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

  • March 05, 2026

    Linklaters' Negligence Case Over Fraud Oversight Dismissed

    A fintech company's negligence claim against Linklaters has been dismissed, in which it had alleged that the Magic Circle firm had failed to spot a "large-scale fraud" against a company that the investor had acquired, court records show.

  • March 05, 2026

    3i Infrastructure To Sell Stake In Airport Biz For €1.14B

    Investment trust 3i Infrastructure said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its 71% stake in TCR, an airport ground-support leasing company, for approximately €1.14 billion ($1.3 billion) after backing the Belgian business for almost 10 years.

  • March 05, 2026

    Lender OSB Group Aims To Return £100M To Shareholders

    Specialist lender OSB Group rolled out on Thursday the imminent launch of a year-long share repurchase program designed to return up to £100 million ($134 million) to shareholders.

  • March 05, 2026

    Gov't Urged To Drop Pension Investment Mandate Power

    The U.K. government must abandon its plan to introduce a power that would allow it to mandate pension funds to make certain investments, Pensions UK has said, claiming that Whitehall's failure to drop the measure would hamper open market competition.  

  • March 05, 2026

    Aviva Launches £350M Share Buyback Program

    British insurer Aviva PLC said Thursday it will launch a share buyback program worth up to £350 million ($467 million), as part of its efforts to return excess cash to stakeholders after it reported a sharp rise in annual profit.

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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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