fund Saba Capital.

  • August 13, 2026

    Payments Biz Urges Shareholders To Ignore Helios' $297M Bid

    CAB Payments urged shareholders on Thursday not to respond to Helios' offer of approximately $297 million after the private equity firm said the dividend declared by the cross-border payments company would not affect its bid.

  • August 13, 2026

    Stephenson Harwood Leads Royal Horticultural Society Buy-In

    The Royal Horticultural Society, a gardening charity, has completed a bulk purchase annuity transaction worth £22 million ($30 million), pensions investor Royal London Group said Thursday.

  • August 13, 2026

    Allens-Led EQT Offers To Buy Waste Manager For $6.6B

    Swedish private equity firm EQT Infrastructure has made an offer to acquire Cleanaway for approximately 9.4 billion Australian dollars ($6.6 billion), the Melbourne-based waste management company said Thursday.

  • August 13, 2026

    Roschier-Led Betting Investor Makes $13.8B Bid For Evolution

    Cayman Islands-based betting investor Candle Lake Ltd. said Thursday that it has launched a mandatory cash offer for Evolution AB, which values the Swedish gaming technology giant at $13.8 billion.

  • August 12, 2026

    AI Coding Startup Lovable Raises $400M At $13.3B Valuation

    Swedish artificial intelligence coding platform Lovable on Wednesday revealed that it reached a $13.3 billion valuation after raising $400 million in its latest funding round.

  • August 12, 2026

    Birketts-Led Biz Buys Birmingham Office Assets For £60M

    British property investor Martley Capital has acquired two office and commercial properties in central Birmingham for £60 million ($81 million) as part of its ongoing investment in U.K. regional office assets, its legal adviser has said.

  • August 12, 2026

    Panel Urges FCA To Review Consumer Rules For Small Cos.

    The Financial Services Consumer Panel has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to review how banks and other finance businesses should apply the Consumer Duty and other rules to sole traders and smaller businesses.

  • August 12, 2026

    Brazilian FC Share Sale Blocked In £24M Ownership Dispute

    The owner of a portfolio of professional football clubs won an injunction on Wednesday to block the administrators of one of his companies from selling off a stake of approximately £24 million ($33.5 million) in Brazil's Botafogo that he claims is his.

  • August 12, 2026

    Genel Is Sole Capricorn Energy Bidder After Rivals Drop Out

    Samos Energy and Saudi business Alamadiyaf al-Masiyyah have said they have abandoned their separate pursuits for British oil and gas company Capricorn Energy, leaving the field clear for Genel Energy's £271 million ($366 million) bid.

  • August 12, 2026

    Seventeen Group Expands With Insurance Broker Purchase

    Seventeen Group has said it has snapped up specialist broker Titan Insurance Services Ltd., adding to its portfolio of insurance intermediaries.

  • August 12, 2026

    CMA Probes £86M Purchase Of Paragon Car Fleet Unit

    Britain's antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into a car-hire company's £85.6 million ($116 million) acquisition of the specialist vehicle and fleet subsidiary of Paragon Banking Group.

  • August 12, 2026

    Trafigura Exits Miner Atalaya With £154M Share Sale

    Singaporean commodities giant Trafigura will sell £154 million ($208 million) worth of shares in Atalaya Mining to exit its stake, J.P. Morgan SE, the bookrunner for the placing, said Wednesday.

  • August 18, 2026

    Simmons Hires 2nd Fund Finance Pro From Reed Smith

    Simmons & Simmons LLP said Tuesday that it has expanded its fund finance bench with a lawyer from Reed Smith LLP who joins as a partner, marking Simmons & Simmons' second hire from the U.S. firm's funds team in two months. 

  • August 11, 2026

    Latham Steers Biotech Co. Novonesis' Australian Biz Takeover

    Danish biotech company Novonesis has said it agreed to acquire Australia-based MicroBioGen, building on an existing stake in its longtime technology partner to strengthen its position in industrial biotechnology.

  • August 11, 2026

    UK Financial Ombudsman Revamps Complaints Rules

    The Financial Ombudsman Service introduced measures on Tuesday to improve how it rules on complaints between consumers and businesses.

  • August 11, 2026

    Simpson Thacher Guides Apax Deal With Goldman Sachs Unit

    British private equity firm Apax Partners has said its funds have agreed to sell Tosca, a food logistics services company, to a subsidiary of the alternative investments arm of Goldman Sachs Asset Management after almost a decade of ownership.

  • August 11, 2026

    Ex-Goodwin Lawyer's Plea Date Set For Insider Trading Case

    A former mergers and acquisitions solicitor at Goodwin Procter appeared at a London court on charges of insider trading on Tuesday, when his plea date was adjourned by a month.

  • August 11, 2026

    CMS Leads £83M PIC Pension Buy-In For Chemistry Body

    A professional body for U.K. chemists has offloaded £83 million ($112 million) of its staff retirement liabilities to Pension Insurance Corp. PLC, the insurer said Tuesday, in a deal steered by CMS, Addleshaw Goddard and Osborne Clarke.

  • August 11, 2026

    Acquisition Biz Apertura To Buy Brazilian Oil Co. For £25M

    Apertura Energy PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Brazilian oilfield services company Conterp Group PLC for £25 million ($34 million), boosting its operational capabilities as it pursues oil and gas opportunities in Venezuela.

Expert Analysis

  • How ESG Matters Are Influencing M&A Due Diligence Trends

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    With a proliferation of environmental, social and governance-related regulatory developments and a desire to comply with best practice, ESG matters have become an increasingly important area of focus for both clients and advisers in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • Changes To UK Competition Rules Will Extend CMA Powers

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    Recent amendments to U.K. competition and consumer law regimes introduce changes to merger control and antitrust investigations that will result in the speedier resolution of cases and greater autonomy for the Competition and Markets Authority, say Bill Batchelor and Aurora Luoma at Skadden.

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