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August 28, 2024
John Wood To Sell Siemens JV And US Biz For $165M
John Wood said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell two of its noncore businesses in two separate deals, including one with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP-led private equity firm One Equity Partners LP for total proceeds of £165 million ($218 million).
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August 28, 2024
Ageas To Launch €200M Buyback, Hits Record €10B Inflow
Ageas said Wednesday it will launch a share repurchase program worth up to €200 million ($223 million) next month, as the Belgian multinational insurer reported that it had got a record of just over €10 billion from premiums paid by its customers.
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August 28, 2024
Britvic Shareholders Approve £3.3B Takeover By Carlsberg
Shareholders at Britvic PLC have approved a proposed £3.3 billion ($4.4 billion) takeover deal by Danish brewer Carlsberg AS that aims to create a British beer and soft drinks giant.
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August 28, 2024
Frasers Buys 15% Stake In Australian Sportswear Retailer
British sportswear retailer Frasers Group PLC said Wednesday that it has acquired a nearly 15% stake in its Australian peer Accent Group Ltd. for an undisclosed amount to expand its presence in Australia and New Zealand.
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August 28, 2024
Netherlands Tech Biz To Buy Online Security Unit For €133M
Unifiedpost SA NV has agreed to sell its cybersecurity business in the Netherlands to Your.World BV, a technology investor based in the European country, for €133 million ($148 million) as the Belgian financial technology company moves to streamline its operations.
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August 28, 2024
Swiss Life To Acquire Green Hydrogen Biz For $106M
The asset management arm of insurer Swiss Life will buy Everfuel AS of Denmark in a deal that values the green hydrogen producer at $106 million and will take it off of the Euronext Growth market, the companies said Wednesday.
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August 27, 2024
Ryanair Kicks Off €800M Buyback On 'Strong Cash Position'
The owner of budget airline Ryanair launched a share buyback program worth up to €800 million ($894 million), as the carrier looks to further lower its outstanding share capital.
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August 27, 2024
Bunzl To Return £250M To Shareholders After Strong Profit
Bunzl PLC said Tuesday that it has initiated a share buyback program to return up to £250 million ($331 million) to its shareholders as the packaging materials company announced strong financial results for the first half of the year.
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August 27, 2024
Investment Biz To Quit London Junior Market, Return Capital
Troubled investment company Cambria Africa PLC said Tuesday that it is planning to remove its shares from trading on the junior investment market of the London Stock Exchange because of financial hardships.
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August 27, 2024
BCLP Guides Fintech Plus500 On $110M Buyback Program
Plus500 Ltd. rolled out a $110 million share repurchase program Tuesday aimed at rewarding investors,which the financial technology business said reflects its "continued confidence" in its prospects.
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August 27, 2024
Pinsent Masons Steers Insurer On £42M Pensions Deal
British insurer Just Group said on Tuesday that it has taken on pension liabilities valued at £42 million ($56 million) from a retirement savings plan sponsored by a British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk.
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August 27, 2024
Freshfields Steers UCB's $680M Sale Of Chinese Portfolio
UCB has said it will sell a portfolio of established products in China to investment firms in Singapore and Abu Dhabi for $680 million so that the Belgian biopharmaceutical company can focus on developing new medicines for the pharma market in the Far East country.
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August 27, 2024
Santander To Buy Back Shares Worth €1.5B To Trim Capital
Banco Santander SA said Tuesday that it is launching a €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) buyback program as the Spanish group looks to reward shareholders with approximately 50% of its underlying profit.
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August 24, 2024
Italian Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe Into Yacht Sinking
Italian prosecutors said Saturday that they have opened a criminal investigation into the sinking of a superyacht that claimed the lives of seven people including a partner at Clifford Chance LLP and his client, British technology mogul Mike Lynch.
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August 23, 2024
Covington-Led Getinge Pays $477M For Organ Transplant Biz
Swedish healthcare company Getinge, advised by Covington & Burling LLP, has unveiled plans to buy Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP-led Paragonix, a provider of organ transport products and services in the U.S., in a $477 million deal.
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August 23, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Google sue several Russian media outlets in response to challenges to the tech giant's response to international sanctions, easyGroup bring an intellectual property claim against delivery company Easycargo, and e-money business Nyavo challenge action by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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August 23, 2024
Osborne Clarke Guides Broker In Film Biz's £10M Fundraising
Facilities by ADF PLC, a provider of film production facilities, said Friday it has conditionally raised £10 million ($13 million) toward its acquisition for up to £21.3 million of a supplier of portable roadways and panels, with its fundraising broker advised by Osborne Clarke LLP.
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August 23, 2024
UK Gambling Biz Evoke Buys 51% Stake In Romanian Rival
The owner of British gambling company William Hill said Friday that it has acquired a controlling interest in New Gambling Solutions, one of the leading online betting operators in Romania, to create the fourth-largest betting group in the Eastern European country.
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August 23, 2024
Ipsos To Acquire German Market Research Biz For €61.2M
Market research company Ipsos said Friday it has offered to acquire Infas Holding AG, a competitor based in Germany, at a valuation of €61.2 million ($68 million) to form "one of the largest players" in consumer data in the country.
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August 22, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Fund, Disney-Reliance, Repligen
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund wants to launch a new cargo airline, India’s antitrust regulators worry about power over cricket rights if the $8.5 billion merger of Walt Disney’s Indian business with Reliance Entertainment is allowed, and drug manufacturing provider Repligen is eyeing Maravai LifeSciences. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
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August 22, 2024
Mike Lynch's Path From Tech Founder To DOJ Target
Friends and colleagues paid tribute to Mike Lynch following his death in a yachting accident on Thursday, hailing the British tech entrepreneur for the decades he spent furthering the industry despite the legal troubles that threatened to overshadow his career.
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August 22, 2024
Ventilation Biz Deal Could Distort Competition, CMA Finds
Swedish ventilation products maker Lindab's acquisition of British rival HAS-Vent Ltd. could substantially decrease competition in parts of the U.K., Britain's antitrust regulator said Thursday as it concluded its second phase of investigation into the deal.
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August 22, 2024
'Beloved By Everyone': Attys Recall Clifford Chance's Morvillo
Clifford Chance LLP partner Christopher Morvillo, who died this week after a luxury yacht he was on sank off the coast of Sicily, is being remembered not only as a lion of the legal community but also as an "extraordinary human being" and a "Renaissance man" who was devoted to his family.
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August 22, 2024
UK Social Housing Manager Launches £20M Share Buyback
Mears Group PLC said on Thursday that it has launched a share buyback worth up to £20 million ($26 million) to reward investors and trim the size of the social housing manager's outstanding share capital.
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August 22, 2024
Gowling WLG To Lead Helium Co.'s London IPO
Canada-based helium exploration and development company Pulsar Helium Inc. said Thursday that it is looking to list its shares on the junior investment market of the London Stock Exchange in an approximately £5 million ($6.5 million) initial public offering.