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April 01, 2025
Spire Healthcare Buys Occupational Health Biz For £3.3M
British medical services company Spire Healthcare said Tuesday that it has acquired Acorn Occupational Health Ltd. for an initial consideration of £3.3 million ($4.2 million), expanding its national footprint.
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April 01, 2025
Norton Rose-Led Zurich To Buy Stake In £150M M&A Insurer
Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in Icen Risk Ltd., the U.K. insurer that specializes in mergers and acquisitions said Tuesday, a move which will support the Swiss giant's expansion across Europe and the U.S.
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March 31, 2025
Green Investor FGEN To Extend Buyback To £30M
Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Ltd. said on Monday it will boost its current £20 million ($26 million) share repurchase program to £30 million, which is expected to further lower the investment company's outstanding share capital.
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March 31, 2025
Trump, Starmer Discuss Averting US Tariffs On UK Goods
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed a possible deal between the U.S. and the U.K. to avoid U.S. tariffs from being imposed on goods such as cars and metals, the British government confirmed.
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March 31, 2025
Lloyds Bank Covers £5.1B Pension Liabilities With Rothesay
The trustee of two Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes said Monday it has penned two insurance policies totaling £5.1 billion ($6.6 billion) with Rothesay Life PLC to cover the cost of unexpected increases in the life expectancy of their members.
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March 31, 2025
Keller Launches £25M Share Buyback After Strong 2024
Keller Group PLC began a program on Monday to return up to £25 million ($32 million) to investors, the first phase of the company's multiyear share repurchase scheme that it recently unveiled after a strong performance in 2024.
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March 31, 2025
Aston Martin Sells F1 Stake, Chairman Boosts Investment
Aston Martin said Monday that it is selling its stake in its Formula One team for approximately £74 million ($96 million) and will receive another £52.5 million from the company's executive chairman, who is increasing his stake in the British luxury car manufacturer.
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March 31, 2025
DIY Giant Wickes Begins £10M Tranche Of Buyback Program
Wickes Group PLC said Monday it has launched the first half of a share buyback scheme worth a total of £20 million ($26 million), as the U.K. home improvement retailer looks to reduce its share capital.
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March 31, 2025
EQT Joins $5.5B Bid For Swedish Software Co. Fortnox
Swedish private equity firm EQT said Monday that it has joined forces with the chair of Fortnox AB to make a takeover offer for the Swedish accounting software company, valuing it at 54.9 billion Swedish kronor ($5.5 billion).
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March 31, 2025
Apollo Biz's £1B Offer For Auto-Parts Maker Nears Completion
Auto-parts maker and supplier TI Fluid Systems said Monday that the necessary procedures behind its takeover for more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) by a Canadian rival, ABC Technologies Inc., goes ahead are "almost complete."
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March 28, 2025
Woodside Sells Oil, Gas Assets In Trinidad, Tobago For $206M
Australian energy company Woodside on Friday unveiled plans to sell its Greater Angostura assets in Trinidad and Tobago to British independent hydrocarbon producer Perenco for $206 million.
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March 28, 2025
VistaJet Escapes VC Fund's Claim Over Investment Deal
A private jet company owner escaped allegations from a Guernsey venture capital fund that he secretly set up companies to leverage the resources of a business it had invested in, when a London court ruled Friday that the claim came too late.
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March 28, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 28, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Latham, Ashurst
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Dollar Tree sells its Family Dollar business to private equity firms, eye care company Alcon buys medical technology company Lensar and Ithaca Energy PLC buys the U.K. subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd.
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April 04, 2025
Baker McKenzie Boosts M&A Team With Ex-McDermott Pro
Baker McKenzie has boosted its London team with the appointment of a senior corporate lawyer from McDermott Will & Emery LLP who specializes in transactions in the life sciences and technology sectors.
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March 28, 2025
UK's CMA Floats Revised Fixes For Atlantic Air Travel Deal
The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority took an important step Friday toward updating antitrust fixes for a partnership covering trans-Atlantic air routes among American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Finnair, putting the revised commitments out for public comment.
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March 28, 2025
Toothpaste Maker Haleon Starts First Part Of £330M Buyback
Haleon PLC, an oral health and pain relief products firm, on Friday began the initial phase of its wider share repurchase program worth up to £330 million ($427 million) after recently agreeing to buy back a chunk of stock from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
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March 28, 2025
UK Watchdog Clears £16.5B Vodafone-Three Deal After Fixes
The Competition and Markets Authority approved the £16.5 billion ($21.3 billion) merger between Vodafone Group PLC and Three UK on Friday after the companies agreed to invest in network infrastructure and protecting customers.
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March 28, 2025
Pension Partners Guides £2M Benefits Deal For Housing Co.
A U.K. housing scheme operator's pension plan has agreed to a £2 million ($2.6 million) full scheme buy-in with financial services group Just, securing the benefits of 15 retirees and eight deferred members, consultant K3 said Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Logistics Investor To Return Up To £21M To Shareholders
Logistics Development Group PLC on Friday said it will return up to £21 million ($27 million) to investors by repurchasing shares as it looks to lower its outstanding capital.
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March 28, 2025
Retail Investor To Buy WH Smith's High Street Biz For £76M
Modella Capital said Friday that it has agreed to acquire approximately 480 retail stores from WH Smith PLC for £76 million ($98 million), a deal that means the "iconic" 233-year-old brand will soon vanish from Britain's high streets.
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March 27, 2025
White & Case-Led $2.7B IPO For Swedish Health Group Wraps
Sweden's Asker Healthcare Group AB said Thursday that its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange was oversubscribed with trading in its shares beginning the same day, wrapping up a flotation that valued the company at 26.8 billion Swedish kronor ($2.7 billion).
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March 27, 2025
6 Insurers Penned £5B-Plus In Pension Deals In 'Record' 2024
Six insurers wrote over £5 billion ($6.5 billion) each in pension deals for the first time in 2024, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP said Thursday, highlighting a risk transfer market "firing on all cylinders" with new entrants increasing competition.
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March 27, 2025
RPC-Led Stock Market Tracker To Delist From AIM
Stock price provider ADVFN PLC said Thursday that it intends to exit the London Stock Exchange's junior market and go private amid concerns about "significant headwinds" for the broader stock market.
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March 27, 2025
InvestAcc Group To Buy AJ Bell Pension Unit For £25M
Investment platform company AJ Bell said Thursday it will sell its pensions administration arm to InvestAcc Group Ltd. for £25 million ($32.5 million), amid a business restructure.