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July 23, 2025
PE Firm Says Ex-All Saints Chair In Contempt Over Share Sale
An arm of private equity firm Lion Capital urged a London judge on Wednesday to find the former chairman of All Saints had breached a court order by challenging a deal to sell his shares in the high street fashion chain.
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July 23, 2025
Sony Film Co. Gets Quick Win In $49M Claim Over Share Deal
A London judge handed Sony Pictures an early win Tuesday in its $49 million failed share sale claim after he found that a Chinese conglomerate's arguments that purchase obligations were subject to regulatory approval has "no realistic prospect" of success.
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July 23, 2025
Jones Day Guides Corpay On $2.2B Alpha Group Acquisition
Jones Day-advised Corpay Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Alpha Group International PLC in a deal that values the U.K.-based foreign exchange platform at approximately $2.2 billion (£1.6 billion), following a months-long courtship that included the rejection of a prior Corpay offer.
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July 23, 2025
Iberdrola Plans To Raise €5B To Expand UK, US Networks
Iberdrola SA said Wednesday that it will raise €5 billion ($5.86 billion) for expansion in Britain and the U.S., as the Spanish multinational electric company focuses on countries with "high credit ratings and attractive regulation" to strengthen its finances and profitability.
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July 23, 2025
Insurer CPP Group To Sell India Biz For Up To $21M
U.K. insurance products provider CPP Group PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Indian unit to two local buyers for up to $21 million to exit the "increasingly constrained" business and focus on its new technology platform.
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July 30, 2025
Freshfields Hires PE Real Estate Duo From Ropes & Gray
Freshfields LLP said Wednesday that it has hired two private equity real estate lawyers from Ropes & Gray LLP, a move to boost its services to European and international investors.
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July 23, 2025
UK Metal Miner Raises £15.6M To Fund US Tungsten Projects
Guardian Metal Resources PLC said Wednesday it has raised £15.6 million ($21.1 million) before expenses via a sale of new shares, the proceeds of which the tungsten exploration company has earmarked for mining projects in Nevada.
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July 30, 2025
Cooley Adds Ashurst Pro To Boost Tech M&A Practice
Cooley LLP has hired Jonathan Cohen from Ashurst LLP for its mergers and acquisitions practice, as he described his new firm as the "life and soul" of the technology and innovation space.
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July 23, 2025
Informa To Buy Back Additional £150M Worth Of Shares
Events and publishing firm Informa PLC said Wednesday that it will repurchase a further £150 million (£203 million) of shares as it upgraded its full-year guidance for revenue in its half-year financial report.
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July 23, 2025
UK To Redefine Sectors Subject To National Security Scrutiny
The government has said it plans to amend the definitions of the "sensitive" sectors that must make mandatory notifications under Britain's foreign direct investment regime when they complete deals to improve clarity for businesses.
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July 23, 2025
Identity Verification Firm Kicks Off £25M Share Buyback
GB Group, an Identity checks software business, began a stock repurchase program of up to £25 million ($34 million) on Wednesday in a move to lower its outstanding share capital.
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July 22, 2025
McCarter & English Taps Capital Markets Duo For NY Team
Two transactional attorneys specializing in capital markets and corporate securities have recently moved their practices to McCarter & English LLP's New York office from Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP.
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July 22, 2025
EU Deepens Look Into Universal Music $775M Downtown Deal
European Union antitrust enforcers kicked off an in-depth probe Tuesday into Universal Music Group's bid to buy Downtown Music Holdings, raising concerns that the $775 million transaction could give UMG access to the "commercially sensitive data of its rival record labels" held by Downtown.
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July 22, 2025
Golf Adviser Reaped $2M In Secret Commissions, Court Rules
A former consultant to a U.K. golf retailer engaged in deceit, breach of trust and breach of fiduciary duty to reap over $2 million in secret commissions related to sales of golf equipment, a London court ruled Tuesday.
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July 29, 2025
McDermott Hires German Merck Lawyer Ahead Of Merger
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired a senior in-house lawyer from German pharmaceutical group Merck KGaA as its $2.8 billion merger with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP nears completion.
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July 22, 2025
Anexo Agrees To Be Taken Over By Dbay, Group Founders
Anexo Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to a takeover offer from Dbay Advisors Ltd. and the company's founders, which values the U.K. motor accident credit hire and legal services business at £70.79 million ($95.4 million).
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July 22, 2025
Charles Russell Speechlys-Led Sivota To Delist From LSE
Sivota PLC said Tuesday that it will delist its shares from the London Stock Exchange four years after listing because the Israel-focused investment vehicle failed to raise sufficient funds from the public market due to low investor interest and the "geopolitical landscape."
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July 22, 2025
JMW Guides £4M Pension Deal For Church Scheme
Pension insurer Just Group has taken on £4 million ($5.4 million) worth of retirement savings liabilities from a scheme linked to a Christian church, in a deal put together by pensions consultancy K3 Advisory and guided by law firm JMW Solicitors.
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July 22, 2025
Freshfields-Led Compass Buys €1.5B Dutch Catering Rival
Compass Group PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV for €1.5 billion ($1.75 billion) as the U.K.-based catering giant moves to boost its European operations.
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July 22, 2025
Drugmaker Sanofi To Buy British Biotech Biz For $1.6B
French multinational drugmaker Sanofi said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire British biotech company Vicebio for up to $1.6 billion from a group of venture capital investors, bringing an early-stage candidate for respiratory viruses to its vaccine portfolio.
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July 22, 2025
Apax Partners To Pay €916M For Apax Global Alpha
British private equity firm Apax Partners LLP has agreed to acquire a company it collaborates with, Apax Global Alpha Ltd., for €916.5 million ($1.07 billion), as it eyes the investment company's roster of assets.
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July 22, 2025
Antitrust Watchdog Escalates Probe Into Food Sector Merger
Britain's antitrust authority said Tuesday that it is escalating its probe into the acquisition by global catering giant Aramark Group of Scottish rival Entier Ltd. over concerns that the deal could harm competition in U.K. markets.
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July 22, 2025
Slaughter And May-Led Centrica Buys 15% Of Nuclear Plant
U.K. energy heavyweight Centrica PLC said Tuesday that it will buy 15% in a proposed nuclear power plant for £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion), as the government gave the green light to funding the project after 14 years of "dithering and delay."
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July 22, 2025
HP Owed More Than £730M From Autonomy Fraud Case
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is owed more than £730 million ($985 million) from the estate of Mike Lynch and his former business partner, a London judge ruled on Tuesday, almost a year after the technology entrepreneur died when a yacht he was aboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
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July 21, 2025
Ex-Execs Sue Telecom Biz Over Alleged £8M Share Sale Loss
Two former directors of a telecom technology company are suing their successors for over £8 million ($10.7 million), alleging they were tricked into selling their shares at a fraction of their true value.
Expert Analysis
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What UK Digital Markets Act Will Mean For Competition Law
The new Digital Markets Act’s reforms will strengthen the Competition and Markets Authority's investigatory and enforcement powers across its full remit of merger control and antitrust investigations, representing a seismic shift in the U.K. competition and consumer law landscape, say lawyers at Travers Smith.
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What French Watchdog Ruling Means For M&A Landscape
Although ultimately dismissed due to lack of evidence, the French competition authority’s recent post-closing review of several nonreportable mergers is a landmark case that highlights the increased complexity of such transactions, and is further testament to the European competition authorities’ willingness to expand their toolkit to address below-threshold M&As, say lawyers at Cleary.
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Exploring The EU's Draft Standards On Crypto Authorization
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s recently published draft standards aim to promote fair competition and a safer environment for crypto providers and investors, detailing precisely the information to be provided to national authorities in charge of screening the acquisitions of a qualifying holding, says Mathieu de Korvin at Norton Rose.
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What The New Digital Markets Bill Will Mean For Companies
The recently passed Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill will bring significant reform to U.K. merger control and antitrust rules for all businesses, but the introduction of a strategic market status regime and its reporting obligations means large tech organizations in particular need to think carefully about the forthcoming changes, say lawyers at Linklaters.
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Insurance Ruling Stresses High Hurdle To Fix Policy Wording
In Project Angel v. Axis, the Court of Appeal recently refused to rewrite the exclusion clause of an insurance policy, reminding parties in the warranty and indemnity market to carefully word clauses, as there is a high threshold before courts will intervene to amend policies, say Joseph Moore and Laura McCann at Travers Smith.
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CMA Reports Signal Tighter Scrutiny Of AI Model Markets
The Competition and Markets Authority’s recent reports on artificial intelligence foundation models suggest that competition in AI is not working as it should, so large digital firms can expect the regulator to use its full toolbox as it continues to monitor and investigate the sector, say lawyers at Cooley.
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How Gov't Response Addresses Investment Act Concerns
The government’s recently published response to a call for evidence on the National Security and Investment Act is largely appropriate to stakeholder concerns raised and demonstrates in its five areas of focus that it is willing to respond to live issues, say lawyers at Watson Farley.
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Pharma Remains A Key Focus Of EU Antitrust Enforcement
The recently published European Commission report on pharmaceutical sector competition law illustrates that effective enforcement of EU rules remains a matter of high priority for EU and national authorities, say lawyers at Dechert.
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The Dangers Of Providing Misleading Info In A Merger Review
Although Kingspan's recent proposed acquisition of Trimo, brought before the European Commission, was abandoned following investigation for an alleged breach of EU Merger Regulation requirements, it has brought to light the importance of submitting accurate and complete information in merger reviews to avoid incurring a substantial fine, say lawyers at Steptoe.
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Cum-Ex Prosecutions Storm Shows No Sign Of Abating
The ongoing trial of Sanjay Shah in Denmark is a clear indicator that efforts remain focused on holding to account the alleged architects and beneficiaries of cum-ex trading, and with these prosecutions making their way across Europe, it is a more turbulent time now than ever, says Niall Hearty at Rahman Ravelli.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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EU Inquiry Offers First Insight Into Foreign Subsidy Law
The European Commission's first in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation into a public procurement process, and subsequent brief on regulatory trends, sheds light on the commission's approach to such cases, as well as jurisdictional, procedural and substantive issues under the regulation, says Matthew Hall at McGuireWoods.
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Key Points From EC Economic Security Screening Initiatives
Lawyers at Herbert Smith analyze the European Commission's five recently announced initiatives aimed at de-risking the EU's trade and investment links with third countries, including the implementation of mandatory screening mechanisms and extending coverage to investments made by EU companies that are controlled subsidiaries of non-EU investors.
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Vodafone Decision Highlights Wide Scope Of UK's FDI Rules
The U.K. government’s recently imposed conditions required for its approval of Vodafone and Etisalat’s strategic relationship agreement under its National Security and Investment Act jurisdiction, illustrating the significance of the act as an important factor for transactions with a U.K. link, says Matthew Hall at McGuireWoods.
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What Extension Of French FDI Control Means For Investors
The recently published French order on foreign investment control expands the regime's application to more sectors and at a lower threshold of share ownership, illustrating France's determination to maintain sovereignty over its supply chains in sensitive sectors, and adding new considerations for potential investors in these areas, say lawyers at Linklaters.