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May 27, 2025
Cobalt Prices Shares In $230M IPO To Kick-Start UK Market
Metals investor Cobalt Holdings PLC said Tuesday that it plans to sell 90 million new shares for $2.56 each as part of its proposed float, kick-starting the London initial public offering market after the turmoil caused by U.S. tariffs.
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May 27, 2025
M&C Saatchi Announces Acquisition Of UAE Sports Agency
M&C Saatchi said Tuesday it has inked a deal to acquire Dune 23, a sports agency in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, in a move expected to further enhance its business in the Middle East.
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June 03, 2025
M&A Rainmaker Returns To A&O Shearman From Skadden
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has rehired a prominent dealmaker as a partner, as the London-based firm moves to strengthen its transatlantic mergers and acquisitions team.
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May 27, 2025
A&O Shearman-Led Elementis Sells Talc Biz For $121M
Chemicals maker Elementis said Tuesday that it has sold its Talc business to global talc manufacturer IMI Fabi for $121 million and unveiled plans to launch a $50 million buyback program to reflect its "strong confidence in the streamlined group's prospects."
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May 27, 2025
Slaughter And May-Led Bain Invests £120M In UK Finance Biz
U.S. investment business Bain Capital has taken a stake worth nearly 30% in The Openwork Partnership for £120 million ($163 million) after winning backing from the City watchdog, the British financial adviser said Tuesday.
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May 27, 2025
Energy Biz DCC To Cut Share Capital With £100M Buyback
DCC PLC said Tuesday that it has launched a share repurchase program worth up to £100 million ($135 million), part of a broader £800 million capital returns plan that the energy sales, marketing and distribution company expects will lower its share capital.
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May 27, 2025
Energy Consultancy Backs PE Firm's 'Superior' £129M Bid
Energy and sustainability consultancy Inspired PLC said Tuesday that it intends to back a "superior" takeover bid of £129 million ($175 million) tabled by private equity firm HGGC after rejecting a "wholly inadequate" £109 million offer from Regent International, a gas and metering services business.
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May 27, 2025
Serco Completes $327M Northrop Defense Biz Deal
British conglomerate Serco Group PLC said Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary has finalized the acquisition of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s mission training and satellite communications business, known as MT&S, for $327 million after winning regulatory approval.
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May 23, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Nestlé hit with an intellectual property claim by a pet insurance company, VTB Capital bring a breach of contract lawsuit against J.P. Morgan Securities, and Société Générale's former chief executive face litigation from an Italian entrepreneur.
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May 23, 2025
FTC Finally Drops Challenge To Microsoft-Activision Deal
The Federal Trade Commission has dropped its in-house case seeking to block Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of video game developer Activision Blizzard, after its Ninth Circuit loss earlier this month, ending a lingering challenge to a deal that closed in late 2023.
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May 23, 2025
BMS Group Strengthens Presence In Turkey With Oria Deal
Independent insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group has acquired insurance broker Oria of Turkey to cement its position in the Turkish market and expand its network in the region.
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May 23, 2025
Pension Admin Staff Threaten Strike Over Capita Takeover
A union for public sector workers said Friday that it is balloting members for strike action after it claimed it was locked out of negotiations ahead of a takeover of the administration of civil service pensions by professional services company Capita.
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May 23, 2025
Biotech Company Benchmark Eyes AIM Exit, £57M Buyback
Benchmark Holdings PLC on Friday announced plans to quit trading platforms in Britain and Norway, citing issues such as regulation, and also reward investors with a stock repurchase plan worth up to approximately £56.7 million ($76.5 million).
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May 23, 2025
Blackstone Backs Davies With £275M For Global Expansion
U.K. insurance professional services group Davies said Blackstone's credit and coverage business has injected £275 million ($371.5 million) into the company to fund its ongoing global acquisition spree.
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May 23, 2025
Nationwide To Merge Virgin Money, Clydesdale Bank Boards
Nationwide Building Society said Friday it has changed course and will now combine the boards of Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank to simplify the business, nearly nine months after its £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) acquisition of Virgin completed.
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May 23, 2025
Troubled NHS Contractor Prepares To Sell Assets
NHS contractor Totally PLC said Friday that it has decided to sell its subsidiaries to meet its upcoming liabilities and that its shareholders might not be able to realize any value from their stocks, weeks after the beleaguered company launched a review.
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May 23, 2025
Blake Morgan-Led Web Designer Raises £7M In Share Sale
The Smarter Web Co. PLC said Friday that it has raised £6.83 million ($9.2 million) with a placing of new shares, as the website designer builds a war chest to fund its growth through mergers and acquisitions.
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May 23, 2025
Assura Tells Shareholders Not To Vote On KKR, Stonepeak Bid
The board of property manager Assura told shareholders on Friday not to vote for a £1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) offer from U.S. private equity firms KKR and Stonepeak as it assesses a rival bid of £1.7 billion.
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May 23, 2025
Tech Firm Settles £18.4M Acquisition Claim
A consumer technology business has settled its £18.4 million ($25 million) claim over its purchase of an online retailer, in which it alleged that the owners of the digital platform had fraudulently represented its finances as healthier than they were.
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May 23, 2025
BVI Firm Settles £8.5M Fraud Case Over Property Transfer
A company registered in the British Virgin Islands has settled its £8.5 million ($11.5 million) fraud case against a debtor, ending its fight for a court declaration that the transfer of a property was done to hinder its chances of clawing back money it was owed.
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May 23, 2025
International Paper Co. To Shut 5 Sites After DS Smith Deal
International Paper Co. confirmed on Friday that plans including a move to shut down five of its packaging sites in Britain will go ahead, warning that the closures could affect 300 jobs following its acquisition of packaging provider DS Smith PLC.
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May 23, 2025
RedBird To Buy Telegraph As Gov't Relaxes Ownership Rules
Investment firm RedBird Capital Partners said Friday that it will buy the Telegraph Media Group in a £500 million ($675 million) transaction that hands a minority stake in the publisher to its Abu Dhabi-backed subsidiary after the government floated plans to loosen foreign-ownership rules for British newspapers.
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May 22, 2025
HSF Guides Royal London's Up-To-£500M Asset Manager Buy
Royal London said Thursday that it has agreed to buy infrastructure asset manager Dalmore Capital as the mutual insurance and investment firm seeks to broaden its business.
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May 22, 2025
Volvo Trucks Biz Bought By Swedish Car Dealership For $37M
Swedish car dealership Bilia AB said Thursday it has agreed to acquire BRK Lastvagnar Holding, the owner of two companies that service Volvo Trucks, for 350 million Swedish kronor ($37 million).
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May 22, 2025
Sanofi To Acquire Goodwin-Led US Biotech Biz For $470M
Drugmaker Sanofi said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Vigil Neuroscience, a biotechnology company specializing in neurodegenerative diseases, for approximately $470 million to give it a potential new medicine for Alzheimer's disease in a deal guided by Goodwin Procter.