Transactions UK

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • October 17, 2024

    Debevoise-Led Schneider To Buy $850M Stake In Cooling Co.

    Schneider Electric SE said Thursday it has agreed to buy a controlling interest in Motivair Corp., a U.S. tech cooling company, as the French energy management giant looks to improve its solutions for high performance computers in data centers.

  • October 17, 2024

    Aon Unit Buys Irish Insurance Advisory Firm IHI Group

    Global risk manager NFP said on Thursday it has bought IHI Group, a Dublin-based adviser for financial planning, healthcare and general insurance, as the Aon PLC subsidiary looks to bolster its health insurance brokerage service in Ireland.

  • October 17, 2024

    Beerenberg Extends Deadline For $92M Buy By French Rival

    Beerenberg AS said Thursday that France's Altrad Group has pushed back the deadline to complete its 1 billion Norwegian kroner ($91.5 million) purchase of the Norwegian oil services business to the end of October.

  • October 17, 2024

    Macfarlanes Guides On £190M Take-Private Deal Of N Brown

    British retailer N Brown Group PLC said Thursday that it will be taken off London's Alternative Investment Market after a £191 million ($248 million) planned takeover deal from a board member, in the latest hit to the U.K.'s stock exchange.

  • October 16, 2024

    Premier Inn Owner Whitbread Begins £100M Share Buyback

    Whitbread PLC kicked off a share repurchase program worth up to £100 million ($130 million) on Wednesday to cut down its outstanding share capital, as the British hospitality giant said it remains upbeat on its hotels business despite slightly softer demand.

  • October 16, 2024

    Two Circles Boosts 'Big 5' Sports Client Base With Kore Buy

    Sports data and entertainment company Two Circles said Wednesday it has agreed to buy sports industry intelligence platform Kore, in a deal that will create a merged company worth a reported $650 million.

  • October 16, 2024

    Skadden Drives Forest Road To Formula E Team Acquisition

    Los Angeles-based investment firm The Forest Road Company, advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, has purchased the ERT Formula E team. The team is rebranding as Kiro Race Co as it prepares to enter the 11th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship under new ownership.

  • October 16, 2024

    Ex-IT Firm Director Fights For Stake In Biz At Top UK Court

     A former director of LA Micro Group fought to persuade Britain's top court on Wednesday that he still has a stake in the IT company because he never relinquished it in writing after falling out with his business partner.

  • October 16, 2024

    Australian Oil Giant Woodside Latest To Quit LSE

    Woodside Energy Group Ltd. said Wednesday it will scrap its listing on the London Stock Exchange, citing low trading volumes and administrative costs, in favor of bourses in the U.S. and Australia.

  • October 16, 2024

    UK Property Biz Hammerson Develops £140M Share Buyback

    Hammerson PLC said Wednesday that it has launched a share buyback program worth up to £140 million ($182 million), as the U.K. property giant looks to trim its share capital and reward investors.

  • October 16, 2024

    Argentina Denied UK Top Court Appeal In €1.3B Bond Dispute

    Argentina cannot dodge paying out on an outstanding €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) to bondholders after wrongly adjusting the way it calculates yields for government securities after Britain's highest court refused to consider the case.

  • October 16, 2024

    PE Giants Bridgepoint, General Atlantic Invest In Kyriba Corp.

    Private equity shops Bridgepoint and General Atlantic said Wednesday that they will invest in Kyriba in a deal that values the liquidity manager at more than $3 billion.

  • October 15, 2024

    Wyndham Says Vacation Group Awaze Withheld TM Royalties

    Hotel chain operator Wyndham has told a London court that a vacation group that it licensed its trademarks to as part of the purchase of Wyndham's European holiday rentals business cannot unilaterally reduce its royalty payments following an internal reorganization.

  • October 15, 2024

    Starmer Hints At National Insurance Hike Over Capital Gains

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday again refused to rule out raising employers' National Insurance, a payroll levy used to fund social programs, after downplaying claims that his government is planning to raise the capital gains tax.

  • October 22, 2024

    Hughes Hubbard Adds Securities Pro From Clifford Chance

    Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has hired an experienced U.S. securities and capital markets expert as a partner in Paris, as the firm looks to grow its financing and cross-border M&A practices in Europe.

  • October 15, 2024

    InPost Pays £60M For Full Control Of UK Distributor Menzies

    InPost Group SA said Tuesday it has paid £60.4 million ($80 million) for the 70% of shares in Menzies Distribution Ltd. that it does not already own, which the Polish company expects will boost its parcel locker business in the U.K.

  • October 15, 2024

    Banknotes Maker Agrees To Sell Unit For £300M

    Banknotes maker De La Rue said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its authentication division and related entities to a U.S. company for £300 million ($390 million) in a deal steered by Bird & Bird, Slaughter and May and Freshfields.

  • October 15, 2024

    UBS Told To Bolster Crisis Plans After Credit Suisse Deal

    UBS must boost its emergency plans after buying stricken rival Credit Suisse to ensure that the combined group can wind down or be sold without cost to taxpayers, Switzerland's finance watchdog said on Tuesday.

  • October 15, 2024

    Supplement Co. Shoots For £400M Valuation In London IPO

    Applied Nutrition PLC said Tuesday that it is eyeing a market value of up to £400 million ($523 million) when the U.K. sports supplement company starts to trade on the London Stock Exchange later in October to finance an expansion.

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