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June 15, 2026
Italian lender UniCredit SpA on Monday rejected statements by Commerzbank AG raising doubts about the response of its shareholders to UniCredit's merger proposal, saying it has contacted Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, over what it called a "relentless dissemination of inaccurate and misleading information" by its German takeover target.
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June 15, 2026
Aerospace engine maker Doncasters Group on Monday outlined plans to raise around $700 million in its initial public offering led by White & Case LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
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June 15, 2026
Britain's audit watchdog has said it wants new financial reporting experts to join its working group designed to shape accounting standards in the U.K. and Ireland.
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June 15, 2026
Yellow Cake said Monday it has begun a program to repurchase up to $10 million of shares amid concern about the uranium investor's share price.
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June 15, 2026
Finnish retail and wholesale group Kesko said Monday it has agreed to acquire the Nordic technical trade operations of Dahl from Saint-Gobain, the French building materials giant, in a transaction worth up to €1.52 billion ($1.8 billion).
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June 15, 2026
Shell PLC is suspending its recently launched $3 billion share buyback program until mid-July, when shareholders of ARC are scheduled to vote on the U.K. giant's proposed $13.6 billion acquisition of the Canadian energy company.
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June 12, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure for companies including Anthropic, and pharma giant GSK acquires cancer therapy specialist Nuvalent.
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June 19, 2026
Morgan Lewis has hired a former co-chair of Goodwin Procter LLP's office in London to lead its European private equity practice.
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June 12, 2026
The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 12, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP said on Friday that it acted as lead adviser to British banks underwriting SpaceX's $75 billion initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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June 12, 2026
Ageas UK said it has struck up a partnership with insurtech Wrisk and joined its panel of motor insurance providers, a move it believes will help its clients get the most suitable cover for their needs.
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June 12, 2026
A U.K. drinks business has accused an American beverage brand creator of obtaining a $1.1 million U.S. court judgment by fraud in a dispute over the British company's purchase of a wine brand.
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June 12, 2026
Irish dairy co-operative Tirlán said Friday that it has raised approximately €257.6 million ($298 million) by selling a part of its investment in nutrition company Glanbia PLC in a deal that decreased its holding by 5%.
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June 12, 2026
Gambling giant Flutter said Friday it plans to quit the London Stock Exchange after it reviewed the level of trading activity of its shares, the cost of listing on the platform, and regulatory and administrative obligations.
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June 12, 2026
Nordic asset manager Storebrand said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Knif Trygghet, a Norwegian non-life insurer, for 560 million Norwegian krone ($58.7 million) in an all-share transaction from rival Knif AS.
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June 19, 2026
Sheppard has hired a senior private equity partner from Simmons & Simmons to add to its transactional capabilities and take up the role of office managing partner in London.
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June 12, 2026
Software and lending solutions provider TruFin PLC said Friday that it plans to return £80 million ($107.3 million) to shareholders following the recent completion of the sale of its game developer Playstack Ltd.
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June 11, 2026
S&P knowingly generated artificially high credit ratings for risky securities to win business before the 2008 financial crisis, an investment company that acquired claims from several Bear Stearns funds alleged in a new court claim.
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June 11, 2026
A global standard setter has urged financial institutions to manage artificial intelligence risks linked to third parties and incorporate human oversight into the effective use of AI, in a new consultation that looks at the responsible adoption of the technology.
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June 11, 2026
Credit provider IPF and U.S. specialist finance group BasePoint Capital said Thursday in a joint statement that they have received most of the required regulatory and antitrust clearances for their £543 million ($725 million) deal.
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June 11, 2026
Intertek Group said Thursday that the Takeover Panel has granted private equity shop EQT more time to finalize its approximately £9.4 billion ($12.5 billion) proposal to acquire the quality assurance provider.
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June 11, 2026
Frasers Group PLC said Thursday that it plans to launch a voluntary public takeover offer for all the shares of Hugo Boss AG that it does not already own for approximately €1.98 billion ($2.3 billion).
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June 11, 2026
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has settled a claim in a London court that it caused a software company to lose £3.7 million ($4.9 million) through faulty advice on intellectual property ownership in a buyout of a rival.
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June 11, 2026
NCC Group said Thursday that it intends to distribute £185 million ($247 million) to shareholders through stock repurchases, following the cybersecurity company's disposal of its software escrow unit Escode.
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June 10, 2026
Intense competition between insurance companies is helping U.K.-based defined benefit pension plans achieve "unprecedented" retirement deal pricing, Lane Clark & Peacock has said.