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March 17, 2025
French Firm Nexans To Sell Industrial Cables Biz For €525M
Paris-based Nexans SA said on Monday that it has agreed to offload its industrial cables subsidiary to a local private equity fund, Latour Capital, for €525 million ($573 million) so that it can focus on energy transition.
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March 17, 2025
UK To Launch Measures To Speed Up Firms' Approval Process
The U.K. government will introduce measures for the Financial Conduct Authority to speed up support for early-stage businesses as part of a broader set of reforms to reduce regulatory impediments to economic growth.
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March 17, 2025
Ashurst-Led Investor To Buy UK Green Fund For £191M
British investment manager Foresight said on Monday that funds it manages have agreed to acquire Harmony Energy Income Trust PLC, a battery storage fund, for £190.8 million ($247.5 million) in a move to add a "highly complimentary" company to its portfolio.
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March 17, 2025
Clifford Chance-Led PE Firm To Sell Subsea Cable In €1B Deal
Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group said Monday that it has agreed to sell Greenlink Interconnector to Baltic Cable AB and London-based infrastructure investor Equitix in a deal that values the subsea electricity interconnector at €1 billion ($1.09 billion).
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March 17, 2025
MHA, Quantum Base Plan AIM Flotations In Boost To London
Professional services firm MHA and authentication specialist Quantum Base said separately on Monday that they plan to float on the alternative investment market in a rare double boost to London's struggling capital markets.
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March 17, 2025
Covington-Led AstraZeneca To Buy Belgian Biz For Up To $1B
British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca PLC said Monday that it has agreed to buy cancer immunotherapy business EsoBiotec in a deal worth up to $1 billion in cash to develop its capabilities in cell therapy.
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March 14, 2025
Market Turbulence Threatens To Stall IPO Recovery
Stock market volatility is impeding a recovery in initial public offerings that market dealmakers hoped would begin by spring, prompting many IPO lawyers and advisers to defer hopes of a rebound until at least the second half of 2025.
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March 14, 2025
UK Ready Meals Maker Sends Back £1.1B Bid From Irish Rival
British ready-to-eat meals maker Bakkavor Group PLC said Friday that it has snubbed an "unsolicited" cash and stock takeover bid worth approximately £1.14 billion ($1.5 billion) from Irish rival Greencore Group PLC.
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March 14, 2025
Weil-Led European PE Shop Wraps €430M Fund
Pan-European private equity shop bd-capital, led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, on Friday announced that it clinched its second fund above target after securing €430 million ($467.6 million) from investors.
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March 21, 2025
Proskauer Adds UK Restructuring Pro From Akin
Proskauer Rose LLP has hired a restructuring and special situations specialist as a partner in its London office, as the U.S.-based firm continues to grow its global finance practice.
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March 14, 2025
3 Firms Rep On $8.5B Crown Castle Fiber Assets Sale
Paul Weiss-advised Crown Castle Inc. has agreed to sell its fiber segment for $8.5 billion in a push to transform the company into a pure-play U.S. tower business, in two deals guided on the buy-side by Kirkland and Simpson Thacher.
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March 14, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Paul Weiss
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Mallinckrodt PLC and Endo Inc. combine, Rocket Cos. buys Redfin, and Endo divests its international pharmaceuticals business to Knight Therapeutics Inc.
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March 14, 2025
Willkie-Led PE Firm To Buy Stake In UK Insurance Broker
Private equity firm IK Partners has agreed to acquire a minority stake in broker and risk management company Seventeen as it seeks to tap into the U.K. insurance market.
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March 14, 2025
Insurer Ardonagh Buys UK Broker Anderson & Co.
Global insurance broker Ardonagh's SME platform has bought U.K. boutique Anderson & Co. (Holdings) Ltd. and its subsidiary to help bolster its presence in the North of England.
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March 14, 2025
Life Sciences Property Investor To Put Itself Up For Sale
Life Science REIT PLC on Friday announced a review into its future, which will consider putting itself up for sale or winding down, amid concerns about market headwinds and its underperforming share price.
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March 14, 2025
Science Co. Swipes At Rival Board As It Ups Stake By £21.7M
International science and technology consultancy Science Group said Friday that it has increased its stake in Ricardo PLC to over 15% for approximately £21.7 million ($28 million), as it criticized the British rival's leadership for a historical fall in share prices.
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March 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen J.P. Morgan face action by the founder of Viva Wallet in an ongoing feud over the company's takeover, retailer Next Group contest a claim by the home ware brand owned by private members' club Soho House, and the venue of the Wimbledon Championships sue a local group opposed to its plans to build new tennis courts on protected land in Wimbledon Park.
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March 14, 2025
Greek Firms Steer Bank's €600M Insurer Stake Buy From CVC
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA has signed a deal for its subsidiary to acquire 90% of Ethniki, a Greek insurer, from a fund controlled by CVC Capital Partners for €600 million ($654 million) in a move by the bank to diversify its business.
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March 14, 2025
ECB Greenlights UniCredit To Take 29.9% In Commerzbank
Italian bank UniCredit said Friday that the European Central Bank has given it regulatory permission to buy just under 30% of Commerzbank, a German rival.
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March 13, 2025
6 Firms Steer $6.7B Mallinckrodt, Endo Pharma Merger
Six law firms are guiding a $6.7 billion merger between Ireland's Mallinckrodt PLC and Pennsylvania-based Endo Inc. on a deal announced Thursday that the companies said will create a global pharmaceutical industry leader with projected 2025 revenues of $3.6 billion.
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March 13, 2025
Deliveroo To Return £100M To Investors After Reaching Profit
Food courier Deliveroo PLC on Thursday said it will reward investors by buying back up to £100 million ($130 million) of shares, after it climbed to a profit in 2024.
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March 13, 2025
UK Data Biz Restore Buys Doc Manager Synertec For £22M
Restore PLC said Thursday it has bought U.K. document management business Synertec (Holdings) Ltd. for an initial £22 million ($28.5 million) in cash, as the data manager moves to diversify its business.
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March 13, 2025
Euronext To Buy Norwegian Software Maker For $436M
Euronext said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire governance software maker Admincontrol for 4.65 billion Norwegian kroner ($436 million) from a company backed by British private equity firm Hg Capital as it seeks to increase its subscription-based revenues.
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March 13, 2025
Model Trains Maker Hornby Eyes Quitting LSE
Hornby PLC, a manufacturer of model train and locomotive sets, unveiled plans on Thursday to stop trading its stock on the London Stock Exchange and go private, saying that doing so will allow it to quicken its decision-making and cut costs.
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March 13, 2025
UK Clears Keysight's £1.2B Offer For Telecoms Biz Spirent
Britain's antitrust authority said Thursday it has allowed U.S. technology company Keysight Technologies Inc. to proceed with its planned £1.16 billion ($1.5 billion) acquisition of Spirent Communications PLC, a U.K. telecoms testing specialist.