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October 21, 2024
Catalent CEO Defends Novo Deal, Will Stay On After Buyout
Catalent CEO Alessandro Maselli told the medical company's customers Monday that Catalent will continue to support them following its planned $16.5 billion sale to Novo Holdings, seeking to assure clientele after Sen. Elizabeth Warren and advocacy groups pressured the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize and potentially block the deal.
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October 21, 2024
Slaughter & May-Led Investor To Sell Logistics Co. For $760M
Bermuda investment holding company Ocean Wilsons said Monday its subsidiary has agreed to sell its majority stake in a maritime logistics company to a unit of container shipper giant MSC for 4.352 billion Brazilian real ($760 million).
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October 21, 2024
Norwegian Bank DNB To Buy Carnegie Holding For $1.14B
DNB Bank ASA said Monday it has inked a deal to snap up investment bank Carnegie for 12 billion Swedish kronor ($1.14 billion) in cash, advised by Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling.
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October 21, 2024
Debevoise-Led EQT Pool To Buy $14.5B Private School Biz
Swedish investment giant EQT AB said Monday that it has formed a new consortium to acquire international school operator Nord Anglia Education for $14.5 billion in a deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP.
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October 21, 2024
JAB To Buy Increased Stake In Coffee Biz For €2.16B
German conglomerate JAB Holding Co. said Monday it has agreed to increase its stake in global caffeinated-beverage giant JDE Peet's NV with the purchase of 86 million shares for €2.16 billion ($2.34 billion).
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October 21, 2024
Sanofi Sells Majority Stake In Opella To CD&R, French State
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Monday that it will sell a controlling stake in Opella to U.S. private equity shop Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC and France's public investment bank, in a deal valuing its consumer healthcare business at €16 billion ($17 billion).
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October 25, 2024
Sidley Hires Capital Markets Duo From Latham
Sidley Austin LLP has recruited two capital markets partners from Latham & Watkins LLP for its London office, further boosting its finance capabilities in the city after it recently snapped up a group of five partners from its U.S.-based rival.
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October 18, 2024
6 Firms Guide $1.1B Turkish-Kazakh E-Commerce Deal
Six law firms across three countries have guided a transaction announced Friday that will see Kaspi.kz, which runs a popular payments app in Kazakhstan, purchase a majority stake in Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada for more than $1.1 billion in cash.
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October 18, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Helps BC Partners Shop 30 German Hotels
The real estate arm of British investment firm BC Partners said Friday that it has partnered with France-based hotel investor Hova Hospitality to acquire a portfolio of 30 hotels in Germany from AccorInvest.
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October 18, 2024
Insurance Deals Boom May Yield Admin Clog, Hymans Warns
The pensions risk transfer market has seen 600 buy-in deals completed since 2022, amid a boom in such transactions that could create an administration bottleneck as they advance to fall directly under insurers, Hymans Robertson said Friday.
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October 18, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Professor Cat Jarman, Earl Spencer's new girlfriend, sue his ex-wife, Bitcoin fraudster Craig Wright file a £911 billion ($1.18 trillion) claim against BTC Core, journalist Oliver Kamm hit novelist Ros Barber with a defamation claim, and a barrister at Cloisters face a claim from a former client. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 18, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Lundbeck inks a $2.6 billion cash deal for Longboard, Silver Lake agrees to buy Zuora for $1.7 billion, and PPG and American Industrial Partners reach a $550 million deal.
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October 18, 2024
FTC Faces More Pressure To Block $16.5B Novo-Catalent Deal
A dozen advocacy groups are pushing the Federal Trade Commission to block Novo Holdings' planned $16.5 billion purchase of Catalent, arguing that the deal would stifle competition for certain obesity and gene therapy drugs — and that no remedy can fix that.
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October 18, 2024
Lender KMBL Buys StanChart India's $490M Loan Biz
Indian lender Kotak Mahindra Bank said Friday it has inked an agreement to buy the personal loan book of Standard Chartered, India worth an estimated 4,100 crore Indian rupees ($490 million), in a move to bolster its retail credit business.
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October 18, 2024
TotalEnergies To Sell Brazilian Fuel Distribution Activities
Energy giant TotalEnergies said Friday that it has agreed to sell its fuel distribution activities in Brazil to a unit of Grupo Argenta for an undisclosed amount as it continues to distance itself from fossil fuels in favor of green energy alternatives.
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October 18, 2024
Boohoo Eyes Shakeup With Strategic Review
Fast-fashion retailer Boohoo Group PLC said Friday that it will conduct a strategic review of each of its divisions, a process that could lead to the sale of some of its online brands.
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October 25, 2024
Mishcon Hires Employment Partner In London From BCLP
Mishcon has hired a new employment law partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP to work in its London office, with the new arrival hinting on Friday that the move has been on the cards for some time.
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October 18, 2024
Gowling Steers Engineering Biz On £70M Aviva Pension Deal
Gowling WLG has guided the trustee of the pension plan of Rotork, a U.K. manufacturer of industrial valves, on a £70 million ($91.3 million) buy-in transaction with Aviva, meaning the company's scheme is now fully insured.
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October 18, 2024
Coke Bottler To Seek FTSE Inclusion After Shares Transfer
Coca-Cola Europacific said Friday that it plans to move its U.K.-listed shares to the Financial Conduct Authority's revamped main market, allowing the soft drink giant's bottling business to target inclusion on the FTSE UK Index Series.
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October 18, 2024
Gowling-Led Helium Biz Debuts In London After Raising £5M
Canadian helium exploration and development company Pulsar Helium Inc. said Friday that its shares have started trading on the London Stock Exchange after it completed its initial public offering, which raised £5 million ($6.5 million).
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October 17, 2024
Macfarlanes-Led Dignity To Acquire Farewill For £12.9M
Investment company Castelnau Group said Thursday that its funeral business Dignity has agreed to acquire its competitor Farewill Ltd. at an enterprise value of £12.9 million ($16.8 million).
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October 17, 2024
EQT Exeter Buys Industrial Asset Near Seattle For $82M
EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a real estate investment trust backed by Swedish investment giant EQT AB, said Thursday that it has acquired an industrial building in the suburbs of Seattle for $81.5 million.
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October 24, 2024
Weil Hires Private Funds Pro From Cleary
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has added a private funds expert to its London team, as the firm moves to bolster its offering in the growing private capital sector.
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October 17, 2024
Vestager Urges EU Politicians To Push Ahead With Pillar 1
European Union competition chief Margrethe Vestager urged EU politicians Thursday to push ahead with work to finalize the Pillar One plan to redistribute taxing rights among countries.
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October 17, 2024
Nordea To Kick Start €250M Buyback After ECB Greenlight
Nordea Bank Abp said Thursday it plans to begin a share repurchase scheme of up to €250 million ($271 million) after getting the go-ahead from the European Central Bank.