A London court sanctioned North Sea oil company Waldorf Production's debt restructuring plan on Tuesday, rejecting HM Revenue and Customs' argument that the proposals would unfairly wipe out some £69.8 million ($95 million) in unpaid windfall tax liabilities.
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Waldorf Beats HMRC Bid To Ax Debt Plan Over £70M Tax Loss

By Eddie Beaver

A London court sanctioned North Sea oil company Waldorf Production's debt restructuring plan on Tuesday, rejecting HM Revenue and Customs' argument that the proposals would unfairly wipe out some £69.8 million ($95 million) in unpaid windfall tax liabilities.

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Slaughter & May Guides Vodafone's £4.3B JV Buyout

By Najiyya Budaly

Vodafone Group PLC will buy out CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. for £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) to become the sole owner of their £13.85 billion VodafoneThree U.K. telecoms joint venture, the companies said Monday.

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EQT Tables New £8.9B Offer For FTSE-Listed Intertek

By Tom Fish

Private equity group EQT said Tuesday it has raised its takeover bid for testing and inspection company Intertek to £58 ($78) per share in cash, intensifying pressure on the British company ahead of a looming regulatory deadline.

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LITIGATION

AllSaints Owner Seeks To Bar Ex-Chair's Fresh Share Claims

By Ronan Barnard

The owner of fashion brand AllSaints urged a London judge Tuesday to block the company's former chair from issuing new claims linked to his dispute about a 2011 agreement to sell his shares in the chain.

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Live Nation Venue Sues Cripps For £3.4M Over Advice On Deal

By Max Austin

Margate Dreamland's operator has sued Cripps LLP for £3.4 million ($4.6 million), alleging the law firm misread a key part of its catering deal that left it unable to exit the agreement after Live Nation bought the popular seaside venue.

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Ex-Traffic Biz Owner Denies Hiding Client Exit In Co. Sale

By Joanne Faulkner

The former owner of a traffic management company has rejected claims he owes £6.2 million ($8.4 million) for misleading the buyer of the business about the status and decline of a major client relationship.

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DEALS

CMS, Squire Patton Guide Food Co. On £160M Pension Buy-In

By Tom Fish

Bakkavor Foods Ltd. has completed a £160 million ($217 million) full scheme buy-in with its pension program, securing the retirement benefits of the plan's 2,216 members, U.K. pensions insurer Rothesay said Tuesday.

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Energy Investor Westmount Backs Eco's $52M JHI Deal

By Tom Fish

Westmount Energy Ltd. said Tuesday it is supporting Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas' proposed takeover of the privately held JHI Associates Inc., a company in which it has been a long-term stakeholder.

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RWS Strikes £40M Deal For IP Technology Company

By Dawood Fakhir

Artificial intelligence company RWS said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire intellectual property managing business Obviously for £40 million ($54 million) in a deal that will expand its footprint in the new £2 billion trademark and brand protection market.

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Aviva Snaps Up Property Restoration Specialist DisasterCare

By Dawood Fakhir

Insurance giant Aviva has acquired specialist business DisasterCare Group, which connects insurers and customers with local disaster recovery and restoration suppliers.

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Brief

Broker WTW Completes Purchase Of NatWest Fintech

By Irene Madongo

Insurance broker WTW said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of Cushon, a workplace pension and savings provider, from NatWest Group after getting the thumbs-up from the Financial Conduct Authority.

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CAPITAL MARKETS

3 Firms Steer Crypto Exchange Bullish's $4.2B Equiniti Buy

By Al Barbarino

Bullish said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Equiniti in a $4.2 billion transaction steered by three law firms, as the institutional digital asset platform aims to create a global transfer agent for tokenized securities.

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Brief

Building Materials Biz Amrize To Launch $1B Buyback

By Irene Madongo

Amrize confirmed on Tuesday that it will kick off a $1 billion share repurchase program after the building materials business reported improved revenue.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ashfords LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Cripps LLP

DLA Piper

Erskine Chambers

Essex Court Chambers

Fieldfisher

Fogler Rubinoff

Fountain Court Chambers

Guildhall Chambers

Linklaters LLP

Morgan Lewis

Nabarro LLP

Proskauer Rose

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Squire Patton

Torys

Travers Smith

White & Case

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC

Association of British Insurers

Aviva PLC

Aviva SA

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

CoinDesk LLC

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

EQT AB

EQT Corp.

Equiniti Group PLC

Greencore Group PLC

Intertek Group PLC

Lion Capital LLP

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Morgan Stanley

NatWest Group PLC

National Westminster Bank PLC

Panasonic Corp.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

RWS Holdings PLC

Radisson Hotels International

SIX Swiss Exchange

Siris Capital Group LLC

TMX Group Ltd.

Tesco Corp.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Vodafone Group PLC

Willis Towers Watson PLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition and Markets Authority

Financial Conduct Authority

HMRC

UK High Court