Property & Construction UK

  • April 27, 2026

    Latham Guides Belgian Investor On €500M Deal For Traffic Biz

    Belgian investment company GBL said Monday that it will buy a majority stake in temporary traffic management business Buko Group for €500 million ($587 million) in order to increase its holding of private assets in its portfolio.

  • April 24, 2026

    Fertilizer Biz Raises £25.6M To Fund $665M Paraguay Project

    British fertilizer company Atome PLC said Friday that it has raised £25.6 million ($34.5 million) in equity from Swiss fertilizer plants specialist Casale SA and others to fund its part of a $665 million green fertilizer project in Paraguay.

  • April 24, 2026

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

    The past week in London has seen a Hong Kong company sue the government and a COVID-19 PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, an oligarch bring a fresh claim against a rival in a long-running feud, a rugby league club sue over a canceled mass dance event, and Visa and Mastercard hit with legal action from H&M, Eurostar, and Bang & Olufsen. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 23, 2026

    HMRC Defends Court's Power To Resolve Exit Tax Dispute

    A U.K. tribunal didn't overstep its authority by interpreting legislation to allow taxpayers to pay an exit tax in deferred payment plans to comply with the European Union's rights to free establishment, HM Revenue & Customs argued Thursday.

  • April 23, 2026

    Deripaska Sues Ex-Biz Partner Chernukhin In Ongoing Feud

    Oleg Deripaska has launched a new High Court claim against Vladimir Chernukhin, his former business partner, in the latest chapter of the long-running bitter legal feud between the two Russian oligarchs.

  • April 22, 2026

    Real Estate Co. Fights Exit Tax On £142M Over Legal Certainty

    A tribunal breached the principle of legal certainty in European Union law by ruling in favor of Britain's tax authority in a dispute over an exit tax on capital gains of £142 million ($192 million), a real estate investment company told a London court Wednesday.

  • April 22, 2026

    CMA Deepens Probe Into Belgian Food Co.'s Bakery Buy

    The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday that it has increased its scrutiny of Vandemoortele Group's proposed acquisition of Délifrance SA over concerns that the deal could reduce competition in the supply of frozen pastries.

  • April 22, 2026

    Insurers Win Landmark Case Over COVID Grant Deductions

    Insurers were right to deduct the value of the government support that companies received during the COVID-19 pandemic from successful claims for business interruption, Britain's top court ruled Wednesday.

  • April 20, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court this past week delivered another mix of procedural rulings, fiduciary duty disputes and deal litigation, highlighting both the court's gatekeeping role and its continued focus on stockholder rights and transactional fairness.

  • April 20, 2026

    Nigerian Oil Co. Denies Unlawfully Witholding Trader's Fuel

    A Nigerian oil magnate's company has denied unlawfully refusing a fuel trader access to oil following a $33 million court judgment, accusing the trader of suing to increase pressure in a wider dispute with another of the magnate's businesses.

  • April 17, 2026

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

    The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

  • April 17, 2026

    US Broker Gallagher Acquires UK Insurance Biz

    Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd. in order to expand its U.K. and Ireland retail business.

  • April 17, 2026

    Retailer Biz Can't Block UniCredit's €42M Russian Asset Fight

    A retail outlet owner can't block Russian proceedings by AO UniCredit aimed at taking some of the retailer's approximately €42 million ($50 million) property portfolio, as an appeals court ruled Friday that the bank did not breach an agreement to arbitrate.

  • April 17, 2026

    CMA Seeks Views On $25B Paints, Coatings Tie-Up

    The Competition and Markets Authority has invited public comment on the proposed merger between Dulux paint-maker AkzoNobel NV and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., marking an initial step in its review of the deal.

  • April 16, 2026

    Power Infrastructure Biz Inks $7M Deal To Buy Contractor

    Qben Infra, an energy infrastructure investor in Sweden, said Thursday that its indirect subsidiary has signed the final purchase agreement to buy a Norwegian specialist contractor in a cash-and-shares transaction worth 66.5 million Norwegian kroner ($7 million).

  • April 15, 2026

    Intelligence Firm Will Hand Deripaska Source Of 'Fake' Report

    A business intelligence company agreed on Wednesday to disclose to Oleg Deripaska the source of an allegedly forged report that the Russian oligarch's former business partner used in a bitter legal dispute between the two men. 

  • April 14, 2026

    Austria's BAWAG To Buy Irish Lender Permanent TSB For $1.9B

    Austrian bank BAWAG PSK on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to acquire Irish lender Permanent TSB Group Holdings PLC in a €1.62 billion ($1.9 billion) deal, a move that comes roughly half a year after the government-owned lender put itself up for sale.

  • April 14, 2026

    Swedish Enviro Steelmaker Stegra Wins €1.4B In New Funding

    Swedish steelmaker Stegra said Tuesday that it has secured €1.4 billion ($1.7 billion) of funding from new and existing investors in a consortium led by the Wallenberg family to help it complete work on a green energy plant in the north of the Scandinavian country.

  • April 13, 2026

    House Of Fraser Left Bruised After TM Clash With Property Biz

    House of Fraser has lost swaths of its brand protections in the U.K. following a "Frasers" trademark clash with a Singaporean property firm of the same name.

  • April 13, 2026

    Custodian Property REIT Boosts Rental Income In £36M Deal

    Commercial property business Custodian said Monday that it has secured a deal to increase rent on one of its properties in southeast England, which was acquired in a £35.9 million ($48 million) transaction signed in February.

  • April 10, 2026

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

    The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.

  • April 09, 2026

    UK Drafts Carbon Border Tax Rules To Match EU System

    The U.K. tax authority released draft regulations on the country's carbon border tax regime Thursday that would broadly align it with the European Union's system for taxing carbon-intensive imports.

  • April 09, 2026

    DWF-Led Builder Strabag To Buy Engineer Van Elle For £59M

    The U.K. subsidiary of European construction group Strabag SE has agreed to acquire Van Elle in a cash transaction that values the ground engineering specialist at £58.8 million ($78.8 million), the companies said on Thursday.

  • April 02, 2026

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

    The past week in London has seen data giant Sportrader face action from software company Altenar over alleged market abuse, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Pliego sue a man who allegedly defrauded him out of $415 million, and Warner Bros. bring a copyright claim against a YouTuber who leaked set footage of the upcoming Harry Potter series. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

  • April 02, 2026

    Businessman Says $24M Saudi Judgments Procured By Fraud

    A Saudi businessman has denied that he owes a former associate more than 89 million riyals ($23.7 million) under judgments linked to real estate dealings given by the Gulf kingdom's courts, saying the rulings were procured through fraud.

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