Transactions UK

Law360 UK Transactions delivers daily news, real-time alerts and forward-thinking analysis on corporate transactions trends and deals in the U.K. and EU including hostile takeovers, friendly mergers, IPOs, buyouts and shareholder disputes – and the laws and regulation surrounding them.

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Latest News in Transactions UK

  • May 23, 2024

    Billionaire Xavier Niel Mulling Potential $4.1B Millicom Buyout

    French billionaire Xavier Niel's Atlas Investissement confirmed Thursday that it is exploring a potential all cash tender offer for Luxembourgish telecommunications provider Millicom International Cellular SA. 

  • May 23, 2024

    Linklaters Guides National Grid On £7B Rights Issue

    National Grid said on Thursday that it will raise net funds of approximately £7 billion ($9 billion) by issuing shares to investors as the owner and operator of gas and electricity networks looks to finance an infrastructure upgrade.

  • May 23, 2024

    A&O Shearman-Led Great Portland Estates To Raise £350M

    Property developer and investor Great Portland Estates PLC said Thursday it is aiming to raise £350 million ($445.5 million) with a rights issue, as the British property developer and investor eyes exploiting relatively low real estate prices in central London.

  • May 23, 2024

    Linklaters Leads Tate & Lyle To Exit US JV For $350M

    Food producer Tate & Lyle said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its remaining stake in its ingredients business in the Americas to U.S. investment firm KPS Capital Partners for $350 million in a deal guided by Linklaters LLP.

  • May 23, 2024

    Hargreaves Lansdown Snubs £4.7B Bid From CVC, Abu Dhabi

    The board of Hargreaves Lansdown said Thursday that it has rejected a proposed £4.7 billion ($6 billion) takeover offer from a consortium of private equity companies, including CVC and the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.

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Areas of Coverage

  • MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & DISPOSALS:
  • Share swaps & cash acquisitions
  • IPOs, Cash Calls and Buybacks
  • Management buy-outs and buy-ins
  • Leveraged-buyouts
  • Shareholder agreements & Poison Pills
  • Activist shareholders and proxy fights
  • Venture capital and private equity deals
  • Distressed M&A: insolvency, restructuring, bailouts
  • AGENCIES
  • The Competition and Markets Authority
  • The Financial Conduct Authority
  • The Pension Regulator
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • U.K. Takeover Code under the Companies Act
  • Financial Services and Markets Act
  • Market Abuse Regulation
  • The Enterprise Act

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  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 and FTSE 350 companies
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  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
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