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Transactions UK
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July 11, 2024
Swedish Warehouse Biz Buys Norwegian Rival In $311M Deal
Swedish industrial real estate company Logistea said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of Norwegian rival KMC Properties in a deal worth approximately 3.26 billion Swedish kroner ($311 million) guided by European law firms Thommessen, Vinge, Cederquist and Wiersholm.
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July 11, 2024
US PE Firm To Bid €1M For French Industrial Machinery Biz
French engineering company Gaussin SA said Thursday that a consortium led by U.S. private equity firm Coral Reef Capital has offered €1 million ($1.08 million) to buy its subsidiary Metalliance, a troubled industrial machinery manufacturer.
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July 11, 2024
Hotelier PPHE Kick-Starts £4M Share Buyback Scheme
PPHE Hotel Group Ltd. said on Thursday it has begun a share repurchase program of up to £4 million ($5.2 million), advised by Norton Rose Fulbright.
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July 11, 2024
Gowling Builds £35M Pension Deal For Civil Engineers
A trade body for engineers has handed £35 million ($45 million) of its pensions liabilities to insurer Aviva PLC, advisers have said, in a buy-in transaction designed to cut risk that was guided by Gowling WLG.
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July 11, 2024
White & Case Guides Turkish Biz's $310M Port Co. Buyout
U.K. cruise port operator Global Ports Holding PLC said on Thursday that it has agreed to be bought out by a subsidiary of its majority shareholder Global Yatirim Holding AS, a Turkish conglomerate, for $310 million.
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July 11, 2024
FCA Overhauls Share Listing Rules To Boost LSE
The Financial Conduct Authority unveiled a "significant" revamp of its share listings regime on Thursday, a move to help the London Stock Exchange provide corporate financing and stay competitive with other global financial centers.
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July 10, 2024
Kirkland Guides Canada Pension Plan on €550M Tech Stake
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said Wednesday that it has invested €550 million ($595 million) for a stake in European technology company Team Blue in a deal steered by Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Kirkland & Ellis.
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July 10, 2024
Diversified Energy Buys Texas Assets For $106M
Oil and gas producer Diversified Energy said Wednesday that it has acquired natural gas assets in eastern Texas from Crescent Pass Energy in a $106 million deal to increase its footprint in the central U.S.
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July 17, 2024
Travers Smith Hires Infrastructure Finance Pro From WFW
Travers Smith LLP announced Wednesday that it has recruited a specialist in infrastructure finance from Watson Farley & Williams LLP, boosting the firm's partnership ranks after it suffered a recent wave of exits.
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July 10, 2024
Gibson Dunn, Polsinelli Steer $450M Purchase Of Tech Firm
Investment company Sure Ventures PLC said Wednesday Infinite Reality, an immersive virtual experiences firm, has agreed to buy its subsidiary's portfolio firm Landvault for $450 million (£350.6 million), a deal advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Polsinelli PC.
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July 10, 2024
Aviva Completes £249M Deal, Returns To Lloyd's
Aviva PLC said on Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition for £249 million ($319 million) of insurance group Probitas, including its Lloyd's of London platform, which marks its return into the specialist market after more than two decades.
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July 10, 2024
Hellenic Bank To Buy French Insurer's Greek Biz For €182M
Hellenic Bank of Cyprus said Wednesday that it will buy the Cypriot and Greek insurance operations of French insurer CNP Assurances for €182 million ($197 million) to strengthen its insurance services.
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July 10, 2024
PE Biz TowerBrook Bids £253M For Payments Platform Co.
Private equity shop TowerBrook Capital Partners LP has made an improved cash offer of £253 million ($325 million) for Equals Group PLC, the British financial technology company said Wednesday after it put itself up for sale.
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July 10, 2024
Shein Investors Could Have Recourse If ESG Abuses Exposed
Expectations that the Shein fast-fashion group will float on the London Stock Exchange have raised questions over what recourse investors have to recoup losses in the English courts if a future emergence of human rights abuses in a company's supply chain triggers a drop in its share price.
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July 09, 2024
Labour Gov't Plans Investment-Boosting National Wealth Fund
The U.K. Treasury on Tuesday detailed plans to create a National Wealth Fund worth £7.3 billion ($9.3 billion) to boost private investment in energy and infrastructure, part of the new Labour government's plans to stimulate economic growth.
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July 09, 2024
Water Leak Remediation Biz Acquires Irish Firm For €2.3M
Water Intelligence PLC said Tuesday it has acquired Irish business Feakle Gas and Plumbing Ltd. through its subsidiary for €2.32 million ($2.97 million) cash, a move it anticipates will boost its footprint in Europe.
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July 09, 2024
LetterOne Fights National Security Sale Of Broadband Firm
An investment group backed by Russian oligarchs has launched the first legal challenge to a decision under the National Security and Investment Act, claiming on Tuesday that the government unfairly forced the sale of a regional broadband provider at a "substantial financial loss."
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July 16, 2024
Mayer Brown Hires Transactions Team From Ayache In Paris
Mayer Brown LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited a team of lawyers from an independent French law firm to boost its strength in international corporate and private equity transactions as it gears up for an upswing in deal activity.
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July 09, 2024
Simpson Thacher, Carey Olsen Steer Firm Eyeing $3B Deals
Turnaround business Rosebank Industries PLC said Tuesday it plans to buy businesses worth up to $3 billion after successfully raising funds as it looks to list in London, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Carey Olsen Jersey LLP.
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July 09, 2024
Dentons Steers Capita On £207M Software Biz Sale
Outsourcer Capita PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its subsidiary Capita One Ltd., which runs its standalone software business of the same name, to real estate software maker MRI Software LLC for £207 million ($265 million).
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July 09, 2024
Linklaters' Earnings Hit Record £2.1B On M&A Rebound
Linklaters LLP said on Tuesday that its earnings have surpassed the £2 billion ($2.6 billion) mark for the first time, which it attributed to a strategic focus on complex cross-border transactions and serving large clients worldwide.
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July 08, 2024
UK Clears Thermo Fisher's $3.1B Olink Buy
Britain's competition enforcer indicated Monday that it will not challenge Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s planned $3.1 billion bid for Swedish biotech firm Olink Holding AB after the agency launched an initial investigation of the deal earlier this year.
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July 08, 2024
Wright Johnston-Led Macfarlane Buys Peer
Macfarlane said Monday that it has purchased industrial packaging maker Polyformes Ltd. for up to £11.5 million ($15 million) through one of its subsidiaries to boost its own protective packaging business, in a deal guided by Scottish law firm Wright Johnston & Mackenzie LLP.
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July 08, 2024
Linklaters-Led HgCapital Raises £24.3M In Software Biz Exit
British investment company HgCapital said Monday that its private equity arm Hg has agreed to sell its remaining interest in business software provider TeamSystem to U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, raising approximately £24.3 million ($31 million) for the trust.
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July 08, 2024
Aegon Begins €200M Share Buyback Program
Aegon NV began a share repurchase program worth up to €200 million ($220 million) on Monday, a move expected to lower the size of the Dutch pensions and insurance specialist's outstanding share capital.