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April 08, 2025
PHP Wins Extension To Make £1.5B Bid For Assura
The U.K. deals regulator has granted Primary Health Properties PLC an extra month to make a firm offer for rival real estate manager Assura or end its interest in the planned transaction, which is potentially worth £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion).
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April 07, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Federal Trade Commission sued to block GTCR BC's planned purchase of a medical device coatings company, the Justice Department's antitrust case against Live Nation survived a dismissal bid and a New York state court found a ski mountain deal hurt competition. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from March.
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April 07, 2025
Slaughter And May Guides Tech Biz's Acquisition Deal
Softcat PLC on Monday announced its acquisition of data and artificial intelligence consultancy Oakland in a deal worth at least £8 million ($10.3 million), advised by Slaughter and May.
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April 07, 2025
Bird & Bird-Led Banknotes Maker Nears £300M Sale Of Unit
Money printer De La Rue said Monday that it has met almost all the conditions required for the approximately £300 million ($385 million) sale of its authentication division to a U.S. company.
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April 07, 2025
Doubts Grow Over Impact Of UK Capital Market Deregulation
Government efforts to revitalize the country's sluggish economy by stripping away regulatory burdens on financial markets have raised concerns among lawyers that consumers might be exposed to more risk, amid doubts that the steps can stimulate broader U.K. economic output.
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April 07, 2025
Birketts-Led Tech Biz Enters Boiler Market With £2.2M Buy
Technology holding company SDI Group PLC said Monday that it has acquired hot water systems maker Collins Walker Ltd. in a deal worth up to approximately £2.22 million ($2.84 million) as it seeks to power into the electric boiler market.
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April 07, 2025
Wealth Manager Quilter Buys NHS Pensions Analyst
Quilter PLC said Monday that it has acquired MediFintech, an analyst of National Health Service pensions, as the wealth manager looks to bolster its advisory arm to cope with a change to public service retirement plans.
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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.