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

  • October 30, 2025

    VietJet Fights Contempt Claim Over Aircraft Dispute

    A Vietnamese budget airline told an appeals court Thursday that the subsidiary of an international private investment company cannot pursue it for contempt of court, because it never breached the terms of an injunction protecting the company's aircraft.

  • October 30, 2025

    Vodafone To Buy German Cloud Tech Biz Skaylink For €175M

    British telecom giant Vodafone said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire cloud technology company Skaylink GmbH from funds managed by Dutch private equity firm Waterland and others for €175 million ($202.4 million) in a deal guided by Hengeler Müller.

  • October 30, 2025

    Shawbrook Group Prices IPO At £1.92B Valuation

    Shawbrook Group PLC on Thursday set its initial public offering price at 370 pence ($4.90) per share, implying a market capitalization of approximately £1.92 billion, as the U.K. lender began trading on the London Stock Exchange.

  • October 30, 2025

    Drax To Acquire 3 UK Battery Projects For £157M

    British energy company Drax said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire three projects of battery energy storage systems in Scotland and England from their developer Apatura Ltd. for £157.2 million ($207 million).

  • October 30, 2025

    Wachtell, Debevoise Help AIG Buy $2.1B Stake In Insurer

    Insurance heavyweight AIG, led by Wachtell and Debevoise, said Thursday that it will buy a minority stake in Weil-guided underwriter and insurer Convex Group Ltd. for $2.1 billion.

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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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  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
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