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March 14, 2025
Life Sciences Property Investor To Put Itself Up For Sale
Life Science REIT PLC on Friday announced a review into its future, which will consider putting itself up for sale or winding down, amid concerns about market headwinds and its underperforming share price.
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March 14, 2025
Science Co. Swipes At Rival Board As It Ups Stake By £21.7M
International science and technology consultancy Science Group said Friday that it has increased its stake in Ricardo PLC to over 15% for approximately £21.7 million ($28 million), as it criticized the British rival's leadership for a historical fall in share prices.
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March 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen J.P. Morgan face action by the founder of Viva Wallet in an ongoing feud over the company's takeover, retailer Next Group contest a claim by the home ware brand owned by private members' club Soho House, and the venue of the Wimbledon Championships sue a local group opposed to its plans to build new tennis courts on protected land in Wimbledon Park.
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March 14, 2025
Greek Firms Steer Bank's €600M Insurer Stake Buy From CVC
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA has signed a deal for its subsidiary to acquire 90% of Ethniki, a Greek insurer, from a fund controlled by CVC Capital Partners for €600 million ($654 million) in a move by the bank to diversify its business.
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March 14, 2025
ECB Greenlights UniCredit To Take 29.9% In Commerzbank
Italian bank UniCredit said Friday that the European Central Bank has given it regulatory permission to buy just under 30% of Commerzbank, a German rival.
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March 13, 2025
6 Firms Steer $6.7B Mallinckrodt, Endo Pharma Merger
Six law firms are guiding a $6.7 billion merger between Ireland's Mallinckrodt PLC and Pennsylvania-based Endo Inc. on a deal announced Thursday that the companies said will create a global pharmaceutical industry leader with projected 2025 revenues of $3.6 billion.
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March 13, 2025
Deliveroo To Return £100M To Investors After Reaching Profit
Food courier Deliveroo PLC on Thursday said it will reward investors by buying back up to £100 million ($130 million) of shares, after it climbed to a profit in 2024.
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March 13, 2025
UK Data Biz Restore Buys Doc Manager Synertec For £22M
Restore PLC said Thursday it has bought U.K. document management business Synertec (Holdings) Ltd. for an initial £22 million ($28.5 million) in cash, as the data manager moves to diversify its business.
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March 13, 2025
Euronext To Buy Norwegian Software Maker For $436M
Euronext said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire governance software maker Admincontrol for 4.65 billion Norwegian kroner ($436 million) from a company backed by British private equity firm Hg Capital as it seeks to increase its subscription-based revenues.
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March 13, 2025
Model Trains Maker Hornby Eyes Quitting LSE
Hornby PLC, a manufacturer of model train and locomotive sets, unveiled plans on Thursday to stop trading its stock on the London Stock Exchange and go private, saying that doing so will allow it to quicken its decision-making and cut costs.
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March 13, 2025
UK Clears Keysight's £1.2B Offer For Telecoms Biz Spirent
Britain's antitrust authority said Thursday it has allowed U.S. technology company Keysight Technologies Inc. to proceed with its planned £1.16 billion ($1.5 billion) acquisition of Spirent Communications PLC, a U.K. telecoms testing specialist.
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March 12, 2025
Uber Drops $950M Foodpanda Buy Over Regulatory Issues
German food delivery platform Delivery Hero SE has confirmed that ride-sharing giant Uber Technologies Inc. has decided to terminate its agreement to acquire Delivery Hero's Taiwanese Foodpanda for $950 million, citing regulatory hurdles.
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March 19, 2025
Ropes & Gray Opens Paris Office With Clifford Chance Trio
Ropes & Gray LLP said Wednesday it has debuted in Paris with three former Clifford Chance LLP partners, with the boss of the new office attesting that the Magic Circle firms don't offer clients the best route to the U.S. market.
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March 12, 2025
Regulatory Rollback Gathers Pace As Programs Axed
The City watchdog has dropped three of its top regulatory initiatives, responding on Wednesday to industry criticism and government pressure to boost competitiveness and economic growth.
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March 12, 2025
Gold Mining Co. Must Pay Adviser $2M For Merger Work
A London court on Wednesday awarded an investment bank $2 million for work it did for a gold mining giant as part of a merger that created what was then the largest mining company in the world.
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March 12, 2025
EU Targets US Goods In Response To Trump's Tariffs
The European Commission said Wednesday that it will impose tariffs on American goods imported into the European Union in response to U.S. tariffs placed on EU steel and aluminum exports.
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March 12, 2025
Balfour Beatty Discloses £125M Buyback For 2025
Balfour Beatty PLC said Wednesday that it will buy back up to £125 million ($162 million) of its shares in 2025 to reduce its shares in the open market, as the infrastructure giant reported "strong progress" in its financial results for 2024.
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March 12, 2025
Vinge-Led Nordic Care Biz To Enter Finland With $137M Buy
Scandinavian care provider Ambea said Wednesday that it has entered into the Finnish care market by agreeing to acquire another operator, Validia Oy, for approximately 1.38 billion Swedish kronor ($137 million) in a deal guided by Vinge.
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March 12, 2025
Charles Russell-Led Cake Biz To Buy Candy Co. For £22M
Cake Box Holdings PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Asian confectionary maker Ambala Foods Ltd. for £22 million ($28.5 million), as the U.K. food retailer moves to expand its product range and grow the business.
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March 12, 2025
Real Estate Co. Sirius To Buy UK Business Park For £40.5M
Sirius said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a business park and adjoining land near England's south coast for a total of £40.5 million ($52.4 million), as the industrial property operator continues its European expansion.
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March 12, 2025
L&G Launches £500M Buyback, Reports 6% Rise In Profits
Legal & General Group PLC said Wednesday that it plans to line shareholders' pockets with £500 million ($647 million) over 2025 as it reported a 6% rise in core operating profits for 2024.
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March 11, 2025
CMA's Big Tech Enforcement To Focus On UK Impact
An official for the Competition and Markets Authority said the agency will focus enforcement efforts against technology companies on issues that have a local impact in the United Kingdom and is less likely to act on issues already being addressed by other authorities.
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March 11, 2025
Dublin's Eaton To Buy US-Based Fibrebond For $1.4B
Irish power management company Eaton said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Louisiana-based Fibrebond Corp. for $1.4 billion as it looks to bolster its presence in data center markets.
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March 11, 2025
Financial Services Biz TP ICAP Starts 4th £30M Buyback
Financial services firm TP ICAP Group PLC on Tuesday started a fourth share buyback of up to £30 million ($39 million), saying it could potentially proceed with plans to list its data business in the U.S. within months.
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March 11, 2025
Darrois-Led Zydus To Buy French Medical Tech Co. For €257M
India-based life sciences company Zydus said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire French medical technology company Amplitude Surgical SA for an initial price of €256.8 million ($280 million) from European private equity firm PAI Partners and other investors.