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June 11, 2024
MLL-Led Tech Toolmaker To Buy Testing Co. For Up To $27M
Oxford Instruments said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy FemtoTools, a Zurich-based manufacturer of instruments to probe the properties of micro-structures, for 17 million Swiss francs ($19 million) upfront.
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June 11, 2024
Raspberry Pi Debuts In London After Raising £166M
Technology company Raspberry Pi debuted to institutional investors on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday after raising £166 million ($211 million) in a rare endorsement of the U.K. capital markets' fitness for technology companies.
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June 11, 2024
French Tech Group Atos Accepts Investor's Rescue Plan
French IT consultancy Atos said Tuesday that it plans to go ahead with a rescue plan led by anchor investor Onepoint to restructure its €4.8 billion ($5.1 billion) debt burden.
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June 10, 2024
Arnold & Porter Advises Cognizant On $1.3B Belcan Buy
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP is guiding Cognizant on a newly inked agreement to buy Kirkland & Ellis LLP-repped Belcan for about $1.3 billion, Cognizant said in a statement Monday.
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June 10, 2024
BDO Denies Failing To Help In £18.5M Insurance Broker Sale
Accounting firm BDO LLP has rejected an insurance broker's claims that it is not entitled to payment for merger and acquisition advice because it failed to propose or introduce the buyer that eventually purchased the broker for £18.5 million ($23.6 million).
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June 10, 2024
Serco Accused Of Playing Around With Books As Trial Opens
Institutional investors told a London court Monday that Serco had "played around" with its financial reporting to keeping the government from clocking fraud in its contract for electronic tagging services as a landmark securities trial kicked off.
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June 17, 2024
Hogan Lovells Adds Insurance Pro From Slaughter And May
Hogan Lovells has bolstered its London corporate insurance practice by tapping a former senior counsel from Slaughter and May as a partner.
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June 10, 2024
Recruiter Staffline Announces £2.5M Share Buyback
Staffline Group PLC on Monday launched a share repurchase program of up to £2.5 million ($3.2 million), a move expected to lower the recruitment and training company's outstanding share capital.
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June 10, 2024
Amazon Sold Facial Tech To Russia, Ex-Employee Alleges
A former Amazon worker has alleged that the technology giant sold facial recognition software to a Russian company in violation of U.K. sanctions.
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June 10, 2024
DWF Guides Brown & Brown Buy Of NI Broker Rollins
Insurance giant Brown & Brown Europe Ltd. said Monday it has bought Oscar Rollins & Co. Ltd., a broker based in Northern Ireland, in a deal steered by its in-house legal team and DWF Law.
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June 10, 2024
Ad Agency Brave Bison Abandons Bid For UK Rival
Advertising agency Brave Bison said Monday it has now ended its interest in potentially buying The Mission Group PLC, claiming its peer refused to enter into constructive negotiations and provide important commercial data.
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June 10, 2024
Partway Group To End Trading On London's Junior Market
Partway Group PLC said Monday that it will end the trading of its shares on London's growth market after the shell company failed to find a target business to acquire.
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June 10, 2024
Paul Weiss Guides Noble Corp. In $1.6B Deal To Buy Rival
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corp. PLC said Monday that it will buy Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. in a cash and stock deal that values the rival operator at $1.6 billion.
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June 07, 2024
Shein's Pursuit Of London IPO Proves US-China Rift Persists
Online fashion giant Shein's expected pivot to London rather than the United States for its initial public offering — triggered by persistent tensions between China and the U.S. — will be closely watched by IPO prospects mulling where to list their shares in a dicey geopolitical climate, experts say.
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June 07, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen British broadcaster GB News hit with a libel claim by climate activist Dale Vince, MGM take aim at an immersive events company over intellectual property rights to the James Bond franchise, and law firms Stephenson Harwood and Bowen-Morris & Partners tackle a contracts claim by investment adviser Yieldstreet. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 07, 2024
Swiss Law Firm MLL Advises Cleaning Biz On $280M Deal
Property cleaning and repairs company PHM Group Oy said Friday it has agreed to buy the real estate services business of Investis Group for 240 Swiss francs ($280 million), assisted by Swiss firm MLL Legal Ltd.
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June 07, 2024
PE Firm TDR To Take Control Of UK's Asda Grocery Chain
Private equity shop TDR Capital will become majority owner of British supermarket giant Asda by acquiring the shares held by one of the British Indian billionaire Issa brothers, the companies said Friday.
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June 07, 2024
Hill Dickinson-Steered Tech Co. Raises £11M Via Placing
SysGroup PLC said Friday it has raised £11 million ($14 million) after completing an oversubscribed share placing and subscription to finance artificial intelligence adoption and general funding requirements for the U.K. business.
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June 07, 2024
Fieldfisher-Led Lobby Giant Buys UK Adviser For Up To £30M
Public Policy Holding Company said Friday that it has bought Pagefield, a British public relations company, for up to £30 million ($38.4 million) as the Washington-based government relations and advisory group looks to support its clients in Europe.
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June 07, 2024
White & Case Guides French Tech Biz On €350M Paris IPO
French imaging technology specialist Exosens debuted on the Paris stock exchange on Friday after raising €350 million ($380 million) to support development of its defense and nuclear components.
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June 06, 2024
Ex-Autonomy CEO, VP Both Cleared In HP Criminal Fraud Trial
A California federal jury on Thursday acquitted former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and former finance Vice President Stephen Chamberlain of criminal fraud and conspiracy charges following an 11-week trial over allegations that the two conned HP into overpaying billions for the British tech company.
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June 06, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, Michael Bloomberg
Carl Icahn invests in Caesars, Bill Ackman plans Pershing's public offering, and Michael Bloomberg joins prospective Timberwolves buying group. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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June 06, 2024
Aquiline Secures More Than $3.4B Across 2 New Funds
Financial services-focused private investment firm Aquiline Capital Partners LP on Thursday announced that it garnered more than $3.4 billion of capital across its two latest funds, a financial services-focused private equity fund and a continuation fund.
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June 06, 2024
Pension Funding Levels 'Stable' Ahead Of Looming Election
The political party that wins the July 4 general election will is likely to operate within an environment of stable funding for retirement savings plans, a consultancy said Thursday, as it highlighted the "relatively" consistent levels of funding in the past year.
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June 06, 2024
Latham Leads Robinhood In $200M Buy Of Crypto Exchange
Robinhood said on Thursday that it will buy cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp for approximately $200 million, as the electronic trading platform looks to scale up its global services for digital assets.