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September 12, 2024
Energy Biz Bowleven Edges Closer To Quitting LSE Listing
Bowleven said Thursday that it has now closed the window for its shareholders to sell their stock before the energy business leaves the junior market of the London Stock Exchange after it received an offer from venture capitalists Crown Ocean Capital to go private.
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September 12, 2024
UK Investment Biz Sells Unit To Canaccord For Up To £51M
London-based investment manager Brooks Macdonald said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its asset management division to a subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity, a Canadian financial services firm, for a maximum of £50.85 million ($66.35 million).
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September 12, 2024
Sanofi Sets €320M Licensing Deal With US, French Biotechs
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Thursday that it will pay up to €320 million ($353 million) to U.S. biotechnology group RadioMedix Inc. and French medicine developer Orano Med for an exclusive license for a radiation treatment for rare cancers.
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September 11, 2024
Trustpilot Kicks Off £20M Share Buyback, Returns To Profit
Trustpilot Group PLC launched a new share buyback program worth up to £20 million ($26 million) on Wednesday as the consumer reviews platform bids to reduce its outstanding share capital after it swung back to profit.
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September 11, 2024
EQT Leads €93M Round For Belgian Biotech's Cancer Venture
Biotech company Ion Beam Applications SA said Wednesday its joint venture PanTera raised €93 million ($102.4 million) in an oversubscribed first round of venture capital funding, led by global investor EQT.
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September 11, 2024
Anglo American Sells $400M Of Shares In Platinum Subsidiary
Anglo American said Wednesday that it has raised 7.2 billion South African rand ($400 million) by selling shares in one of its subsidiaries — a sale that could ultimately lead to the listing of the world's largest producer of platinum on the London Stock Exchange.
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September 11, 2024
Dentons Adds 2 Corp. Pros In Dublin From US Rivals
Dentons has recruited two new corporate partners to its Dublin office from U.S. rivals as it looks to expand its mergers and acquisitions practice in the Irish market and capitalize on its global footprint.
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September 11, 2024
Paul Hastings-Led ICG Clinches $17B Direct Lending Fund
British private equity shop Intermediate Capital Group Inc., guided by Paul Hastings, said Wednesday that it has wrapped its fifth direct lending fund after securing roughly €15.2 billion ($17 billion) from limited partners, with plans to offer loans to PE-backed middle market companies based in Europe.
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September 11, 2024
WH Smith Launches £50M Buyback Amid Surge In Travel
WH Smith PLC launched a share repurchase program on Wednesday valued at up to £50 million ($66 million) as the books and travel retailer seeks to reward investors, and as it reported a boost in business helped by strong passenger numbers.
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September 11, 2024
Latham Hires Senior Tax Pro From Travers Smith In London
Latham & Watkins LLP said on Wednesday that it has recruited a former head of tax at Travers Smith LLP for its office in London, a blow for the U.K. law firm, which has been hit by the departure of a series of partners.
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September 11, 2024
Dubai Builder Sells Entire Stake In UK Rival Costain For £38M
Dubai-based builder ASGC Construction LLC said Wednesday that it has ended its investment in Costain Group PLC, a British building engineering company, with a sale to institutional investors.
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September 11, 2024
Aussie Metal Exploration Biz Raises £250M To Fund M&A
Greatland Gold, an Australian metal exploration company, said Wednesday that it has raised £248.6 million ($325.1 million) by issuing new shares to help fund its expected buyout of Newmont Corp., a miner based in the U.S.
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September 11, 2024
UK Property Biz Rejects £5.6B Bid By Murdoch's REA Group
Rupert Murdoch's online real estate advertising company said Wednesday that Britain's Rightmove PLC has rejected an initial £5.6 billion ($7.3 billion) cash and share offer, despite concessions that would have kept the combined group on the London Stock Exchange.
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September 10, 2024
Slaughter and May-Led AngloGold Bids £1.9B For Centamin
Global gold mining group AngloGold Ashanti PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire its smaller rival Centamin PLC in an approximately £1.9 billion ($2.5 billion) cash-and-stock offer led by Slaughter and May and Norton Rose Fulbright.
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September 10, 2024
Britain's Renold Buys Canadian Conveyor Biz For $31.4M
British power transmission products maker Renold PLC said Tuesday that it has acquired the North American conveyor chain maker MAC Chain Co. Ltd. for $31.4 million, giving it a foothold in the Western U.S. and Canadian forestry markets.
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September 10, 2024
Osborne Clarke Steers £12M Charity Pension Deal
The Charities Aid Foundation has offloaded pension liabilities valued at £12 million ($15.7 million) to insurer Just Group, an adviser on the transaction said Tuesday, in a deal guided by Osborne Clarke.
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September 10, 2024
White & Case Guides £100M Hedge Fund Deal For Spectator
Hedge fund manager Paul Marshall has bought The Spectator for £100 million ($130 million), the 196-year-old news magazine said on Tuesday, a move that will keep the publishing institution independent and out of foreign control.
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September 10, 2024
EU Antritrust Chief Resists Softer Telecom Merger Rules
The European Union's outgoing competition chief pushed back at a pitch to loosen the bloc's competition rules Tuesday, saying that merger control rules for telecom markets must continue to look at competition at the national level rather than enlarging the examination to the entire 27-country bloc.
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September 10, 2024
Vorys-Led Infrastructure Biz Buys Steel Maker For $30M
Hill & Smith PLC said Tuesday that it has bought U.S. steel manufacturer Whitlow Electric Service Co. Inc. for $30.2 million, as the infrastructure products supplier continues a spending spree to expand its global operations.
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September 10, 2024
Swedish Biopharma Vicore Announces Plans To Raise $75M
Vicore said Tuesday that it aims to raise approximately 782 million Swedish kronor ($75 million) to finance projects and operations by issuing shares to investors, advised by Swedish law firm Vinge, with the joint bookrunners led by Baker McKenzie.
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September 10, 2024
UK Watchdog Probes Carlsberg's £3.3B Britvic Takeover
The Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that it is investigating whether the planned £3.3 billion ($4.3 billion) takeover by Danish brewer Carlsberg AS of Britvic PLC, a British soft drinks producer, could damage competition in U.K. markets.
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September 10, 2024
Paul Hastings Taps Capital Markets Pro From Davis Polk
Paul Hastings LLP has hired a prominent capital markets transactions expert as a partner at its London office as it looks to boost its global practice, which it has identified as a priority.
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September 17, 2024
Cooley Hires Team For Emerging Companies And VC Practice
Cooley LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited the head of Taylor Wessing LLP's emerging companies and venture capital practice, one of three partner hires as it seeks to boost its transactional ability in London, part of a broader plan for growth in the English capital.
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September 09, 2024
Hostmore Nixes £177M TGI Fridays Takeover
British restaurant group Hostmore on Monday nixed its £177 million ($231.4 million per Monday's currency conversion) deal to buy the American-themed casual dining business TGI Fridays after the company lost control of many of its assets and revenue streams, which "potentially impairs the future revenue of the business."
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September 09, 2024
EU Should Loosen Merger Rules To Compete, Report Says
The European Union should loosen its merger rules and reform trade policy and the energy market in order to boost EU competitiveness enough to catch up with the U.S. and China, a former European Central Bank president reported Monday.