Transactions UK

  • August 12, 2025

    Facilities Management Giant ISS To Return $272M To Investors

    ISS AS launched a share buyback program worth up to 1.75 billion Danish kroner ($272 million), the second phase of the facilities management services company's plan to reward investors.

  • August 11, 2025

    EQT To Buy South Korean HR Tech Platform For $400M

    Swedish investor EQT said Monday that it has agreed to acquire Remember, a human resources platform powered by artificial intelligence, from private equity firm Ark & Partners for approximately $400 million in one of the largest transactions in South Korea's HR technology industry.

  • August 11, 2025

    Freeths-Led Accounting Biz Buys Baker Tilly Unit For €24M

    Accountancy business MHA PLC said Monday that it has completed its purchase of the southeast Europe subsidiary of tax adviser Baker Tilly in a cash and shares transaction worth up to €24 million ($28 million) in a bid to boost its growth ambitions.

  • August 11, 2025

    Mobile Tornado To Go Private Ahead Of Plans To Sell

    Mobile Tornado Group PLC said Monday that it will delist its shares from the London Stock Exchange to operate as a private business going forward, citing "costs and regulatory burdens" and the facilitation of its plan to sell the company in two years.

  • August 11, 2025

    Royal London Secures £1B In Pension Deals Since Launch

    The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd. said it has secured at least £1 billion ($1.34 billion) in pension scheme liabilities since entering the de-risking market last year.

  • August 11, 2025

    Infrastructure Investor To Sell £32M Stake In Trains Firm

    International Public Partnerships Ltd. said on Monday that it has agreed to offload approximately 1.6% of its holding in Angel Trains, a locomotive leasing company, in a deal worth £32 million ($43 million).

  • August 11, 2025

    DWF-Led Gem Miner Sells Fabergé To Tech Investor For $50M

    Gemfields said Monday it has agreed to sell luxury jewelry brand Fabergé Ltd. to SMG, a U.S.-based investor, for $50 million, as the gem miner and marketer moves to streamline the business.

  • August 11, 2025

    Fieldfisher Advises Lithium Explorer On Raising £4.3M

    CleanTech Lithium PLC said Monday that it has conditionally raised £4.3 million ($5.8 million) by offloading shares to spend on additional licenses and working capital.

  • August 11, 2025

    Fintech Biz Plus500 To Return $165M To Investors

    Trading platforms operator Plus500 unveiled plans on Monday to return $165 million to shareholders through dividends and a $90 million stock buyback program as it reported increased revenue.

  • August 11, 2025

    Addleshaw Helps PIC On £4.3B Rolls-Royce Pension Deal

    Pension Insurance Corp. PLC said Monday that it has covered £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) of pension liabilities for British aerospace and defense giant Rolls-Royce PLC to help streamline its business operations.

  • August 11, 2025

    Ørsted To Raise $9.4B After Delays To US Wind Farm Sale

    Denmark's wind power giant Ørsted AS said Monday that it plans to raise $9.4 billion with support from the Danish state as it blamed resistance by the U.S. government to wind power after Donald Trump took office for disrupting its investment plans.

  • August 08, 2025

    Aon Unit Expands In UK With Insurance Specialist Acquisition

    A subsidiary of global professional services firm Aon has acquired Bspoke Insurance Group Ltd. to expand its specialist insurance services in the U.K.

  • August 08, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission target a British investor over a $10 million microcap fraud scheme, Merck Sharp & Dohme move against Halozyme Inc. following a recent clash over its patented cancer medicine, and Birmingham City Council sue a school minibus operator years after ending its contract over DBS check failures. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

  • August 08, 2025

    Latham-Led CVC Consortium Bids €299M For Cyber Co.

    Private equity company CVC Capital Partners PLC said Friday that it is leading a consortium to acquire WithSecure with a voluntary cash tender offer that values the Finnish cybersecurity business at €299 million ($348 million).

  • August 08, 2025

    UK Clears Boeing's $4.7B Spirit Aero Deal For Take-Off

    The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it has given the green light to Boeing's planned $4.7 billion move to buy aircraft parts-maker Spirit AeroSystems after finding that the deal will not harm competition in U.K. markets.

  • August 08, 2025

    Serco Launches £50M Share Buyback As Revenue Hits £2.4B

    Serco Group PLC has said it has launched a £50 million ($67 million) share buyback program to reward investors, as the U.K. government outsourcer reported revenue of £2.42 billion in its half-year results, led by its growth in the defense sector.

  • August 08, 2025

    Hill Dickinson Advises Fitness App Biz On AIM Float

    MedPal AI PLC said on Friday that it anticipates it will raise £1.6 million ($2.2 million) when it is admitted to trading on London's junior alternative investment market, which the fitness app business expects will happen later in August.

  • August 08, 2025

    KKR Tries To Steer NHS Landlord Away From Rival £1.8B Bid

    Private equity firm KKR made a final attempt on Friday to lure healthcare property manager Assura PLC away from a planned £1.79 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover by Primary Health Properties, claiming that its own terms offer more certainty to shareholders. 

  • August 07, 2025

    Ousted Big Tech CEO Denies £320M Conspiracy Claim

    The ousted chief executive of a company that makes security ankle tags has denied a £320 million ($430 million) claim, arguing that she had not caused the business loss or lied about her interest in its shareholders.

  • August 07, 2025

    Ardonagh Unit Exits BP Marsh In £23.6M Share Sale

    A subsidiary of British insurance giant Ardonagh Group sold its entire stake in investment firm BP Marsh & Partners PLC for approximately £23.6 million ($31.6 million) in a secondary placing, its broker Panmure Liberum said Thursday.

  • August 07, 2025

    Global Funding For Insurance Tech Cos. Declines 16.7%

    Global funding for insurance technology companies fell to nearly $1.1 billion between April and June, Gallagher Re said Thursday, marking a 16.7% dip from the previous three months.

  • August 07, 2025

    IFX Ends £3M Bid For Argentex After Administration

    Foreign exchange provider IFX Payments said Thursday it has formally terminated its plans to buy Argentex Group PLC two weeks after the troubled currency risk manager entered administration.

  • August 07, 2025

    Insurer Warns Of Pause In Pension Deals Over Gov't Reforms

    Many larger pension schemes have hit pause on plans to carry out insurance transactions while waiting on the government's plan for reforming the sector, an insurer warned Thursday, as it posted falling revenue from the first six months of the year.

  • August 07, 2025

    ABN AMRO Launches €250M Buyback After ECB Clearance

    ABN AMRO has launched a share repurchase program worth as much as €250 million ($292 million) after receiving regulatory clearance, a move expected to lower the Dutch bank's outstanding share capital.

  • August 07, 2025

    Banca Generali To Weigh €6.3B Takeover Bid By Rival Lender

    Italian lender Generali has said it still needs to evaluate a takeover offer from investment bank Mediobanca to acquire it for an estimated €6.3 billion ($7.3 billion) in a deal expected to spur consolidation in the banking industry.

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