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February 05, 2025
Audit Watchdog Seeks Rules For Sustainability Opinions
Britain's accounting regulator called Wednesday for the regulation of sustainability assurance reports by auditors and others to iron out current inconsistencies in quality.
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February 05, 2025
Santander Plans €10B In Share Buybacks Over Two Years
Banco Santander SA said Wednesday that it plans to reward investors with a €10 billion ($10.4 billion) share buyback that will be completed by the end of 2026, beginning with a first chunk of €1.6 billion.
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February 05, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Helps BT Offload Irish Biz For €22M
BT Group PLC said Wednesday that it will sell its Irish wholesale and enterprise subsidiary to Ireland's Speed Fibre Group for €22 million ($23 million) to help the U.K. telecommunications company to streamline its global business.
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February 04, 2025
Sustainable Growth Must Take Pensions Priority, LCP Says
Government plans to drive growth in the U.K. through redirected investment from retirement savings schemes must prioritize environmental concerns and sustainability, a consultancy said Tuesday.
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February 04, 2025
MPs Launch Inquiry Into AI Use In Financial Services
A cross-party group of members of Parliament has started an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence in financial services, after recent revelations about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek showed the market's volatility.
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February 04, 2025
HSF Steers Reinsurance Broker Buy For Miller
Insurance broker Miller said it has agreed to acquire specialist reinsurance broker AHJ Holdings Ltd. for an undisclosed sum, reaching a "major milestone," in a deal guided by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Stephenson Harwood LLP.
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February 04, 2025
3 Firms Advise On £25M Pension Deal For Redress Program
The U.K.'s financial compensation scheme has passed £25 million ($31 million) of its staff pension liabilities to Pension Insurance Corp. PLC, the insurer said, in a deal guided by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Eversheds Sutherland and Arc Pensions Law LLP.
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February 04, 2025
CMS Guides £120M Pension Deal For Lufthansa
Airline carrier Lufthansa has offloaded £120 million ($150 million) of its U.K. pension scheme liabilities to Royal London, the insurer said, in a deal steered by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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February 04, 2025
Verdane Gets Extension To Firm Up £315M Team Internet Offer
The U.K. mergers and acquisitions watchdog has given Swedish investment manager Verdane more time to make a firm £315 million ($391 million) offer for Team Internet Group PLC, the British software company said on Tuesday.
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February 04, 2025
Vodafone Launches €480M Share Buyback To Cut Capital
Vodafone said Tuesday that it plans to line its shareholders' pockets with up to €480 million ($495 million) via a share buyback, despite a 6.4% tumble in revenue at the U.K. telecommunications company's German operation.
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February 03, 2025
White & Case Gets Tax Pro From Latham
White & Case LLP has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP senior associate to serve as a partner in its London office, the firm announced.
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February 03, 2025
Pillsbury Hires Ex-McDermott London Office Chief
The former managing partner of McDermott Will & Emery LLP's office in London is joining Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP to help boost the firm's corporate offering to clients in areas including life sciences and healthcare.
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February 03, 2025
ADNOC, OMV Merger Talks Move Ahead In 'Positive Manner'
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. says talks with Austria's OMV to create a new global polyolefins group, potentially valued around $30 billion, are proceeding "in a constructive and positive manner."
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February 03, 2025
Defense Tech Biz QinetiQ Expands Share Buyback By £50M
Defense technology business QinetiQ Group PLC said Monday it is extending its £100 million ($124 million) share repurchase program by £50 million to reward investors after reporting bumper results.
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February 03, 2025
Uyghur Rights Group To Sue FCA If Shein Gets LSE Listing
A Uyghur human rights group has threatened to take the Financial Conduct Authority to court if it permits Shein to list on the London Stock Exchange, stepping up its fight against the ultra-fast-fashion giant over slavery concerns.
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February 03, 2025
FCA Response To Critical Report 'Disappointing,' MPs Say
The Financial Conduct Authority's response to a highly critical parliamentary report has been lackluster and continues to demonstrate that the regulator is "in dire need of transformation," the MPs who penned the report said Monday.
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February 03, 2025
Freshfields-Led Barclays Sells German Consumer Biz
Barclays PLC said Monday that it has completed the sale of its German consumer finance business to Austrian lender BAWAG Group AG in a move to simplify its operations.
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February 03, 2025
IG Group Begins £50M Share Buyback Extension
IG Group Holdings PLC kicked off a share buyback program of up to £50 million ($62 million) on Monday, extending the online trading platform's £150 million stock repurchase scheme aimed at downsizing its share capital.
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February 03, 2025
Ex-Goldman Analyst Told To Pay £586K For Insider Trading
The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it has secured £586,000 ($722,000) from a former Goldman Sachs employee imprisoned for insider dealing after using price-sensitive information to trade in shares.
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February 03, 2025
L'Oreal Sells €3B Sanofi Stake Back To French Pharma Co.
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal SA said Monday that it is selling a €3 billion ($3.1 billion) stake in Sanofi back to the French drugmaker, cashing in part of its holding after Sanofi's shares outperformed the market over the past year.
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January 31, 2025
CMA Clears Outbrain's $1B Altice Video Platform Deal
Digital advertising technology provider Outbrain is free to move forward with its $1 billion plan to pick up video advertising platform Teads from European telecommunications company Altice, after the United Kingdom's competition enforcer gave the transaction its blessing.
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January 31, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The U.S. Department of Justice challenged a $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise wireless technology transaction, former President Joe Biden made one of his last acts blocking the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel merger and a federal judge refused to grant the Federal Trade Commission a preliminary injunction against the Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm tie-up.
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January 31, 2025
Brexit Five Years On: The Legal Landscape After Europe
Five years after the U.K. formally left the European Union, Law360 looks at how Brexit has changed the legal, regulatory and financial terrain.
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January 31, 2025
Ex-IP Co. Director Says Lawyer, Founders Hid $40M Takeover
A former director of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company has claimed in court filings that two fellow directors, aided by an ex-Russells Solicitors partner, concealed plans for a $40 million takeover to try to convince him to sell his shares on the cheap.
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January 31, 2025
Explosives Biz Plugs €200M Into Finland TNT Facility
Comprehensive explosives service company Forcit unveiled plans Friday to invest over €200 million ($207.4 million) into the construction of a new TNT facility in Finland, with state-owned private equity shop Tesi helping to negotiate investments in the production plant project.