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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.
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March 27, 2025
Sirius To Buy German Biz Park For €17M, Sell £5M Wales Site
Property operator Sirius said Thursday it has agreed to acquire a business park in Germany for €17.2 million ($18.5 million) and sell a site in the Welsh capital Cardiff for £5 million ($6.5 million).
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March 27, 2025
CMS Steers LondonMetric On Planned £44M Acquisition
Investment firm LondonMetric Property PLC said Thursday it has agreed to acquire real estate investor Highcroft with an all-share offer valued at £43.8 million ($56.6 million), advised by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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March 27, 2025
Renewi Shareholders Approve £700M Macquarie Takeover
Dutch company Renewi PLC has said that its shareholders have approved the approximately £700.8 million ($906.6 million) takeover of the international waste management business by Australian financial services company Macquarie Group.
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March 27, 2025
Warehouse REIT Leans Toward Blackstone's £489M Offer
Warehouse Real Estate Investment Trust PLC, a logistics property company, said Thursday that it is inclined to accept the provisional takeover offer of approximately £489 million ($633 million) made this week by private equity giant Blackstone Inc.
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March 27, 2025
5 Questions For Norton Rose's Global Head Of Corporate
Raj Karia, Norton Rose Fulbright's new global head of corporate, M&A and securities, has spent his entire legal career at the firm after a childhood watching boats on Africa's Lake Victoria propelled him to a training contract with a shipping focus.
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March 26, 2025
UK Crypto Biz Argo To Acquire Rival For $22M
Argo Blockchain PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Gem Mining, a rival cryptocurrency miner based in the U.S., for up to $21.7 million in shares, as the dual-listed U.K. company moves to double its computing power.
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March 26, 2025
Bain Nabs Majority Stake In Italian SaaS Biz In $1.2B Deal
Private equity giant Bain Capital on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to take a majority stake in Italian software-as-a-service company Namirial in a $1.2 billion deal built by at least five law firms.
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March 26, 2025
WeRealize Denies JPMorgan's Breach Claim In JV Dispute
Fintech business WeRealize has hit back at a JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit's latest claim in a protracted battle, denying allegations that it was planning to breach the terms of a joint venture shareholder agreement.
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March 26, 2025
UK Antitrust Arm Probing Food Services Merger
Britain's antitrust watchdog has launched an initial enforcement order into global catering giant Aramark Group's acquisition of Entier, a Scottish rival, over concerns the transaction could result in a "substantial lessening of competition" in the food services sector.