British engineering firm Goodwin said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a substantial section of its mechanical engineering wing to New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP for up to approximately £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), simplifying its business.
British engineering firm Goodwin said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a substantial section of its mechanical engineering wing to New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP for up to approximately £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), simplifying its business.
Google said Wednesday it has committed €13 billion ($15 billion) to digital infrastructure and clean energy projects in Finland, its biggest single investment in Europe, which is expected to bolster its artificial intelligence ambitions.
French software companies Cegid and Silae said Wednesday they plan to merge to create a technology group worth more than €10 billion ($11.6 billion), in a deal that will see the combined business remain in the portfolio of investment company Silver Lake.
Dealmaking activity in the U.K. slowed in the first half of the year, with the number of mergers and acquisitions falling 13%, but their combined value more than doubled to £124.2 billion ($168 billion), accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers said Wednesday.
Property developer Harworth has reiterated its rejection of an unsolicited offer worth approximately £583 million ($790 million) from British property investor Peel Group, saying Wednesday that it drastically undervalues the company.
Investment trust Alternative Income recommended on Wednesday that shareholders accept Glenstone's £56.4 million ($77 million) offer, despite saying it undervalues the company after the bidder threatened to wind down the trust if it does not gain full ownership.
The number of mergers and acquisitions between insurance agencies in the U.K. is 16% lower so far this year than the same period in 2025, a financial adviser has said, with the lowest number of deals announced between June and August since 2017.
Paramount has insisted the Writers Guild of America and state attorneys general cannot avoid putting up a roughly $1.9 billion bond as they challenge the media company's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying their arguments against its bond bid fail under the Clayton Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving California and other state enforcers that are challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. until later this month to respond to Iowa and Montana's bid to block the merger challenge.
Euroclear has beaten a sales manager's claim for commission on its deal to acquire a fintech startup in 2023, with a tribunal finding he was barred from receiving commission after his employment at the startup ended.
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired a team of six lawyers from DLA Piper in Paris to boost its services to clients in technology-linked transactions and disputes.
