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May 22, 2025
Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
Freeths has hired James Dean, a pensions specialist from Simmons & Simmons LLP, to lead the growth and development of the firm's national pensions practice.
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May 15, 2025
Vinge-Led Swedish Wine Group To Buy Dutch Rival For €57M
Viva Wine Group AB said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Dutch wine distributor Delta Wines from venture capital firm Navitas Capital for approximately €57 million ($64 million) to expand its footprint in Europe.
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May 15, 2025
Gov't To Allow Foreign States To Own 15% Of UK Newspapers
The government said on Thursday that it plans to loosen the rules on state ownership of British newspapers in a move to allow media outlets to draw in investment from sovereign wealth and pension funds.
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May 15, 2025
Software Biz Sage Group To Extend Share Buyback By £200M
Sage Group PLC said Thursday it will extend its current stock repurchase program worth up to £400 million ($530 million) by buying more shares worth a maximum of £200 million as the accounting software business drives its growth strategy forward.
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May 15, 2025
Building Materials Biz Wins Irish Clearance For €32M Deal
Ireland's antitrust regulator has given the green light for Grafton Group PLC's €31.6 million ($35.4 million) acquisition of the Irish arm of HSS Hire Group PLC, the British tool and equipment hire company said Thursday.
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May 15, 2025
Brabners Guides Telecoms Biz In £63M Pension Deal
Telecommunications company CommScope has offloaded £63 million ($8 million) of its U.K. pension liabilities to insurer Aviva PLC, advisers have said, in a deal guided by Brabners.
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May 15, 2025
Greencore Set To Devour UK Meal Maker Bakkavor For £1.2B
Irish sandwich maker Greencore said Thursday that it will gobble up ready-to-eat meals producer Bakkavor Group PLC in a cash and share takeover worth approximately £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to create a U.K. convenience food giant.
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May 15, 2025
Alliance Pharma AIM Listing Canceled After £362M Takeover
Consumer healthcare company Alliance Pharma PLC said Thursday that it has canceled its share trading on London's junior AIM market following its £362 million ($481 million) takeover by a consortium that includes asset manager DBAY Advisors.
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May 14, 2025
Novo Nordisk, Septerna Ink Up To $2.2B Obesity Drug Deal
Denmark's Novo Nordisk said Wednesday it has signed a drug development deal worth up to $2.2 billion with U.S.-based Septerna, part of its continued push to expand treatments for obesity, Type 2 diabetes and related diseases.
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May 14, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Steers £56.4M Bid For Property Biz
Energy and compliance services business Sureserve on Wednesday announced a recommended final cash offer to buy property services group Kinovo PLC for approximately £56.4 million ($75.2 million).
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May 14, 2025
Sidley-Led Evri To Merge With DHL Unit In The UK
Evri said Wednesday that it has agreed to merge with the U.K. e-commerce unit of global delivery heavyweight DHL to form a giant postal logistics service in Britain in a deal guided by Sidley and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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May 21, 2025
BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited two new partners from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Taylor Wessing LLP to boost its finance and tax capabilities in London.
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May 14, 2025
Homebuilder Persimmon To Sell Broadband Arm For £100M
British homebuilder Persimmon PLC said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its broadband arm FibreNest to utility infrastructure company BUUK Infrastructure for up to approximately £100 million ($133.1 million).
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May 14, 2025
Kirkland-Led Equity Firm To Buy UK Insurance Broker JMG
GTCR Inc. has said that it has penned a deal to acquire JMG Group in an acquisition the U.S. private equity firm hopes will help to drive the broker's expansion across the British insurance market.
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May 14, 2025
Macfarlanes-Led US Pawnshop To Buy UK Rival For £300M
U.S. pawn store giant FirstCash said Wednesday that it is expanding its geographical footprint by acquiring a British rival, H&T Group PLC, for approximately £297 million ($396 million) in a deal guided by Alston & Bird, Macfarlanes and Gowling.
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May 14, 2025
UK Optics Biz Agrees $17.5M Buy Of US Military Kit Supplier
Optical systems maker Gooch & Housego said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy U.S.-based Global Photonics in a $17.5 million transaction, in which it was advised by Burges Salmon and Goulston & Storrs.
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May 14, 2025
Aviva's £3.7B Deal To Buy Direct Line Gets UK Investigation
Britain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it is investigating Aviva's proposed £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) cash and stock acquisition of rival insurer Direct Line, saying it has concerns about competition.
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May 14, 2025
HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
A London court unjammed Hewlett Packard's $4 billion fraud case against Mike Lynch on Wednesday by approving an administrator to his estate, reactivating the case after the technology entrepreneur died when a yacht he was aboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
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May 14, 2025
Cleary Guides GSK's $2B Buy Of Liver Disease Drug
Pharmaceutical giant GSK PLC said Wednesday that it plans to buy a drug for treating liver disease for up to $2 billion from Boston Pharmaceuticals in the U.S. to boost its hepatology supply.
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May 13, 2025
British Oil Biz Lands $100M For Developing US Assets
Oil and gas company Zephyr Energy PLC said Tuesday that a "highly respected" investor has agreed to provide it with up to $100 million to develop its dormant assets in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana.
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May 13, 2025
Energy Biz DCC Announces £800M Returns For Shareholders
DCC PLC, an Irish energy supplier and marketing company, said Tuesday it plans to return £800 million ($1.06 billion) to shareholders from the sale of its healthcare division, beginning with a share repurchase program of up to £100 million.
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May 13, 2025
Sheikh Fights Liability Over Share Transfer At Top UK Court
An Arab tycoon told Britain's top court Tuesday that he did not breach a fiduciary duty to his former company by transferring shares out of it after it went into liquidation, because he was no longer its director by that point.
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May 13, 2025
Renewables Biz To Sell Assets For €156M, Float In Joburg
Greencoat Renewables PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell six Irish onshore wind farms for a total of €156 million ($173 million) to European energy investor HitecVision as it revealed plans for a secondary listing in South Africa.
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May 13, 2025
EU Insurtech Sells Italian Arm To Private Equity Firm
Wefox Insurance AG said Tuesday it has sold its Italian business to private equity giant JC Flowers & Co., as it wraps up a restructuring of the wider business.
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May 13, 2025
Pinsent Masons Leads Tech Biz On Purchase Of Up To £7.9M
Information management software business Idox PLC said Tuesday it has bought Trojan Consultants Ltd., which trades as Plianz, for up to £7.9 million ($10.4 million), a move it expects will increase its reach in the social care sector.