Transactions UK

Law360 UK Transactions delivers daily news, real-time alerts and forward-thinking analysis on corporate transactions trends and deals in the U.K. and EU including hostile takeovers, friendly mergers, IPOs, buyouts and shareholder disputes – and the laws and regulation surrounding them.

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Latest News in Transactions UK

  • September 18, 2026

    Spire Decision Shows Takeover Rules Have Bite, Lawyers Say

    The Takeover Panel's decision to place restrictions on a consortium's £1 billion ($1.3 billion) deal for Spire Healthcare shows that the authority's rules will put offerors in their place if their actions threaten to harm market integrity amid increasing take-private deals for listed companies, lawyers say.

  • September 18, 2026

    JPMorgan, Aberdeen UK Trusts Eye Merger

    The small firms investment trusts of giant JPMorgan and wealth manager Aberdeen UK on Friday disclosed a preliminary agreement to combine their businesses in a move they expect will create a bigger, cost-efficient company.

  • September 18, 2026

    Davis Polk, K&L Gates Steer Taboola's Up To £27M Ad Biz Buy

    The European arm of Taboola.com Ltd. said Friday it has agreed to buy British digital advertising business Dianomi PLC for up to £27 million ($36 million), in a deal steered by Davis Polk and K&L Gates.

  • September 18, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen Victoria's Secret and Thomas Pink file competing IP claims, more than 1,000 retail consumers launch a group action against Binance, Baker Hughes targeted in a commercial claim by its former Russian subsidiary and university students hit four British institutions with breach of contract claims over pandemic-era closures.

  • September 18, 2026

    Harworth Rebuffs Investor Peel's Sweetened £600M Offer

    The board of property developer Harworth Group PLC urged its shareholders on Friday to reject Peel Group's revised £600 million ($802 million) mandatory takeover offer, which it said significantly undervalues the business.

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Areas of Coverage

  • MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & DISPOSALS:
  • Share swaps & cash acquisitions
  • IPOs, Cash Calls and Buybacks
  • Management buy-outs and buy-ins
  • Leveraged-buyouts
  • Shareholder agreements & Poison Pills
  • Activist shareholders and proxy fights
  • Venture capital and private equity deals
  • Distressed M&A: insolvency, restructuring, bailouts
  • AGENCIES
  • The Competition and Markets Authority
  • The Financial Conduct Authority
  • The Pension Regulator
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • U.K. Takeover Code under the Companies Act
  • Financial Services and Markets Act
  • Market Abuse Regulation
  • The Enterprise Act

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  • Commercial disputes lawyers at top law firms
  • Executives and attorneys at insurance companies and corporate policyholders
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 and FTSE 350 companies
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals