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 01, 2026

    Redcentric Completes £123M Sale Of Data Centre Biz

    IT services company Redcentric said Friday that it has completed the sale of its data center business to an affiliate of Deutsche Bank for approximately £123 million ($168 million), marking its exit from the data center operations.

  • May 01, 2026

    Pension Deals May See Price Shift In Reinsurance Crackdown

    Insurers could be forced to hike prices for bulk purchase annuity deals as a result of a crackdown by regulators on risky forms of offshore reinsurance, analysts said Friday.

  • May 01, 2026

    Johnson Matthey Beats Fraud Claim Over £325M Pharma Deal

    Johnson Matthey defeated on Friday a claim that it acted fraudulently in the £325 million ($444 million) sale of one of its pharmaceutical businesses, despite a finding by a London court that the chemicals business had failed to disclose to the buyer significant details about the transaction.

  • May 01, 2026

    FCA Clears Verdane's £186M London Fintech Acquisition

    Britain's financial regulator has approved Swedish investor Verdane Fund Manager AB's £185.7 million ($253 million) acquisition of Augmentum Fintech, the venture capital trust said Friday.

  • May 01, 2026

    Santander Completes £2.9B TSB Bank Acquisition

    Banco Santander SA said Friday it has finalized its £2.86 billion ($3.9 billion) acquisition of TSB from Banco de Sabadell, in one of the biggest deals in Britain's banking sector in years.

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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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  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
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