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August 22, 2024
UK Pension Deal Market Likely To Hit £40B In 2024
The value of pension insurance transactions in 2024 is likely to drop to £40 billion ($52.4 billion), an insurer has said, bucking expectations of another record-breaking year for the market.
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August 22, 2024
Mike Lynch's Body Recovered From Yacht Wreck
Mike Lynch, founder of technology company Autonomy, died when a yacht he was aboard sank off the Sicilian coast, his family confirmed Friday, after a trip the entrepreneur had reportedly chartered with his legal team to celebrate their victory in a U.S. fraud case.
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August 22, 2024
Bank Of Georgia To Buy Back Shares Worth $27M
Bank of Georgia Group PLC said on Thursday that it will launch a share buyback program worth 73.4 million Georgian lari ($27 million) aimed at cutting its outstanding share capital, as it reported increased profit.
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August 22, 2024
UK Data Security Biz Gets £157M Offer From PE Firm
Data security firm Eckoh PLC said Thursday that it has been handed a £157 million ($205 million) takeover offer by a private equity shop, potentially setting it up to be the latest company to leave London's junior market.
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August 28, 2024
Paul Weiss Hires TDR Capital's GC For Private Equity Team
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited a partner from private equity firm TDR Capital as it continues its expansion in London.
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August 21, 2024
PE Firm's £432M Deal Wins UK Security Clearance
Wealth management firm Mattioli Woods said Wednesday that the U.K. government has granted national security clearance to its acquisition for approximately £432 million ($564 million) by private equity firm Pollen Street, clearing the way after some delay for the completion of the deal.
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August 21, 2024
Broker SRG Eyes UK Rival Amid 2024 Shopping Spree
Specialist Risk Group has said it hopes to make its fifth acquisition for 2024 after it offered to buy Anthony James Insurance Brokers Ltd., which it expects will boost its retail division across the U.K.
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August 21, 2024
CMA Set To Clear £2.5B Homebuilders Deal After Remedies
Britain's competition regulator said Wednesday that it plans to clear Barratt Developments PLC's acquisition of rival homebuilder Redrow PLC for approximately £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) in light of the remedies offered to ease the regulator's competition concerns.
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August 21, 2024
Engineering Biz Begins 1st Stage Of £10M Buyback
Costain Group PLC started a £5 million ($6.5 million) share buyback on Wednesday, the first part of the construction engineering firm's new £10 million stock repurchase program aimed at lowering outstanding share capital and rewarding investors.
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August 21, 2024
Thomson Reuters Buys AI Biz Started By A&O Trainee
Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday that it has acquired an artificial intelligence company which was founded by a trainee solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP more than two years ago.
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August 21, 2024
Norwegian Oil Biz Backs $97M Offer From French Rival
Norwegian oil service business Beerenberg AS said on Wednesday that it backs a 1.019 billion Norwegian kroner ($97 million) cash takeover offer from French industrial services company Altrad Group.
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August 21, 2024
Guernsey Fund Sells Aircraft To Emirates Airline For $200M
An investment fund incorporated in Guernsey said Thursday that it will sell its five remaining aircraft to the Emirates airline for a total of $200 million after leasing the planes to Dubai's national carrier.
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August 20, 2024
Burness Paull-Led Canadian Biz To Buy I3 Energy For £174M
British oil and gas company i3 Energy PLC said Tuesday that it had agreed to be acquired by Canada-based international petroleum company Gran Tierra Energy Inc. for approximately £174.1 million ($225.4 million) in a deal guided by five law firms.
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August 27, 2024
Linklaters Taps White & Case For Finance Head In Sweden
Linklaters LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited a leveraged finance expert from White & Case LLP to lead its banking practice in Sweden and to boost its support to clients including banks and private equity firms.
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August 20, 2024
Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
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August 20, 2024
FCA Move To Results-Based Regulation Could Hurt Firms
The Financial Conduct Authority's planned move to an outcomes-based approach to regulation is raising concerns among lawyers that the resulting uncertainty could undermine companies in the sector and weaken the government's push for international competitiveness.
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August 20, 2024
Pinsent Masons-Led Broker AUB Acquires UK Movo Group
AUB Group Ltd. has said that it has agreed to buy an 80% equity stake in U.K. insurer Movo Group, as the Australian broker bids to expand its operations in Britain.
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August 20, 2024
EU OKs CMS-Led Aareal Bank To Sell Unit To TPG For €3.9B
The European Union approved on Tuesday the sale for approximately €3.9 billion ($4.3 billion) by German lender Aareal Bank AG and investment company Advent International of a property management and maintenance software company to U.S. private equity firm TPG and Canada's CDPQ.
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August 20, 2024
Baker McKenzie Steers Swiss Components Biz On €264M Buy
Switzerland's R&S Group Holding AG said Tuesday that it will buy Kyte Powertech of Ireland for €264 million ($292 million) as it aims to tap into the U.K. and Irish markets for electrical infrastructure components.
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August 19, 2024
Mike Lynch, Clifford Chance Pro Among Missing After Yacht Sinks
Former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and a Clifford Chance LLP partner who helped him beat federal fraud charges back in June are among those missing after their chartered luxury yacht sank during a storm off Sicily early Monday during a trip reportedly to celebrate Lynch's legal victory.
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August 19, 2024
Homebuilders To Wrap Up £2.5B Deal Despite CMA Concerns
Barratt Developments PLC said Monday that it has decided to go ahead and complete its approximately £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) acquisition of rival homebuilder Redrow PLC this week without waiting for a green light from the U.K.'s competition regulator.
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August 19, 2024
Travers Smith-Led Investor Buys PE Firm's Tire Biz For £55M
Caledonia Investments said Monday that it has acquired a majority stake in Direct Tyre for £55 million ($71.3 million) from British private equity firm Palatine Private Equity and other investors in a deal guided by Gateley PLC and Travers Smith LLP.
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August 19, 2024
Fintech Plus500 To Launch $110M Share Buyback Program
Plus500 Ltd. unveiled plans on Monday to reward investors with a share buyback program worth up to $110 million and an increased dividend as the financial technology company reported improved revenue.
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August 19, 2024
RPC Helps Japanese Fintech Debut In London After Purchase
Japanese crowdfunding platform MOH Nippon PLC was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange on Monday after being bought by a special purpose acquisition company for £34.5 million ($44.7 million).
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August 19, 2024
Pinsent Masons Steers Aviva's £34M Macmillan Pension Deal
Aviva PLC has covered £33.7 million ($43.7 million) of pension liabilities for Macmillan Cancer Support, which covers the retirement savings plans of all the retirees and deferred members of the British charity.