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April 07, 2025
Royal Mail's £3.6B Sale To Tycoon Wins 33% Approval So Far
One-third of shareholders in the owner of Royal Mail have approved the planned £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) takeover by a conglomerate controlled by a Czech billionaire — out of the 75% needed to give the green light — the companies said Monday.
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April 07, 2025
Fidelity Japan Rejects Merger Approach From AVI Japan
The board of Fidelity Japan Trust has rejected a merger proposal from rival AVI Japan Opportunity Trust, telling its shareholders to vote to continue with its current strategy instead.
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April 04, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska target the intelligence arm of CT Group with a commercial fraud claim, Big Technologies sue its former CEO for allegedly concealing interests in several shareholders, and an investment firm tackle a professional negligence claim by Adidas. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 11, 2025
Jones Day Hires 4 Pros In Madrid For Financial Markets Team
Jones Day has hired a group of four lawyers from Simmons & Simmons LLP and Spanish law firm RocaJunyent SLP to enhance its services in leveraged finance and capital markets transactions.
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April 04, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Siemens AG acquires Dotmatics from Insight Partners, LPL Financial acquires Commonwealth Financial Network, Brookfield Asset Management takes a majority stake in Angel Oak Cos., and TowneBank acquires Old Point Financial Corp.
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April 11, 2025
HSF Private Equity Pro Moves To Dechert As Merger Looms
A seasoned private equity lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is moving to Dechert LLP as HSF edged a step closer to its anticipated transatlantic merger with Kramer Levin.
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April 04, 2025
Fieldfisher Steers Quantum Base On AIM Debut, Fundraising
Quantum Base Holdings PLC on Friday announced its admission to London's alternative investment market, after the authentication business raised approximately £4.8 million ($6.3 million) to fund the commercialization of its technology and expand its product range, advised by Fieldfisher LLP.
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April 04, 2025
Lidström Guides Nordic Miner Beowulf On $6M Equity Raising
Beowulf Mining PLC revealed plans on Friday to raise up to 59.1 million Swedish kronor ($5.9 million) by selling new shares in the iron ore producer to fund progress in its exploratory projects in Scandinavia.
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April 04, 2025
Swiss Firm Guides Crédit Agricole Unit To Buy Banque Thaler
French banking giant Crédit Agricole said Friday that its subsidiary Indosuez Wealth Management will acquire Swiss private lender Banque Thaler in a deal that will bring the unit's total assets under management to almost €220 billion ($243 billion).
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April 04, 2025
UK Says Aerospace Co. Fix Could Ease Buyout Antitrust Fears
The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that French aerospace group Safran has submitted remedies for its planned $1.8 billion acquisition of the flight-control unit of Collins Aerospace that could allay antitrust concerns.
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April 03, 2025
Moonpig To Reward Shareholders With £60M Share Buyback
Moonpig Group PLC said Thursday it plans to launch a new share repurchase program worth £60 million ($79 million), as the online greeting cards and gifts business highlighted the benefits of artificial intelligence in an update on its performance.
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April 03, 2025
Aspiring Mining Biz Debuts On AIM After Raising £2M
Switch Metals PLC, a company seeking to develop mines in Côte d'Ivoire, announced on Thursday its admission to London's junior market and the completion of its £2 million ($2.6 million) fundraising program, advised by Marriott Harrison and John W Ffooks & Co.
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April 03, 2025
Pinsent Masons Promotes 24 Partners In Latest Global Round
Pinsent Masons said Thursday that it has promoted 24 lawyers to its partnership, a slight rise from 2024's numbers, with women accounting for more than half of those who made the grade.
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April 03, 2025
Partners Group To Invest Over €120M In Spanish Waste Biz
Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Spanish waste treatment company Gestcompost for €120 million ($133 million) in a transaction guided by Clifford Chance LLP.
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April 03, 2025
CMS-Led Real Estate Biz Puts In £1.5B Rival Bid For Assura
Primary Health Properties PLC said Thursday that it has made a rival bid of £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to acquire another U.K. real estate manager, Assura, which would create the eighth-largest real estate investment trust listed in London.
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April 03, 2025
AVI Japan Proposes Merger With Fidelity Japan Trust
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust called on shareholders of Fidelity Japan Trust on Thursday to consider a merger, even though the board of Fidelity has recommended that it continue with its current strategy.
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April 02, 2025
Siemens Buying Scientific Software Co. Dotmatics For $5.1B
Siemens AG said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire scientific software company Dotmatics from global software investor Insight Partners in a deal valued at $5.1 billion, with Latham & Watkins LLP advising Siemens and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP advising Dotmatics.
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April 02, 2025
As Global Markets Struggled, Private Equity Pounced In Q1
Stock markets slumped, mergers and acquisitions stumbled, and equity issuance took a breather in the first quarter of this year. But it was a different story for private equity, as global deal values shot up nearly 40% compared to the prior-year period, according to PitchBook data published Wednesday.
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April 02, 2025
Experian Completes $350M Deal For Brazil Biz ClearSale
Multinational Experian PLC said Wednesday it has completed its acquisition of Brazil-based ClearSale SA in a $350 million deal that the credit reference agency said will broaden its offering to include transaction fraud detection in account opening.
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April 02, 2025
Ankle Tag Maker Sues Sacked CEO Over Ties To Shareholders
A company which makes technology for monitoring people remotely has brought legal action against its ousted chief executive, alleging that she lied about her interest in the company's shareholders and stole funds from the business.
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April 09, 2025
Travers Smith Hires Restructuring Pro From Fried Frank
Travers Smith LLP has recruited a specialist from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP to lead its restructuring and insolvency services.
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April 02, 2025
Builders' Merchant Grafton To Buy Tool Hire Biz For €32M
Grafton Group PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire HSS Hire Group's Irish tool and equipment rental unit for €31.6 million ($34.2 million), as the building materials supplier seeks to expand its customer base.
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April 02, 2025
Brighton Pier Operator Plans To Quit London's AIM
Seaside entertainment company Brighton Pier Group PLC revealed on Wednesday that it plans to leave the London Stock Exchange's junior market, citing the "considerable" cost of being on the platform and a challenging environment that has squeezed consumers' non-essential spending.
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April 02, 2025
AP Moller To Take Former Maersk Unit Private In $690M Deal
Danish investment company A.P. Moller said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy the remaining shares it does not already own in Svitzer, a towage and marine services provider, for 4.7 billion Danish kroner ($690 million).
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April 02, 2025
UniCredit To Bid On BPM As Credit Agricole Ups Stake
Italian bank UniCredit said Wednesday that it plans to launch a formal takeover for domestic rival Banco BPM, as French lender Credit Agricole announced that it has won regulatory backing to increase its stake in the target to as high as 19.9%.