A London court ruled Friday that a businessman can sue a Luxembourg investment fund in England over allegations that he was partly responsible for the fund underselling a company by as much as £80 million ($108 million).
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Businessman Can Sue Fund In UK To Stop Luxembourg Claim

By Eddie Beaver

A London court ruled Friday that a businessman can sue a Luxembourg investment fund in England over allegations that he was partly responsible for the fund underselling a company by as much as £80 million ($108 million).

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Sabadell Tells Shareholders To Reject €17.4B BBVA Takeover

By Najiyya Budaly

Spanish lender Banco Sabadell told its shareholders on Friday to reject a €17.4 billion ($20.4 billion) hostile takeover from rival BBVA as it said that the deal is full of risk and uncertainty and undervalues the group.

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Squire Patton Leads £23M Welcome Break Pension Deal

By Tom Fish

British motorway service station operator Welcome Break Group Ltd. has finalized a £23 million ($31.2 million) full-scheme buy-in of its pension plan with Just Group, the financial services company said Friday.

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LITIGATION

Ankle Tag Co. Says Ex-CEO Forged Docs To Hide Wrongdoing

By William Janes

A British ankle tag maker has accused its former chief executive of forging documents to cover up wrongdoing, adding to its £320 million ($434 million) claim that she hid her interests in the company's shareholders and diverted millions from the business.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen former Master Chef presenter Gregg Wallace sue the BBC, Elon Musk's xAI take legal action against a staff engineer, and fashion mogul Kevin-Gerald Stanford file a fresh claim against Lion Capital-owned Klotho and EY amid a long-running All Saints share acquisition dispute.

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DEALS

Fieldfisher-Led Property Biz To Sell Commercial Arm For £12M

By Tom Fish

​Property developer Roadside Real Estate PLC said Friday that it has agreed to sell its commercial property business to Tarncourt Properties Ltd. in a deal valued at approximately £12 million ($16.3 million) to further simplify the business.

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Third Point Completes Deal To List Reinsurance Biz On LSE

By Dawood Fakhir

Third Point Investors Ltd. said Friday that it has completed a reverse takeover of Malibu Life Reinsurance SPC under which the hedge fund will become a London-listed reinsurance company, despite opposition from a large group of shareholders.

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Taxation With Representation: Felesky Flynn, Gibson, Kirkland

By Jaqueline McCool

In this week's Taxation With Representation, copper mining companies Anglo American and Teck Resources plan to merge, EchoStar agrees to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX, and Diversified Energy acquires fellow energy operator Canvas.

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Brief

Helvetia, Baloise Win Swiss, EU Approvals For Merger

By Irene Madongo

Swiss insurers Helvetia and Baloise said Friday that two European regulators have given the thumbs-up for their planned merger, confirming that the deal to create the second-largest insurance group in Switzerland will close in December.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Birketts LLP

Blackstone Chambers

CMS Cameron McKenna

Capsticks Solicitors LLP

Clyde & Co

DLA Piper

Dentons

Essex Court Chambers

Felesky Flynn

Fieldfisher

Fountain Court Chambers

Freeths LLP

Gateley PLC

Geldards

Gibson Dunn

HSF Kramer

Hill Dickinson

Holman Fenwick

JMW Solicitors LLP

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Silkin

Macfarlanes LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Muckle LLP

Nabarro LLP

Osborne Clarke

Powell Gilbert

Proskauer Rose

Reynolds Porter

Shakespeare Martineau

Shoosmiths LLP

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Taylor Wessing

Travers Smith

Trowers & Hamlins

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ABP Corp.

AECOM

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AT&T Inc.

AXA SA

AXA XL Ltd.

Alliance Airlines

American International Group Inc.

Anglo American PLC

Arconic Corp.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

Banco Sabadell SA

Boost Mobile LLC

Bouygues

British Broadcasting Corp.

Canvas Energy

CureVac AG

DISH Network Corp.

Diversified Energy Co. PLC

EchoStar Corp.

Ernst & Young LLP

Fidelis Inc.

HgCapital LLP

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

ITC Ltd.

Infinity Equity

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Lion Capital LLP

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

MS Amlin PLC

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

SIX Swiss Exchange

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Teck Resources Ltd.

Third Point LLC

Twitter Inc.

WSP Global Inc.

WSP Holdings Ltd.

Xiaomi Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

European Commission

Federal Communications Commission

The Crown Prosecution Service

UK High Court