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February 11, 2025
Fieldfisher, Ogier Guide Lithium Explorer On £2.4M Fundraise
CleanTech Lithium PLC, an explorer and developer focused on lithium projects, said Tuesday it has conditionally raised £2.4 million ($3 million) through selling shares to investors, advised by Fieldfisher LLP and Ogier.
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February 11, 2025
PE Unit Defeats Investor In Fight Over Software Co. Stakes
Wealthy investor Barry Maloney attempted to force a subsidiary of Intermediate Capital Group out of their joint investment in an Irish technology unicorn, in breach of his obligations to the U.S. private equity giant, a London court ruled on Tuesday.
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February 11, 2025
Metals Firm To Partly Shed Biz Stake In £9M Deal
Power Metal Resources PLC said Tuesday it aims to partially dispose of its stake in a metals exploration business under a cash transaction worth about £9.2 million ($11.4 million).
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February 11, 2025
Danish Estate Makes $130M Take-Private Offer For FirstFarms
Constantinsborg AS, which owns a Danish farming estate, has made a $130 million offer for FirstFarms AS, the agriculture and food production business said on Tuesday, which will take it off of the Danish stock exchange.
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February 11, 2025
Tech Biz Crimson Tide To Merge With Checkit In £6.5M Deal
Workflow optimization company Checkit PLC plans to merge with Crimson Tide PLC, a service management software company, the companies said on Tuesday after four years of talks about combining in a move to grow the business in the U.S.
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February 11, 2025
Novartis To Buy US Pharma Biz Anthos For Up To $3.1B
Novartis AG said Tuesday that it plans to buy Anthos Therapeutics Inc. for up to $3.1 billion, allowing the Swiss pharmaceutical heavyweight to return a drug that originated at the company back into its portfolio of cardiovascular therapies.
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February 10, 2025
Yodel Denies Handing Investment Bank 10% Of Business
Yodel has denied in court filings that it agreed to hand an investment bank a 10% stake in the business in return for the bank waiving £2.6 million ($3.2 million) in fees the logistics company allegedly owed for investment and financing services.
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February 10, 2025
French Giant Saint-Gobain Completes $1B Dubai Acquisition
Saint-Gobain said Monday it has completed its purchase of Dubai-headquartered Fosroc, a deal it believes will bolster its presence in India and the Middle East.
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February 10, 2025
Pension Deal Adviser Isio Buys Rival Broking Specialist
Pension advisory business Isio Group Ltd. has formally confirmed its acquisition of rival insurance and risk settlement specialist K3 Advisory Ltd. for an undisclosed fee.
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February 10, 2025
Maurel & Prom Buys Colombia Gas License Stake For $150M
Maurel & Prom, an oil and gas explorer and producer, said Monday it has agreed to buy a 40% interest in a license for a gas block off Colombia's Caribbean coast for $150 million.
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February 10, 2025
BoE Sets Out Pro-Growth Priorities For Finance Infrastructure
The Bank of England this year will focus on regulating financial market infrastructures to help underpin growth, as it benefits from technology such as artificial intelligence, a senior BoE official said Monday.
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February 10, 2025
Norway's Endúr To Acquire Construction Firms For $90M
Norwegian marine infrastructure group Endúr ASA said Monday that it plans to buy three construction companies for just over a billion Norwegian kroner ($90 million) in a cash and share deal as it moves to expand its business.
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February 10, 2025
Direct Line Directors Back £3.7B Aviva Acquisition Deal
The directors of Direct Line Insurance Group PLC said Monday that they unanimously recommend that shareholders back the £3.7 billion ($4.6 million) cash and stock takeover offer tabled by Aviva.
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February 07, 2025
Ousted CMA Chair Says 'Misinformation' Remains A Challenge
The recently ousted chair of the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority reflected on what he said were great strides undoing the antitrust agency's "technocratic" character, but added it made the least progress in combating "lobbying and misinformation" intended to undermine the agency's decisions, including around the cleared Microsoft-Activision merger.
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February 07, 2025
Pharmacy Chain Says Seller Inflated Value In £10M M&A Deal
A Yorkshire-based pharmacy chain has brought a £9.9 million ($12.3 million) claim in a London court against the previous owners of a group of pharmacy companies it acquired, alleging they made dishonest statements about the group's finances.
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February 14, 2025
Willkie Hires 3 Pros To Continue Expansion In Germany
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has recruited Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's office managing partner in Hamburg and two other lawyers as it continues to make major investments in its business in Germany.
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February 07, 2025
Chinese State-Owned Firm Must Sell UK Semiconductor Stake
A London court has rejected a Chinese state-owned investment company's bid for interim relief against an order to sell its stake in a British semiconductor business over national security concerns.
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February 07, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Investec Bank PLC sue two diamond tycoons, London florist Nikki Tibbles file a claim against an "imitator company," a direct descendant of the Cartier family launch a claim, and a Coronation Street actor hit footballer Joe Bunney with a defamation claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 07, 2025
Danske Bank To Buy Back $695M Worth Of Shares
Danske Bank said on Friday that it will reward shareholders with a share repurchase program of up to five billion Danish kroner ($695 million) as it reported a bumper annual pre-tax profit for 2024.
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February 07, 2025
Goldman-Backed Clear Expands In Ireland With Broker Buy
Insurance broker Clear Group has said it has bought Phelan Caswell Insurances Ltd. to broaden its footprint in the Irish market — following a string of other purchases by the U.K. company.
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February 07, 2025
EU Finance Watchdog Seeks Ways To Ease Reporting Burden
The European Securities and Markets Authority unveiled plans on Friday to streamline and reduce the reporting burden for the financial sector as it aims to cut down on costs and complexity.
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February 07, 2025
Electrical Biz ABB Plans $1.5B Share Buyback To Trim Capital
Swedish-Swiss electrical engineer ABB Ltd. said Friday that it plans to launch a share buyback program worth up to $1.5 billion in total to trim capital.
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February 07, 2025
Clifford Chance Helps L&G Sell US Insurance Biz For $2.3B
Legal & General said Friday that it will sell its U.S. protection insurance business to Meiji Yasuda, a Japanese insurer, for $2.3 billion in cash in a move to grow its pensions risk transfer business and allow it to reward shareholders.
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February 06, 2025
Meta Eyes Texas Skies, Another Crypto IPO, And More Rumors
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is considering relocating its legal residence to Texas, while cryptocurrency exchange Bullish is moving forward on an initial public offering, and Unilever PLC is eyeing New York as a listing destination for its ice cream business.
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February 06, 2025
Analytics Firm Begins £50M Buyback, Eyes Main Market
GlobalData PLCon Thursday began a £50 million ($62 million) share repurchase program as it unveiled plans to move from theLondon Stock Exchange's junior platform AIM to its main market, advised by Reed Smith LLP.