Transactions UK

  • October 08, 2024

    $1B-Plus Mega M&A Deals Hit 2-Year High, WTW Says

    The number of mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $1 billion surged to a two-year high in the third quarter of 2024, with almost 50 deals penned, an insurance broker said Tuesday.

  • October 07, 2024

    Rosenblatt Rejects Negligence Claims Over Jaeger Collapse

    Rosenblatt Solicitors has denied being negligent in its handling of a claim for a fashion retail entrepreneur against Lloyds Bank over the bank's alleged role in the demise of fashion brand Jaeger, arguing it had to take a narrow focus to bolster the weak case.

  • October 07, 2024

    Investor IP Group Extends Share Buyback By £10M

    IP Group PLC extended on Monday its recently ended £20 million ($26 million) share repurchase program by £10 million, a move expected to further lower the innovation and early-stage science backer's share capital.

  • October 07, 2024

    A&O Shearman-Led FD Technologies To Sell Unit For £230M

    British technology firm FD Technologies said Monday it has agreed to sell its First Derivative unit to the U.S.-based software engineering company EPAM for £230 million ($300 million) in a deal guided by Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP.

  • October 07, 2024

    Outsourcer Mitie Buys Spanish Security Business For €11M

    British facilities management giant Mitie Group PLC said Monday it has bought Barcelona-based Grupo Visegurity for up to €11 million ($12 million), advised by Marimon Abogados, a law firm in Spain.

  • October 07, 2024

    Renew Holdings Buys Wind Turbine Service Biz For €60M

    British engineering services firm Renews said Monday that it has acquired wind turbines services company Full Circle Group Holding BV for €60 million ($54.6 million) from Belgian family company AtlasInvest Holding as it expands into the high-growth renewable energy services market.

  • October 07, 2024

    Sports Supplement Biz To Build Muscle With London IPO

    Applied Nutrition PLC confirmed on Monday that it expects to float in London in October, as the U.K. sports supplement manufacturer gives a timely boost to the stock exchange.

  • October 14, 2024

    CORRECTED: Online Retailer Mytheresa To Buy Rival Net-A-Porter

    E-commerce platform Mytheresa said Monday that it has agreed to buy online retail giant Yoox Net-a-Porter in a deal that requires Swiss luxury goods conglomerate Richemont to recapitalize the business to the tune of €555 million ($609 million). Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the consideration for the deal. The error has been corrected.

  • October 04, 2024

    Finnish PE Sells Services Unit For €75M

    Finnish private equity fund manager CapMan PLC said Friday that it has agreed to sell one of its subsidiaries CapMan Procurement Services Ltd. to an entity linked to Swedish investment company Fidelio Capital for €75 million ($82.7 million).

  • October 04, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen GMB Union sued by the makers of Tetley Tea after a staff walkout in September, boxer Mike Tyson hit with legal action from a marketing company and the Met Police face a misuse of private data claim from a woman who had a relationship with an undercover police officer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • October 04, 2024

    Experian To Acquire Brazil's ClearSale For $350M

    Credit ratings agency Experian PLC said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Brazil-based digital fraud prevention company ClearSale SA for 1.90 billion Brazilian real ($350 million) to complement its existing identity and fraud business in the South American country.

  • October 04, 2024

    Freight Biz Raises $5.5B For €14.3B Freshfields-Guided Deal

    Danish freight giant DVS said Friday it has raised 37.3 billion Danish kroner ($5.5 billion) by issuing shares to investors, funds it plans to use to partly finance its acquisition of German logistics business Schenker.

  • October 11, 2024

    Dechert Hires Fund Finance Pro From DLA Piper

    Dechert LLP has recruited a fund finance specialist as a partner from DLA Piper to boost its offerings for asset management firms, financial institutions and alternative lenders.

  • October 04, 2024

    Thyssenkrupp, Tata Lose Fight Against EU Joint Venture Veto

    Europe's highest court ruled Friday that the European Commission was right to block plans by Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel to jointly acquire a steel products venture under the antitrust rules of the bloc.

  • October 04, 2024

    IBM Plans To Quit London Market To Focus On NY Listing

    Technology giant IBM said on Friday that it intends to exit the London Stock Exchange, to concentrate its trading in the U.S. and streamline its administration.

  • October 04, 2024

    Frasers Group Ups Mulberry Stake After Rejected £83M Bid

    Frasers Group said Friday that it has bought £4 million ($5.2 million) worth of additional shares in Mulberry PLC, after the British luxury brand rejected an £83 million proposed takeover bid earlier in the week.

  • October 03, 2024

    Joyvio's British Salmon Fraud Claim Moved To Chile

    A London court ruled Thursday that a dispute between Chinese food giant Joyvio Group and the former owner of one of its salmon-farming businesses in England over the alleged artificial inflation of the value of the company should be heard in Chile.

  • October 03, 2024

    CMA Probes £9M Buy Of Troubled Rival's Assets By Tiles Biz

    Britain's antitrust regulator said on Thursday that it is investigating the £9 million ($12 million) acquisition by tiling retail chain Topps Tiles of some assets belonging to a troubled rival, which went into administration in August.

  • October 03, 2024

    Squire Patton Boggs Guides €34M Buy Of Irish Tool Rental Biz

    Industrial equipment rental VP said Thursday that it has acquired a majority interest in its peer company Charleville Hire and Platform Ltd. for up to €33.8 million ($37.3 million) in a deal guided by Squire Patton Boggs LLP.

  • October 03, 2024

    Construction Giant Galliford Begins £10M Share Buyback

    Galliford Try Holdings PLC on Thursday rolled out a "modest" share repurchase program of up to £10 million ($13 million) aimed at lowering its share capital and rewarding investors, as the construction giant reported bumper profits.

  • October 03, 2024

    Tate & Lyle Drops Need For Shareholders' Nod For $1.8B Deal

    Food and drink giant Tate & Lyle PLC said Thursday the U.K.'s new listing rules mean its shareholders no longer need to approve its proposed $1.8 billion buyout of the U.S.-based natural ingredient company CP Kelco.

  • October 03, 2024

    Herbert Smith-Led WTW Buys Stake In Wealth Manager

    Insurance group Willis Towers Watson PLC said Thursday that it has acquired a minority stake in U.K. wealth manager Atomos, following an alliance between the companies since 2022.

  • October 03, 2024

    HSF-Led British Land Raises £300M With Placing, Retail Offer

    Property investor British Land said on Thursday that it has raised £301 million ($395 million) with the sale of new shares in the company to finance the acquisition of a portfolio of retail parks.

  • October 02, 2024

    Paul Weiss-Led Altor Nabs Majority Stake In CCM Hockey

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP-led Altor Equity Partners on Wednesday announced that its Altor Fund VI has nabbed a "significant majority" stake in hockey stick maker CCM Hockey.

  • October 02, 2024

    Hogan Lovells Leads Royal London's 1st £30M Pension Deal

    The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Ltd. completed its first full scheme buy-in with the £30 million ($39.8 million) acquisition of The Retreat York Pension Scheme in a deal guided by Hogan Lovells and Wrigleys Solicitors, its adviser K3 Advisory said Wednesday.

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