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April 23, 2025
BT Sells Rest Of Italian Telecoms Biz To Local B2B Service
Retelit SpA said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire British Telecom's remaining stake in BT Italia SpA to boost its capacity and meet growing demand.
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April 23, 2025
Insurance Group JMG Buys 3 UK Brokers To Boost Presence
Insurance Group JMG Group said Wednesday that it has acquired three British brokers to integrate them with three of its own subsidiaries in a bid to strengthen its presence in the country.
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April 23, 2025
Argentex Weighs Sale To Rival IFX Amid Liquidity Crisis
Foreign exchange service provider Argentex Group PLC said Wednesday that it had entered into "advanced discussions" about a potential acquisition by U.K. rival IFX Payments.
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April 23, 2025
THG Rejects £600M Approach From Selkirk For Myprotein
THG PLC, owner of the Myprotein bodybuilding supplement brand, said Wednesday that it rejected an "unsolicited, largely unfunded, highly conditional and non-binding proposal" of up to £600 million ($797 million) from London-listed shell Selkirk Group PLC to acquire Myprotein.
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April 23, 2025
SME Loans Firm To Launch New £25M Share Buyback
Funding Circle Holdings PLC said Wednesday it will launch a new share repurchase program of up to £25 million (£33 million) after the provider of loans to small and midsized companies recently reported a rise in revenue.
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April 23, 2025
Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal
Swiss life sciences investor Xlife Sciences said Wednesday that its portfolio company, Veraxa Biotech, will merge with blank-check business Voyager Acquisition Corp. in a $1.64 billion deal to list on Nasdaq.
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April 23, 2025
Stakeholders Sell £21M Of Shares In Gold Miner Serabi
Two stakeholders in Serabi Gold PLC have sold a total of 20.7% of the U.K. company's share capital to institutional investors, the miner of precious metals said on Wednesday.
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April 22, 2025
Sidley Steers Admiral's Sale Of US Insurance Biz
Admiral Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its U.S. motor insurance business to private investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co. for an undisclosed cash amount.
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April 29, 2025
Sidley Adds Former Latham Capital Markets Pro In London
Sidley Austin LLP has hired an experienced debt and equity capital markets heavyweight as a partner in its London practice, as the U.S. law firm continues to strengthen its European presence.
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April 22, 2025
Generali Launches Secondaries Fund With Partners Group
Italian asset management group Generali Investments said Tuesday that it has launched a new investment fund in partnership with Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group AG.
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April 22, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Guides Regent's £109M Bid For Inspired
Gas and metering services business Regent said Tuesday that it is looking to buy London-listed Inspired PLC for £109.35 million ($146.4 million) in cash, in an attempt to help reduce debt at the energy and sustainability adviser.
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April 22, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led KKR Bids $1.2B For Sweden's Biotage
Private equity giant KKR said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Swedish life sciences company Biotage AB in an approximately 11.6 billion Swedish krona ($1.2 billion) deal guided by Roschier Advokatbyrå AB, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Advokatfirman Vinge.
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April 22, 2025
Fieldfisher Steers Swedish Investor's UK Monitoring Biz Buy
Vestum AB said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of Nortech Management Holdings Ltd., a U.K. maker of water and electrical monitors, as the Swedish infrastructure investor adds an existing supplier to its civilian engineering portfolio.
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April 22, 2025
Milbank, Paul Weiss, Chiomenti Steer PE Group's £1B Buy
Investindustrial Advisors Ltd. said on Tuesday that one of its divisions has agreed to acquire the healthcare unit of Irish sales and marketing giant DCC PLC for up to £1.05 billion ($1.4 billion), as the private equity group seeks to exploit socio-demographic trends.
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April 22, 2025
Helvetia, Baloise Merge To Form 2nd-Largest Swiss Insurer
Swiss insurers Helvetia and Baloise said on Tuesday that they plan to merge in a move to create the second-largest insurance group in Switzerland, taking approximately 20% of the domestic market.
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April 18, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Global Payments Inc. buys Worldpay from GTCR and FIS, Intel Corp. sells a stake in its Altera business to Silver Lake, KKR acquires OSTTRA from S&P Global and CME Group, and Canada's Capital Power Corp. nabs two U.S. natural gas power plants.
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April 17, 2025
OpenAI Eyes Windsurf, Activist Targets HP, And More Rumors
OpenAI is preparing to bid about $3 billion to acquire coding developer Windsurf, activist fund Elliot Investment Management has purchased a major stake in Hewlett Packard with an eye toward pushing changes at the information technology giant, and private equity giant KKR is considering selling Atlantic Aviation for $10 billion.
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April 17, 2025
Mubadala Joins $14.5B Education JV With $600M Investment
Mubadala Investment Co. said Thursday it will acquire a minority stake in Nord Anglia Education for $600 million, joining an EQT-led consortium that purchased the international schools organization in a $14.5 billion deal that closed last month.
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April 17, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen the producers of West End show "Elf the Musical" face a contract dispute, Korean biotech company ToolGen Inc. bring a fresh patents claim against pharma giant Vertex, and ousted car tycoon Peter Waddell bring a claim against the private equity firm that backed his business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 17, 2025
InPost Expands In UK With £106M Buy Of Yodel
Parcel delivery service InPost said Thursday that it has acquired rival Yodel for approximately £106 million ($141 million) in a "game-changing move," becoming the third-largest agnostic logistics player in the U.K., which will "dramatically" accelerate its growth.
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April 17, 2025
IT Company Capgemini Buys Delta Capita Compliance Unit
French tech giant Capgemini SE said Thursday it has acquired the Dutch subsidiary of consultancy Delta Capita Group Ltd., as it strengthens its financial crime and regulatory compliance services in Europe.
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April 17, 2025
Sainsbury's To Launch Fresh Buyback Worth At Least £200M
Retail giant Sainsbury's unveiled a share repurchase program worth at least £200 million ($265 million) on Thursday as it reported a jump in profit and a record-breaking year in groceries.
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April 17, 2025
Rental Services Biz Aims To Seek New Investors Via AIM Float
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC said Thursday that it intends to list on the London Stock Exchange later in 2025 as the rental services company looks to attract a broader spectrum of investors.
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April 17, 2025
VietJet Must Pay Investor $180M In Plane Lease Dispute
A Vietnamese budget airline must pay the subsidiary of an international private investment company more than $180 million for failing to return its planes, as a judge ruled Thursday that a termination clause in the lease agreement was not a penalty provision.
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April 17, 2025
BoE Insurance Reforms Could Harm Pension Deal Prices
New freedoms that would allow insurers to invest more easily in a wider range of instruments could lead to reduced pricing for pension funds approaching the bulk purchase annuity market, a broker has said.
Expert Analysis
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Changes To UK Competition Rules Will Extend CMA Powers
Recent amendments to U.K. competition and consumer law regimes introduce changes to merger control and antitrust investigations that will result in the speedier resolution of cases and greater autonomy for the Competition and Markets Authority, say Bill Batchelor and Aurora Luoma at Skadden.