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March 26, 2025
UK Insurer Beam Buys Commercial Lines Broker KDH
Beam Insurance Solutions has acquired commercial lines broker KDH, as The Broker Investment Group-backed company strengthens its presence in the U.K.'s Midlands and targets hitting £22 million ($28 million) in gross written premiums by the end of 2025.
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March 25, 2025
Tariffs, Economic Concerns Bring Record Q1 Deals Lull
U.S. deal transaction numbers plummeted in the first quarter of 2025 to the lowest levels seen since the financial crisis, driven by volatile trade policies and rising geopolitical tensions, but a March bump provided hope for an upswing, according to a Tuesday report from Mergermarket.
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March 25, 2025
Johnson Matthey Loses Bid To Strike Veranova Fraud Claim
Sustainable technology firm Johnson Matthey PLC on Tuesday lost its bid to have a fraud claim from pharmaceutical manufacturer Veranova dismissed, with a judge ruling that Veranova's allegations of fraud during an acquisition have enough merit to head to trial.
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March 25, 2025
Communications Firm Gamma Launches £50M Buyback
Gamma Communications PLC on Tuesday began a share purchase program worth up to £50 million ($64.8 million) aimed at lowering its outstanding capital as it reported increased revenue.
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March 25, 2025
Avacta Completes £13M Sale Of Diagnostics Biz
British life sciences company Avacta Therapeutics said Tuesday that it has completed the £12.9 million ($16.6 million) cash sale of one of its two diagnostics businesses and its subsidiaries to Duomed Belgium NV.
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March 25, 2025
Howden To Buy Pensions Adviser Barnett Waddingham
Insurance broker Howden Group said on Tuesday that it is acquiring U.K. professional services consultancy Barnett Waddingham to provide the group with expertise in pensions and fuel its continued global expansion.
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March 25, 2025
B&Q Owner Announces £300M Share Buyback
Kingfisher PLC said Tuesday it will return £300 million ($388.5 million) to investors through a new share repurchase program as the home improvements firm reported a fall in pretax profit but increased e-commerce sales.
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March 25, 2025
Blackstone To Offer £489M For Warehouse REIT
Private equity giant Blackstone said Tuesday that it has made an approximately £489 million ($633 million) provisional final offer for British logistics property company Warehouse Real Estate Investment Trust.
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March 25, 2025
E-Retailer THG Raises £90M From CEO And Shares Sale
THG PLC said on Tuesday that it has raised £90 million ($116 million) after the U.K. health and cosmetics retailer's chief executive injected £60 million into the company and it sold £30 million of new shares to investors.
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March 25, 2025
Ithaca Energy To Buy Japex's North Sea Biz In $193M Deal
Britain's Ithaca Energy PLC said Tuesday that it will buy the U.K. subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. in a $193 million deal to increase its holding in a North Sea crude oil and natural gas project.
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March 25, 2025
Pinsent Masons Guides Drax's £200M Harmony Energy Deal
U.K. power generation business Drax Group PLC said Tuesday that it will buy battery storage investor Harmony Energy Income Trust PLC for £200 million ($259 million), an increase to an earlier £190.8 million bid from investment manager Foresight Group Holdings Ltd.
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March 25, 2025
FCA Boss Presses Pro-Reform MPs For Clarity On Risk
The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority called Tuesday on MPs pressing for regulatory reform for clarification of how much risk is acceptable in the pursuit of growth as he warned of a potential rise in money laundering and property defaults.
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March 24, 2025
A&O Shearman Dials In £10B Pension Deals For BT Scheme
One of the U.K.'s largest private-sector pension funds said it had offloaded £10 billion ($13 billion) in longevity risk to two reinsurers, in a deal steered by A&O Shearman and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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March 24, 2025
Global M&A Rebound Drives Insurance Boom, UK Broker Says
Insurers are seeing growing demand from businesses for protection from risk connected to mergers and acquisitions, amid a global recovery in deal making in 2024, a survey by Marsh McLennan has found.
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March 24, 2025
4 Firms Advise On $8.75B James Hardie, Azek Deal
Dublin-based building products company James Hardie Industries PLC has agreed to acquire The Azek Co. Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $8.75 billion, including debt, in a deal steered by four law firms.
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March 24, 2025
Celadon To Delist From AIM After Director Resignations
Troubled British cannabis pharmaceutical company Celadon Pharmaceuticals PLC said Monday that it has agreed to go private by delisting its shares from the junior investment market of the London Stock Exchange, after four of its directors resigned Friday.
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March 24, 2025
Cake Box Completes £22M Takeover Deal Of Ambala
Cake Box Holdings PLC on Monday said it has completed its takeover of Asian confectionery maker Ambala Foods Ltd. in a £22 million ($28.5 million) transaction it expects will boost its product range and enhance earnings.
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March 24, 2025
UK Pension Deal Market Hit £47.6B In 2024
The total value of pension deals carried out last year hit a near-record £47.6 billion ($61.6 billion) — a level that could prove to be a new norm for the market, a consultancy said.
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March 24, 2025
Roschier Advises Nordic IT Group On €300M Sale
Tietoevry Oyj has agreed to sell its technology services business to funds advised by pan-European private equity firm Agilitas for up to €300 million ($325 million), which the Finnish IT group will use to pay off debt.
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March 24, 2025
Wood Group Gets More Time To Discuss Sidara Takeover
Britain's mergers and acquisitions watchdog has handed engineering consultancy Wood Group and Sidara more time to firm up a deal after the Middle Eastern rival pulled out of a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) takeover in August.
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March 21, 2025
Former BNP Paribas Solicitor Fined Over Offensive Nicknames
A former senior solicitor at BNP Paribas has been fined by a London tribunal after he used derogatory nicknames such as Jabba the Hutt for work colleagues and used inappropriate language to describe senior staff.
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March 21, 2025
Reading FC Owner Fails To Release Unreturned Loan Security
The owner of Reading Football Club has failed to release assets used to secure a loan for the botched sale of the outfit, after a judge held Friday that this would render a claim bought by a potential buyer "effectively worthless."
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March 21, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 21, 2025
Insurance Giant Howden Buys Scotland Broker SKB
Insurance broking giant Howden Group said it has bought Scotland-based SKB Independent Insurance Brokers.
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March 21, 2025
Bird & Bird, Shoosmiths Guide Australian Biz On AIM Debut
Wellnex Life Ltd., an Australian health and wellness products business, on Friday announced the admission of its stock on London's alternative investment market, advised by Bird & Bird LLP, Piper Alderman and Shoosmiths LLP.