Impax Environmental Markets PLC launched a tender offer on Friday to allow shareholders in the U.K. utility investment company to sell their stakes as it seeks to extricate itself from its largest investor, U.S. hedge fund Saba Capital.
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TOP NEWS

Impax Offers Shareholders Exit Amid Saba Spat

By Tom Fish

Impax Environmental Markets PLC launched a tender offer on Friday to allow shareholders in the U.K. utility investment company to sell their stakes as it seeks to extricate itself from its largest investor, U.S. hedge fund Saba Capital.

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Aramark Ordered To Sell UK Caterer Over Competition Fears

By Tom Fish

The antitrust authority has ordered U.S. hospitality company Aramark Group to sell Scottish offshore caterer Entier Ltd., after it found that a merger will substantially lessen competition for services to North Sea oil and gas platforms.

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Abraaj Loses Claim To $37M Debt In Fight With UAE Bank

By William Janes

A subsidiary of collapsed private equity giant Abraaj Group lost its claim on Friday to $37 million of a disputed debt of $41.5 million after a court ruled that the unit's parent company assigned the $37 million chunk to a bank.

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DEALS

Rockhopper Raises £6.9M In North Falkland Basin Offer

By Dawood Fakhir

British oil and gas producer Rockhopper said Friday that it has raised approximately £6.9 million ($9.2 million) in equity through an oversubscribed share offering from its existing investors for the development of a flagship project in the South Atlantic.

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Thermal Processing Biz Grows US Presence With $8M Buy

By Dawood Fakhir

Metal heat treatment company Bodycote said Friday that it has acquired Spectrum Thermal Processing LLC, a rival business operating in the aerospace sector, for approximately $8 million in cash as it seeks to widen its footprint in the U.S.

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Travelers Latest Insurer To Pen AI Agreement With Anthropic

By Joel Poultney

American insurance giant Travelers has become the latest insurer to pen a partnership with artificial intelligence company Anthropic after announcing it had signed a deal that it said would grow its AI-powered engineering and analytics capabilities.

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ICG Sells Austrian HQ Back To Former Owner For $160M

By Nate Beck

Alternative asset manager ICG said Friday that it has sold the Austrian headquarters of manufacturer Innio Group back to the company for $160 million.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Stibbe, A&O Shearman, Latham

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. plans to complete its deal to snap up coffee company JDE Peet's NV, Boston Scientific Corp. acquires medical device company Penumbra Inc., and fitness and wellness platform parent Playlist merges with fitness technology company EGYM.

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LITIGATION

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London saw the David Lloyd gym chain file an intellectual property claim against its founder, security company Primekings reignite a long-running dispute with the former owners of an acquired business, and a pair of Belizean developers sue a finance executive they say shut them out of a cruise port project.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What To Expect From UK Prospectus Regime Changes

The new U.K. prospectus regime for trading on regulated markets, effective Jan. 19, aims to streamline processes and reduce costs, but a significant shift in structuring and disclosure obligations will increase pressure on practitioners to manage risk under tighter timelines, say lawyers at Baker Botts.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

4 New Square

A&O Shearman

Addleshaw Goddard

Baker Botts

Bird & Bird

Blackstone Chambers

CMS Cameron McKenna

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Dentons

Essex Court Chambers

Eversheds Sutherland

Fieldfisher

Fox Williams

Gordons LLP

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

Macfarlanes LLP

Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

Orrick Herrington

Osborne Clarke

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Russell-Cooke

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Simmons & Simmons

Steptoe LLP

Stibbe NV

TLT LLP

Taylor Rose

Trowers & Hamlins

Ward Hadaway

White & Case

Wilkin Chapman Rollits

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accelerant

American International Group Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Aramark

Baillie Gifford & Co.

Bank of Scotland PLC

Bodycote

Boston Scientific Corp.

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

HBOS PLC

Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Insurance Europe Ltd.

Investments Ltd.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

L Catterton

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyds Bank PLC

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Microsoft Corp.

Penumbra Inc.

Quince

Saba Capital Management LP

Sky PLC

Sopra Steria Group

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

The Abraaj Group

TomTom NV

Turk Hava Yollari AO

Vista Equity Partners Management LLC

W.R. Berkley Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Competition and Markets Authority

Department for Work & Pensions

European Union

Financial Conduct Authority

UK High Court

UK Ministry of Justice