Transactions UK

  • June 05, 2025

    Linklaters-Led Mitie Bids £366M For Compliance Biz Marlowe

    Facilities service provider Mitie said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Marlowe, a regulatory compliance firm, in a cash-and-stock deal worth approximately £366 million ($497 million).

  • June 05, 2025

    Cooley-Led Fintech Biz Weighs Switching Main Listing To US

    Payments company Wise PLC said on Thursday it is planning to move its main listing from London to the U.S., becoming the latest British company to shift its main funding focus across the Atlantic.

  • June 05, 2025

    Miner Jubilee Metals To Sell South Africa Ops For $90M

    Jubilee Metals Group PLC, a U.K. mining company, said Thursday it has been handed a conditional binding offer by a rival for most of its chrome and platinum group operations in South Africa, in a deal worth up to $90 million.

  • June 05, 2025

    Court Sanctions Miami's £70M Bid For European Exchanges

    A court in Jersey has given its nod to the owner of the Bermuda Stock Exchange for the takeover of The International Stock Exchange Group in a deal worth approximately £70.4 million ($96 million), the companies said Thursday.

  • June 05, 2025

    Web Design Biz Raises £13.4M Through Shares Sale

    A web design and online marketing services business said Thursday that it has successfully raised approximately £13.4 million ($18.2 million) by issuing stock amid a high level of demand from new and existing shareholders.

  • June 05, 2025

    Cobalt Scraps IPO Plans In Latest Blow To London Exchange

    Metals investor Cobalt Holdings PLC has said that it will not go ahead with its $230 million flotation — a blow to the London market, which is attempting to maintain its allure amid volatility caused by U.S. tariffs.

  • June 04, 2025

    VTB Bank Unit Beats 'Thinnest Possible' Corporate Raid Case

    A British unit of Russian state-owned VTB Bank has beaten claims in a London court that it was part of a Kremlin-approved corporate raid, with a judge ruling that a steel businessman's evidence against the lender was "the thinnest possible gruel."

  • June 04, 2025

    Belgian Infrastructure Investor TINC Looks To Raise €113M

    TINC NV said Wednesday that it is looking to raise approximately €113 million ($129 million) in equity to boost its investment capacity as the Belgian infrastructure investment company looks to double the size of its portfolio by 2030.

  • June 04, 2025

    Warehouse REIT Backs Blackstone's Lower £470M Bid

    Warehouse REIT said Wednesday that it has backed a revised £470 million ($638 million) cash offer from U.S. private equity giant Blackstone despite a row over the valuation of the London-listed investor's property portfolio.

  • June 11, 2025

    King & Spalding Hires Structured Finance Pro From Latham

    King & Spalding LLP has added a lending and securitization expert as a partner to its finance and restructuring practice group, as the firm looks to boost the strength of its London transactions team.

  • June 04, 2025

    Deadline Extended For Consortium Eyeing Staffing Biz Buy

    A consortium considering an offer for recruitment company Empresaria has been given an extra month to firmly say whether it will make a bid, the staffing business said on Wednesday.

  • June 04, 2025

    Carrefour Sells 7% Stake In Partner Carmila For €171M

    French multinational retail giant Carrefour Group SA said Wednesday that it has sold 7% of shares in its partner company Carmila for approximately €171 million ($194.8 million) as part of its ongoing strategic review.

  • June 04, 2025

    4Global To Quit AIM, Cites Costs And Fundraising Challenges

    Data and technology business 4Global PLC said Wednesday it intends to quit the junior Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange, saying that raising funds and the "high" cost of listing posed a challenge.

  • June 04, 2025

    GSK Begins $450M 2nd Round Of Share-Buyback Program

    GSK launched a share repurchasing program worth up to £450 million ($609 million) on Wednesday, part of the pharmaceutical company's ongoing plan to return excess cash to its shareholders.

  • June 04, 2025

    Sports Nutrition Biz Glanbia Kicks Off €50M Share Buyback

    Glanbia PLC launched a share buyback program worth up to €50 million ($57 million), as the nutrition products business looks to downsize its outstanding share capital.

  • June 03, 2025

    Stibbe, A&O Shearman Guide $13.8B Healthcare REIT Merger

    Belgian real estate investment trusts Aedifica NV and Cofinimmo NV said Tuesday they have agreed to merge, forming what they said will be Europe's largest healthcare real estate investment trust, with a combined gross asset value of approximately €12.1 billion ($13.8 billion).

  • June 03, 2025

    Herbert Smith Partner Seconded To Takeover Panel

    The U.K.'s Takeover Panel has appointed a corporate partner from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP to serve as its secretary starting in September.

  • June 03, 2025

    Media Biz Founder Sues BC Partners Unit Over €200M Bonus

    A business controlled by the founder of United Group BV has accused the private equity-owned holding company of the telecommunications firm of refusing to pay a €200 million ($228 million) bonus allegedly due on the €1.5 billion sale of two subsidiaries.

  • June 03, 2025

    NewRiver REIT Sells Belfast Shopping Mall For £59M

    NewRiver said Tuesday it has sold the Abbey Centre indoor shopping mall in Northern Ireland to the Belfast-based Herbert Group of Companies for £58.8 million ($79.4 million), as the U.K. property investor moves to improve its portfolio.

  • June 03, 2025

    Irish Hotels Group Rejects Scandinavian €1.3B Buyout Bid

    Dalata Hotel Group said late Tuesday it has spurned a consortium's attempted bid to buy the Irish hospitality giant in a deal worth approximately €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • June 03, 2025

    AI Software Biz Sundae Bar Launches London Float

    Sundae Bar PLC, an artificial intelligence software business, began trading on Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange after it raised £2 million ($2.7 million) from the sale of 25 million shares to investors.

  • June 03, 2025

    KKR Quits Thames Water Rescue, Renationalization Risk Up

    Private equity heavyweight KKR has pulled out of plans to help rescue debt-laden Thames Water, the U.K.'s largest water utility company said Tuesday, leaving it vulnerable to special administration and even renationalization as a final option.

  • June 03, 2025

    UK Threatens To Sue Abramovich Over Chelsea FC Sale

    The government has threatened to sue Roman Abramovich to make sure that £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) made from the sale of Chelsea Football Club is used to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

  • June 03, 2025

    Builders' Merchant Grafton Completes €32M Tool Hire Biz Buy

    Grafton Group PLC, a building materials and construction products business, said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of the Irish arm of HSS Hire Group PLC, the British tool and equipment hire company, for an estimated for €31.6 million ($36 million).

  • June 02, 2025

    DOJ Deal OKs $1.5B Keysight-Spirent Network Testing Merger

    The U.S. Department of Justice cut its first merger clearance deal of the Trump administration, and nearly its first settlement since a Biden-era hardline stance against most agreements, with a consent decree Monday allowing Keysight Technologies Inc. to proceed with its planned $1.5 billion acquisition of Spirent Communications PLC.

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