Transactions UK

  • February 28, 2025

    BA Owner Launches €1B Share Buyback As Profits Climb

    International Consolidated Airlines Group SA said Friday it will launch a share buyback scheme worth up to €1 billion ($1.25 billion) as the British Airways owner reported a rise in profits, amid a sector-wide recovery to pre-pandemic levels.

  • February 28, 2025

    FCA Clears CVC's £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown Takeover

    CVC Capital Partners said Friday that the finance watchdog has given the green light to its £5.4 billion ($6.8 billion) takeover of wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, wrapping up all the regulatory conditions needed to close the deal.

  • February 28, 2025

    60% Of Insurance Broking M&A Driven By Private Equity

    Private equity companies took part in almost two-thirds of transactions that involved European insurance intermediaries in 2024, a consultancy has said.

  • February 28, 2025

    UK Engineering Firm IMI Launches £200M Share Buyback

    Engineering firm IMI PLC kicked off a share repurchase program worth up to £200 million ($250 million) on Friday, a move the company said is intended to downsize its share capital as it reported higher pre-tax profits.

  • February 28, 2025

    HSF-Led Scottish Engineer To Buy Mining Tech Biz For £657M

    Weir Group PLC said Friday that it has agreed to buy Mining Software Holdings Pty Ltd., a software provider to the sector, for £657 million ($827 million) to improve the productivity of its rival technology.

  • February 27, 2025

    Medical Device Co. Inks €760M Deal, Unveils Separation Plans

    Medical device company Teleflex, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday announced that it will split into two separate, publicly traded entities, and that it will acquire Biotronik SE & Co.'s vascular intervention business for €760 million ($791.95 million).

  • February 27, 2025

    Anthropic Could Hit $62B Valuation, And More Deal Rumors

    AI startup Anthropic is close to securing funding at a $61.5 billion valuation, Bain Capital is mulling a sale of Rocket Software at a $10 billion valuation, and various additional private equity players are considering transactions across food, healthcare and finance. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • February 27, 2025

    IBM Closes $6.4B HashiCorp Deal After UK Nod

    IBM said Thursday that it had completed its $6.4 billion acquisition of infrastructure automation company HashiCorp, just two days after U.K. regulators disclosed that the deal had their green light.

  • February 27, 2025

    Renewables Fund Greencoat Announces £100M Buyback

    Greencoat UK Wind PLC, a renewable infrastructure fund, said Thursday it will soon roll out a £100 million ($127 million) share repurchase program aimed at lowering its issued share capital.

  • February 27, 2025

    Stripe Says It's Valued At $91.5B Through Tender Offer

    Payment provider Stripe Inc., advised by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Thursday said it reached a $91.5 billion valuation after agreeing with investors to provide liquidity to current and former Stripe employees through a tender offer.

  • February 27, 2025

    London-Listed Korea-Focused Fund To Wind Down

    Weiss Korea, a fund listed on London's junior market, said Thursday that it plans to wind-down after "complexities" and "differing views" from shareholders blocked a rescue deal.

  • February 27, 2025

    Jet Engine Maker Rolls-Royce Launches £1B Share Buyback

    Engineering giant Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC launched a share buyback program worth up to £1 billion ($1.26 billion) on Thursday, after the U.K. company said its pre-tax profits had soared on the back of growth across its three core divisions.

  • February 27, 2025

    Fintech Credit Firm To Buy AI Loans Services Biz In £4M Deal

    Financial technology company Investment Evolution Credit said Thursday that it has proposed to snap up Credit Canary, a consumer credit services platform, in a shares transaction worth £4 million ($5.1 million) as it looks to expand its business.

  • February 27, 2025

    Hiscox Kicks Off $175M Share Buyback, Posts Record Profit

    Insurer Hiscox Ltd. launched on Thursday the first part of a share buyback program worth up to $175 million, after posting a record annual pre-tax profit of $685 million.

  • February 27, 2025

    UK Mining Royalties Biz Ecora To Invest $50M In Africa Mine

    Ecora Resources, a mining royalties company based in Britain, said on Thursday that it will invest $50 million in a Zambian copper mine owned by a U.K. exploration business as it aims to increase its exposure to the metal.

  • February 26, 2025

    PE Investment In UK Law Firms Nears £1.2B Since 2019

    Private equity firms have injected almost £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) into law firms in England since 2019, with nearly half of that coming in the last year, a report published on Thursday shows.

  • February 26, 2025

    Orrick Sued For £21M Over Debt Enforcement Advice

    A Luxembourgeois unit of hedge fund TREO Asset Management LLC has hit global firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP with a negligence claim in a London court for allegedly failing to advise it to enforce a €21 million ($22 million) debt in a French energy group's insolvency.

  • February 26, 2025

    Shareholders Approve $8.4B Amcor-Berry Global Deal

    Amcor PLC and Berry Global Group Inc. said Wednesday that shareholders of both companies overwhelmingly voted to approve Amcor's planned purchase of the fellow packaging company, adding that the $8.4 billion all-stock deal is still slated to close in mid-2025. 

  • February 26, 2025

    2 Firms Steer NormanMax Acquisition Of UK Flood Insurer

    U.K. flood insurer FloodFlash Ltd. has agreed to be acquired by NormanMax Insurance Holdings Inc., a U.S.-based firm that specializes in catastrophic risk, pending regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority.

  • February 26, 2025

    Nutrition Firm Glanbia Approves €100M Share Buyback

    Glanbia PLC, a nutrition and dairy products business, said Wednesday it plans to further reward investors by buying back their shares for up to €100 million ($105 million), as it reported improved revenues for 2024.

  • March 05, 2025

    Fladgate Boosts Private Equity Team With Avonhurst Hire

    Fladgate LLP has added a corporate mid-market specialist as a partner to its London office, as the firm swoops to bolster its growing private capital practice.

  • February 26, 2025

    FCA Urged To Ban Pension Transfer Incentives

    Britain's finance watchdog should ban pension transfer incentives and require providers to display comparable information about schemes, a pensions provider said Wednesday, amid a string of other proposals it said would improve transparency and saver outcomes.

  • February 26, 2025

    UK Touchscreen Maker Zytronic To Quit AIM, Wind Down

    Touchscreen maker Zytronic PLC said Wednesday that it plans to quit London's junior market and wind down its assets after it failed to find a buyer to rescue it from a period of weak trading.

  • February 26, 2025

    Energy Biz To Sell 50% Share In Kazakh Unit For $72.5M

    Caspian Sunrise PLC said Wednesday that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell half of its stake in its Kazakhstani subsidiary to a "prominent Middle East financial institution" for $72.5 million.

  • February 26, 2025

    Danish Lender Jyske Launches $316M Share Buyback

    Jyske Bank AS launched a share buyback scheme worth up to 2.25 billion Danish krone ($316 million) on Wednesday as the Danish lender disclosed bumper profits following improved business and favorable financial tailwinds.

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