Transactions UK

  • March 25, 2025

    E-Retailer THG Raises £90M From CEO And Shares Sale

    THG PLC said on Tuesday that it has raised £90 million ($116 million) after the U.K. health and cosmetics retailer's chief executive injected £60 million into the company and it sold £30 million of new shares to investors.

  • March 25, 2025

    Ithaca Energy To Buy Japex's North Sea Biz In $193M Deal

    Britain's Ithaca Energy PLC said Tuesday that it will buy the U.K. subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. in a $193 million deal to increase its holding in a North Sea crude oil and natural gas project.

  • March 25, 2025

    Pinsent Masons Guides Drax's £200M Harmony Energy Deal

    U.K. power generation business Drax Group PLC said Tuesday that it will buy battery storage investor Harmony Energy Income Trust PLC for £200 million ($259 million), an increase to an earlier £190.8 million bid from investment manager Foresight Group Holdings Ltd.

  • March 25, 2025

    FCA Boss Presses Pro-Reform MPs For Clarity On Risk

    The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority called Tuesday on MPs pressing for regulatory reform for clarification of how much risk is acceptable in the pursuit of growth as he warned of a potential rise in money laundering and property defaults.

  • March 24, 2025

    A&O Shearman Dials In £10B Pension Deals For BT Scheme

    One of the U.K.'s largest private-sector pension funds said it had offloaded £10 billion ($13 billion) in longevity risk to two reinsurers, in a deal steered by A&O Shearman and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

  • March 24, 2025

    Global M&A Rebound Drives Insurance Boom, UK Broker Says

    Insurers are seeing growing demand from businesses for protection from risk connected to mergers and acquisitions, amid a global recovery in deal making in 2024, a survey by Marsh McLennan has found.

  • March 24, 2025

    4 Firms Advise On $8.75B James Hardie, Azek Deal

    Dublin-based building products company James Hardie Industries PLC has agreed to acquire The Azek Co. Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $8.75 billion, including debt, in a deal steered by four law firms. 

  • March 24, 2025

    Celadon To Delist From AIM After Director Resignations

    Troubled British cannabis pharmaceutical company Celadon Pharmaceuticals PLC said Monday that it has agreed to go private by delisting its shares from the junior investment market of the London Stock Exchange, after four of its directors resigned Friday.

  • March 24, 2025

    Cake Box Completes £22M Takeover Deal Of Ambala

    Cake Box Holdings PLC on Monday said it has completed its takeover of Asian confectionery maker Ambala Foods Ltd. in a £22 million ($28.5 million) transaction it expects will boost its product range and enhance earnings.

  • March 24, 2025

    UK Pension Deal Market Hit £47.6B In 2024

    The total value of pension deals carried out last year hit a near-record £47.6 billion ($61.6 billion) — a level that could prove to be a new norm for the market, a consultancy said.

  • March 24, 2025

    Roschier Advises Nordic IT Group On €300M Sale

    Tietoevry Oyj has agreed to sell its technology services business to funds advised by pan-European private equity firm Agilitas for up to €300 million ($325 million), which the Finnish IT group will use to pay off debt.

  • March 24, 2025

    Wood Group Gets More Time To Discuss Sidara Takeover

    Britain's mergers and acquisitions watchdog has handed engineering consultancy Wood Group and Sidara more time to firm up a deal after the Middle Eastern rival pulled out of a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) takeover in August.

  • March 21, 2025

    Former BNP Paribas Solicitor Fined Over Offensive Nicknames

    A former senior solicitor at BNP Paribas has been fined by a London tribunal after he used derogatory nicknames such as Jabba the Hutt for work colleagues and used inappropriate language to describe senior staff.

  • March 21, 2025

    Reading FC Owner Fails To Release Unreturned Loan Security

    The owner of Reading Football Club has failed to release assets used to secure a loan for the botched sale of the outfit, after a judge held Friday that this would render a claim bought by a potential buyer "effectively worthless."

  • March 21, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • March 21, 2025

    Insurance Giant Howden Buys Scotland Broker SKB

    Insurance broking giant Howden Group said it has bought Scotland-based SKB Independent Insurance Brokers.

  • March 21, 2025

    Bird & Bird, Shoosmiths Guide Australian Biz On AIM Debut

    Wellnex Life Ltd., an Australian health and wellness products business, on Friday announced the admission of its stock on London's alternative investment market, advised by Bird & Bird LLP, Piper Alderman and Shoosmiths LLP.

  • March 28, 2025

    O'Melveny Rehires Antitrust Partner From Gibson Dunn

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP has rehired Stephane Frank as a partner in its antitrust and competition group after he served a five-year stint at Gibson Dunn LLP, as the firm continues to attract what it describes as "boomerang laterals" back to its practice.

  • March 21, 2025

    White & Case Leads Alfa Laval In €800M Cryogenics Biz Deal

    Swedish company Alfa Laval AB said Friday that it has agreed to acquire the cryogenics business of French industrial giant Fives Group for €800 million ($870 million) in an all-cash and debt-free deal guided by White & Case LLP.

  • March 21, 2025

    Baker McKenzie-Led Agri Biz To Buy 41% Stake In Farming Co.

    Agriculture business MHP said Friday that it has agreed to acquire at least 41% of the share capital of Uvesa, a Spanish producer of meat and animal feeds, for €225 ($244) per share in cash, as the Ukraine-based company expands its global presence.

  • March 20, 2025

    Gallagher Hits Back At Former CEO's £1.5M Claim For Losses

    Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s benefits and consulting arm denies that it owes a former chief executive of a company it acquired £1.55 million ($2 million) on his claim that it failed to manage the business correctly, as legal wrangling over the acquisition continues.

  • March 20, 2025

    DIY Firm Wickes To Roll Out £20M Share Buyback

    Wickes Group PLC said Thursday that it plans to launch a share repurchase program worth up to £20 million ($26 million) in April, as it reported a drop in its revenue amid challenging market conditions.

  • March 20, 2025

    Gowling, Sackers Steer £785M Pension Deal For Crops Biz

    An agricultural giant has offloaded £785 million ($1 billion) of its pension liabilities to Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd., the insurer said Thursday, in a deal guided by Gowling WLG, Sacker & Partners LLP and Clifford Chance LLP.

  • March 20, 2025

    Energy Production Biz Begins £52M Share Buyback Program

    Diversified Energy Co. PLC launched on Thursday a share buyback program worth up to £52.3 million ($68 million), a week after the natural gas producer said it had completed the purchase of energy business Maverick.

  • March 20, 2025

    EDX Medical To Raise £3M For New Cancer Test

    Medical technology company EDX Medical Group PLC said Thursday that it has provisionally raised £3 million ($4 million) from existing and new investors to help roll out a new "super test" for cancer.

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