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February 12, 2025
Davis Polk Guides Irish Sensor Co. On $2.3B Stateside Buy
Davis Polk-led TE Connectivity PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Richards Manufacturing Co. from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP and members of the Bier family, in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.3 billion.
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February 12, 2025
Homebuilder Barratt Redrow Kicks Off £50M Share Buyback
Barratt Redrow PLC launched a £50 million ($62 million) share buyback program on Wednesday, a move expected to lower the British homebuilder's outstanding share capital.
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February 12, 2025
Reading FC Owner Sues Buyer Over Unreturned Loan Security
The owner of Reading Football Club has sued a potential buyer of the League One club over a "continuing refusal" to return assets used to secure the outfit's sale, in the latest legal twist in litigation following the botched takeover deal.
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February 12, 2025
UK Clears £2.55B BlackRock Bid For Data Biz Preqin
The U.K.'s competition watchdog said Wednesday it has given the green light to asset management giant BlackRock's £2.55 billion ($3.16 billion) takeover of Preqin Ltd., a markets data provider based in London.
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February 12, 2025
Take-Private Deal For Retailer N Brown Completes
British retailer N Brown Group PLC said Wednesday that a £191 million ($238 million) deal pulling it off of London's Alternative Investment Market has completed.
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February 12, 2025
Fintech Asia To Complete £114M Takeover Deal
Fintech Asia Ltd. said Wednesday that it expects to complete the takeover of Asian financial services business ICFG Pte. for £114 million (£142 million) as part of a reverse takeover deal that stipulated Fintech Asia will be renamed ICFG Ltd. upon completion of the transaction.
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February 12, 2025
Gowling Steers £250M Pension Deal For Machinery Co.
A U.K. machinery dealership has passed £250 million ($311 million) of its pension liabilities to Standard Life, the insurer said Wednesday, in a deal advised by law firm Gowling WLG.
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February 12, 2025
Kirkland-Led Telecoms Biz To Sell Balkan Units For €1.5B
United Group BV said Wednesday it has agreed to sell two telecommunications companies in the Balkans for a combined total of €1.5 billion ($1.55 billion), as the Dutch media company refocuses on the European Union market.
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February 18, 2025
Dechert Hires PE Pro From Gibson Dunn In London
Dechert LLP has hired a longtime partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to augment its services for clients in private equity transactions and corporate mergers and acquisitions.
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February 11, 2025
Fieldfisher, Ogier Guide Lithium Explorer On £2.4M Fundraise
CleanTech Lithium PLC, an explorer and developer focused on lithium projects, said Tuesday it has conditionally raised £2.4 million ($3 million) through selling shares to investors, advised by Fieldfisher LLP and Ogier.
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February 11, 2025
PE Unit Defeats Investor In Fight Over Software Co. Stakes
Wealthy investor Barry Maloney attempted to force a subsidiary of Intermediate Capital Group out of their joint investment in an Irish technology unicorn, in breach of his obligations to the U.S. private equity giant, a London court ruled on Tuesday.
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February 11, 2025
Metals Firm To Partly Shed Biz Stake In £9M Deal
Power Metal Resources PLC said Tuesday it aims to partially dispose of its stake in a metals exploration business under a cash transaction worth about £9.2 million ($11.4 million).
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February 11, 2025
Danish Estate Makes $130M Take-Private Offer For FirstFarms
Constantinsborg AS, which owns a Danish farming estate, has made a $130 million offer for FirstFarms AS, the agriculture and food production business said on Tuesday, which will take it off of the Danish stock exchange.
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February 11, 2025
Tech Biz Crimson Tide To Merge With Checkit In £6.5M Deal
Workflow optimization company Checkit PLC plans to merge with Crimson Tide PLC, a service management software company, the companies said on Tuesday after four years of talks about combining in a move to grow the business in the U.S.
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February 11, 2025
Novartis To Buy US Pharma Biz Anthos For Up To $3.1B
Novartis AG said Tuesday that it plans to buy Anthos Therapeutics Inc. for up to $3.1 billion, allowing the Swiss pharmaceutical heavyweight to return a drug that originated at the company back into its portfolio of cardiovascular therapies.
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February 10, 2025
Yodel Denies Handing Investment Bank 10% Of Business
Yodel has denied in court filings that it agreed to hand an investment bank a 10% stake in the business in return for the bank waiving £2.6 million ($3.2 million) in fees the logistics company allegedly owed for investment and financing services.
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February 10, 2025
French Giant Saint-Gobain Completes $1B Dubai Acquisition
Saint-Gobain said Monday it has completed its purchase of Dubai-headquartered Fosroc, a deal it believes will bolster its presence in India and the Middle East.
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February 10, 2025
Pension Deal Adviser Isio Buys Rival Broking Specialist
Pension advisory business Isio Group Ltd. has formally confirmed its acquisition of rival insurance and risk settlement specialist K3 Advisory Ltd. for an undisclosed fee.
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February 10, 2025
Maurel & Prom Buys Colombia Gas License Stake For $150M
Maurel & Prom, an oil and gas explorer and producer, said Monday it has agreed to buy a 40% interest in a license for a gas block off Colombia's Caribbean coast for $150 million.
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February 10, 2025
BoE Sets Out Pro-Growth Priorities For Finance Infrastructure
The Bank of England this year will focus on regulating financial market infrastructures to help underpin growth, as it benefits from technology such as artificial intelligence, a senior BoE official said Monday.
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February 10, 2025
Norway's Endúr To Acquire Construction Firms For $90M
Norwegian marine infrastructure group Endúr ASA said Monday that it plans to buy three construction companies for just over a billion Norwegian kroner ($90 million) in a cash and share deal as it moves to expand its business.
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February 10, 2025
Direct Line Directors Back £3.7B Aviva Acquisition Deal
The directors of Direct Line Insurance Group PLC said Monday that they unanimously recommend that shareholders back the £3.7 billion ($4.6 million) cash and stock takeover offer tabled by Aviva.
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February 07, 2025
Ousted CMA Chair Says 'Misinformation' Remains A Challenge
The recently ousted chair of the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority reflected on what he said were great strides undoing the antitrust agency's "technocratic" character, but added it made the least progress in combating "lobbying and misinformation" intended to undermine the agency's decisions, including around the cleared Microsoft-Activision merger.
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February 07, 2025
Pharmacy Chain Says Seller Inflated Value In £10M M&A Deal
A Yorkshire-based pharmacy chain has brought a £9.9 million ($12.3 million) claim in a London court against the previous owners of a group of pharmacy companies it acquired, alleging they made dishonest statements about the group's finances.
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February 14, 2025
Willkie Hires 3 Pros To Continue Expansion In Germany
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has recruited Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's office managing partner in Hamburg and two other lawyers as it continues to make major investments in its business in Germany.