Transactions UK

  • July 24, 2024

    UniCredit To Buy Vodeno, Aion Bank For €370M

    Italy's UniCredit said Wednesday that it will buy cloud-based digital banking services provider Vodeno and online bank Aion for approximately €370 million ($401 million) in total as a foray into new financial technology.

  • July 24, 2024

    Student Housing Biz Unite Raises £450M Through Share Sale

    Unite said Wednesday that it has raised £450 million ($580 million) by selling new shares to institutional and retail investors to help the student housing manager fund its pipeline of properties.

  • July 24, 2024

    Vodafone, Spanish Co. Agree To Create Joint Fiber Biz

    The owner of Vodafone's Spanish subsidiary said Wednesday that it has agreed to form a national fiber-optic network-sharing company in Spain with MasOrange SL to expand its presence in the country.

  • July 23, 2024

    Microsoft Calls FTC Price Hike Claims 'Misleading' At 9th Circ

    Microsoft pushed back against the Federal Trade Commission's contention that an increase in the company's gaming subscription pricing is evidence of the anticompetitive effects of the software giant's $68.7 billion acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard Inc., calling the commission out for trying to "reinvent" its case against the merger on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

  • July 23, 2024

    US, UK, EU Antitrust Enforcers Outline AI Principles

    The top antitrust officials from the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority presented a unified international commitment Tuesday to closely monitor artificial intelligence technology and the companies that they warned could wield AI anticompetitively.

  • July 30, 2024

    Akin Alum To Head Paul Weiss' European Restructuring Team

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to steer the leadership of its European restructuring practice as it looks to boost its legal services to large companies and creditors.

  • July 23, 2024

    Bosch To Buy Johnson Controls' Air Con Biz For $8.1B

    German engineering and technology giant Bosch said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire U.S. peer Johnson Controls' global residential and light commercial heating and cooling business, as well as its air conditioning joint venture with Hitachi for $8.1 billion.

  • July 23, 2024

    EU Urged To Give Finance Watchdogs More Powers

    A financial trade body on Tuesday called on European Union legislators to give regulators the power to modernize financial markets and make them more globally competitive.

  • July 23, 2024

    Axway To Raise €131M To Fund €330M Banking Software Buy

    Information technology company Axway said Tuesday that it is planning to raise approximately €131 million ($142 million) in equity as part of its €330 million acquisition of the banking software activities of Sopra Steria Group.

  • July 30, 2024

    Bird & Bird Hires 2 Ex-Hogan Lovells Finance Pros In Milan

    Bird & Bird LLP has recruited two senior finance partners as part of a team of seven lawyers moving from Hogan Lovells in Milan, boosting growth in the firm's international finance and financial regulation practice.

  • July 23, 2024

    Laundry Tech Biz Jensen Buys 85% Stake In Rival For €34M

    Belgian laundry tech company Jensen said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy 85% of Maxi Press, which makes parts for washing machines and irons, for €34.3 million ($37.3 million), with the remaining 15% due to be purchased over a three-year period.

  • July 23, 2024

    Eni's Mobility Biz Unit Valued At €12.5B As KKR To Buy Stake

    Private equity shop KKR will buy a minority stake in the sustainable mobility business of Eni SpA, the Italian supermajor oil company, in a deal that values the subsidiary at up to €12.5 billion ($13.6 billion), the companies said Tuesday.

  • July 22, 2024

    Royalty Co. Wins Bid To Confirm Award Against Utopia Music

    A New York federal judge has granted a petition by the former owners of artist royalties company Lyric Financial LLC to confirm an arbitral award against Lyric's buyers, Utopia Music Holdings (US) Inc. and its Swiss parent, Utopia Music AG.

  • July 22, 2024

    Lending Biz CEO Says Director Forced Him To Transfer Shares

    A solicitor has asked a court to unwind a share transfer that he allegedly made under duress to an ex-director and a lawyer with whom he was business, claiming that he had to make the transfer to quash a false fraud allegation.

  • July 22, 2024

    UK Ends DJ Equipment Merger Probe As Parties Ditch Deal

    The antitrust regulator of the U.K. said Monday that it has canceled its probe into DJ equipment maker AlphaTheta's proposed acquisition of audio technology company Serato, after the audio entertainment companies abandoned the deal.

  • July 22, 2024

    Norton Rose, Akin Steer $900M LNG Biz Deal

    Woodside said Monday it has agreed to buy Tellurian Inc., a liquefied natural gas developer in the U.S., for $900 million, with the Australian energy company saying that this will allow it to become a major player in the LNG business.

  • July 22, 2024

    Vodafone Raises Another €1.3B From German Towers Biz Sale

    Telecommunications giant Vodafone Group PLC said Monday that it has raised another €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) from the 2022 sale of its German mobile phone tower operating company Vantage Towers.

  • July 22, 2024

    Latham-Guided PE Firm To Buy UK Property Biz For £600M

    Hammerson PLC said Monday that it has agreed to sell retail management company to a vehicle owned by U.S. private equity firm L Catterton for £600 million ($775.6 million) to help the real estate developer pay back debt and make other investments.

  • July 22, 2024

    UK Eases Reporting Rules For Investment Stewardship

    Britain's accounting watchdog unveiled changes to the U.K.'s stewardship code for investment on Monday that it said would help reduce the reporting burden for investors.

  • July 22, 2024

    Ascertus, Lawcadia Partner For Streamlined Legal Operations

    Legal services provider Ascertus Ltd. said on Monday that it has entered a partnership with Australian technology company Lawcadia to provide management and workflow services to corporate clients.

  • July 29, 2024

    White & Case Hires Secondaries Pro From Ropes & Gray

    White & Case LLP has hired an expert in U.S. and European secondaries transactions from Ropes & Gray LLP in London as it continues to expand its global investment funds practice.

  • July 19, 2024

    FTC Says Microsoft Price Hike Shows Activision Deal Harm

    The Federal Trade Commission told the Ninth Circuit that Microsoft's recently announced Game Pass price increase is an example of the harm caused by the company's $68.7 billion acquisition of game developer Activision Blizzard Inc.

  • July 19, 2024

    Kirkland-Led Evolution Bets On Galaxy Gaming For $124M

    Swedish betting company Evolution has said that it has agreed to acquire casino table games developer Galaxy Gaming Inc. for approximately $124 million, including debt, to cement its presence in the U.S. market in a deal guided by Kirkland and Latham.

  • July 26, 2024

    Akin Snaps Up Cooley's London Chief In Three-Partner Hire

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said on Friday that it has recruited a three-partner team of experts in technology transactions from Cooley LLP in London, led by the U.S. outfit's office managing partner.

  • July 19, 2024

    Nordic Care Services Provider Kicks Off $14M Share Buyback

    Attendo said on Friday that it has launched a share buyback program worth up to 150 million Swedish kronor ($14 million) as the Nordic care services specialist seeks to raise money for possible acquisitions and reward investors.

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