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December 23, 2025
Metlen Energy & Metals said Tuesday that it has sold the majority of its energy business in Chile to power company Glenfarne for $865 million in a deal guided by Milbank LLP, Larrain y Asociados Ltda., Paul Hastings LLP, White & Case LLP and Claro & Cia.
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December 19, 2025
This past week in London has seen the designer of an 88-facet diamond bring a copyright claim against a luxury watch retailer, collapsed firm Axiom Ince bring legal action against the solicitors' watchdog, and the Post Office hit with compensation claims from two former branch managers over their wrongful convictions during the Horizon information technology scandal.
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December 18, 2025
Texas-based Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., led by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday announced plans to acquire private equity-backed specialty insurance and reinsurance company Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., advised by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, in a $2.1 billion deal.
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December 18, 2025
The U.K. subsidiary of Swedish builder Skanska AB said Thursday that it has transferred £525 million ($705 million) of its pension commitments in Britain to Standard Life in a buy-in transaction, which secures the retirement savings of about 5,500 members.
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December 12, 2025
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Paramount Skydance Corp. launches a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix's deal to acquire the studio and streaming business, IBM acquires data streaming company Confluent, and natural gas company Antero Resources Corp. expands via a deal with HG Energy.
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December 12, 2025
This past week in London has seen Shell hit with a climate change claim from 100 survivors of a typhoon in the Philippines, London Stock Exchange-listed Oxford Nanopore bring legal action against its co-founder, and the editors of Pink News sue the BBC for defamation following its investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the news site.
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December 09, 2025
Mining company Pensana said Tuesday that it has raised $103 million, including $100 million from an undisclosed investor, to boost its plans of forming a self-sufficient supply chain for critical magnetic materials in the U.S.
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December 08, 2025
Investment firm KKR said Monday that it has provided $348.9 million to support Tristan Capital Partners' acquisition of easyHotel, a budget hotel operator across Europe, in a transaction advised by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP and Linklaters LLP.
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December 08, 2025
Two business executives failed on Monday to persuade a London court to stop Anglo-South African lender Investec from pursuing its claim in England for almost £22 million ($30 million) that the pair allegedly owe under loan agreements.
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December 05, 2025
This past week in London has seen Mozambique sue the late tycoon Iskandar Safa's family and Privinvest amid the wider $1.9 billion "tuna bond" fraud case, Entain face a claim from a major U.S. pensions agency, and a Mexican lawyer accused of embezzlement bring legal action against Travelers Insurance Co.
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December 05, 2025
European insurance giant Swiss Re AG said Friday it will launch an annual share buyback program starting in 2026, adding that it will repurchase $500 million of shares every year after that.
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December 04, 2025
Credit Suisse's English broker-dealer entity has reached a settlement in a $99 million claim brought by an investment company that had alleged it breached a prime brokerage agreement by unlawfully selling off shares in a South African mobile phone company.
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December 03, 2025
City Developments has acquired the 706-room Holiday Inn hotel in west London for £280 million ($372 million) from real estate vehicle Cola Holdings, as the property group moves to widen its hospitality footprint in one of the capital's smartest districts.
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December 02, 2025
A New York investment bank accused a healthcare-focused U.K. real estate investment trust and an affiliate of owing more than $40 million after the bank found a real estate portfolio acquisition target for the REIT, in a suit filed Monday in New York federal court.
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December 02, 2025
DAC Beachcroft LLP has tapped its Bristol office head as the next senior partner to lead the law firm's bid to grow in the technology and financial services sectors amid the growing importance of artificial intelligence.
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November 28, 2025
This past week in London has seen the National Crime Agency target an Azerbaijan politician and a subsidiary of Withers over a disputed £50 million ($66 million) property portfolio, the eldest son of a British aristocratic family challenge the trustees of their multimillion-pound estate, and a sports lawyer suspected of dishonesty face action by the Solicitors Regulation Authority following his firm's closure.
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November 28, 2025
Essensys said Friday that its founder and non-executive director is considering making an all-cash offer for the commercial real estate software company, valuing it at approximately £13 million ($17 million).
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November 27, 2025
Business parks owner Sirius said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a business park in Hamburg for €31.9 million ($37 million), increasing the total number of its assets in the German city to five.
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November 26, 2025
A law firm has hit back against a £1.9 million ($2.5 million) negligence claim from two former clients, saying that it should not be held responsible for the clients' settlement decisions and that the claim was filed too late.
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November 26, 2025
A London court has rejected an attempt by a fashion retail outlet owner to block UniCredit from continuing arbitration proceedings in Russia aimed at taking some of its roughly €42 million ($49 million) property portfolio.
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November 26, 2025
Begbies Traynor Group PLC said Wednesday it has acquired real estate consultancy Kirkby Diamond in a deal worth up to £8.25 million ($11 million).
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November 24, 2025
The international tribunal that threw out an $18 billion claim brought by a group of Filipinos who accused Spain of stymying their efforts to enforce a $14.9 billion arbitral award against Malaysia concluded that the claimants had not made a protected investment, according to a newly public award.
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November 21, 2025
This past week in London has seen Clyde & Co. face a claim from Yorkshire firm GWB Harthills, a property developer previously investigated over suspected bribery and corruption sue the general counsel and solicitor to HM Revenue and Customs, and sportswear giant Gymshark bring an intellectual property claim against its co-founder's rival company, AYBL. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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November 21, 2025
Real estate investor Hammerson PLC said Friday that it has acquired the remaining 50% stake in a shopping center in Berkshire, southeast England, for £104.5 million ($136.6 million) from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, following a trading performance that was stronger than it expected.
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November 20, 2025
Supermarket Income REIT PLC said Thursday that its joint venture with U.S. asset management firm Blue Owl has acquired 10 supermarkets from grocery giant Asda for £196 million ($257 million) in a sale and leaseback deal.