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July 17, 2025
Baker McKenzie Guides Thread Co. In $770M Buy Of Shoe Biz
British thread maker Coats has agreed to acquire OrthoLite, a U.S. shoe insole specialist, for an initial $770 million to bolster the British thread maker's growing footwear business.
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July 17, 2025
Sweden's Viaplay To Buy Remaining 50% In Allente For $113M
Swedish media group Viaplay said Thursday that it will buy a 50% stake in Allente from Norway's Telenor for 1.1 billion Swedish kronor ($113 million) to become the sole owner of the Scandinavian television provider.
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July 16, 2025
5 Firms Steer $144M AngloGold, Augusta Merger
Five law firms have guided a precious metals deal announced Wednesday that will see AngloGold Ashanti PLC purchase Augusta Gold at an enterprise value of roughly $144 million.
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July 23, 2025
Latham Hires PE Lawyer From White & Case
Latham & Watkins has hired a private equity lawyer from White & Case to bolster its team in London.
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July 23, 2025
A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Linklaters In Italy
A&O Shearman has hired a leveraged finance specialist from Linklaters LLP in Italy to boost its private capital services for clients.
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July 16, 2025
CMA Examines Norcros-Fibo Deal For Competition Concerns
The U.K. competition watchdog said Wednesday it is taking a preliminary look at branded bathroom products maker Norcros' proposed acquisition of Norway-based wall panels maker Fibo from private equity investor FSN Capital Partners for 618 million Norwegian krone ($60.6 million).
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July 16, 2025
Troutman Pepper-Led SPAC To Buy UK FinTech For £26M
Blank-check company Honye Financial Services Ltd. said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Zoyo Capital Ltd., a financial technology company based in London, for £26 million ($35 million) in a reverse takeover to create a digital securities broker platform.
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July 16, 2025
Ricardo Shareholders Approve WSP's £281M Takeover Bid
British automotive parts supplier Ricardo PLC said Wednesday that its shareholders have approved its takeover for approximately £281 million ($376 million) by Canadian engineering consultant WSP Global Inc.
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July 16, 2025
Senior Managers Regime Revamp Risks Letting In Bad Apples
The City watchdog's planned overhaul of its senior managers regime risks allowing people with records of misconduct to slip into financial firms because of the relaxation of rules on references and criminal checks, according to lawyers.
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July 16, 2025
American Axle Gets Nod To Buy UK Car-Parts Biz For £1.2B
American Axle said Wednesday that its shareholders have voted to approve the cash-and-shares takeover of rival automotive engineer Dowlais Group PLC for £1.16 billion ($1.55 billion) in a bid to grow the U.S. company internationally.
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July 16, 2025
Abrdn Unit Sells Dutch Properties For €35M Amid Wind-Down
Abrdn European Logistics Income PLC said Wednesday that it has concluded the sale of two warehouses in the Netherlands for €34.7 million ($40 million) as part of its managed wind-down and capital distribution plan.
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July 15, 2025
Kirkland Tops M&A League Tables In First Half Of 2025
Kirkland & Ellis LLP was the top mergers and acquisitions legal adviser both globally and in North America during the first half of 2025, as measured by both value and transaction numbers, league table data from GlobalData showed Tuesday.
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July 15, 2025
Bathroom Biz To Buy Haavind-Led Norwegian Co. For $61M
Branded bathroom products maker Norcros said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Norway-based wall panels maker Fibo Holding AS from private equity investor FSN Capital Partners for 618 million Norwegian krone ($60.6 million) in a deal guided by Haavind.
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July 15, 2025
CMS, Burges Salmon, Sackers Aid £800M Honda Pension Deal
Legal & General has completed an approximately £800 million ($1.07 billion) buy-in transaction to acquire the pensions of more than 4,700 members of the Honda Group UK Pension Scheme in a deal guided by CMS, Burges Salmon LLP and Sackers.
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July 15, 2025
Irish Hotel Group Backs €1.4B Sweetened Buyout Bid
Irish hotel group Dalata said Tuesday that it has backed an increased €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) cash offer from a Scandinavian consortium of property investors, finding that the bid topped its highest market capitalization since it listed in 2014.
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July 15, 2025
Food Biz To Sell Stake In Supply Chain Platform For £22M
Hilton Food Group said on Tuesday it is selling a stake in Foods Connected, its supplier management platform, for £22 million ($30 million) to Apax Global Impact Fund.
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July 15, 2025
Banks To Nudge Savers Toward Stocks Under Gov't Reforms
Banks will be encouraged to push savers toward gambling their cash on the stock market, the government said on Tuesday, as it looks to revitalize the landscape for retail investors in the U.K.
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July 15, 2025
UK To Ease Senior Manager Rules Amid Regulatory Overhaul
The government unveiled a raft of reforms to financial services regulation on Tuesday as it seeks to encourage investment in the economy, a package that includes streamlined rules for senior managers and easier capital requirements for lenders.
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July 15, 2025
Barratt Redrow Starts First Stage Of Up-To-£100M Buyback
Barratt Redrow PLC kicked off a stock repurchase program of as much as £50 million ($67 million) on Tuesday, the first part of the British housebuilder's wider £100 million plan to buy back shares.
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July 14, 2025
FCA To Loosen Prospectus Rules For Firms Raising Cash
The Financial Conduct Authority set out rules on Tuesday that it said will make it easier and cheaper for listed companies to raise cash as the regulator makes another attempt to rebalance risk and help resuscitate U.K. capital markets.
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July 14, 2025
DCC To Sell £100M Tech Biz To Eversheds-Led PE Firm
Irish conglomerate DCC PLC said Monday that it has agreed to sell Exertis, its technology distribution business in Britain and Ireland, to private equity firm Aurelius for approximately £100 million ($135 million) in a deal guided by Eversheds Sutherland.
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July 14, 2025
Wealth Manager Sues For £4.5M Over Failed Investment Deal
A Swiss wealth manager has sued a U.K. company for 5 million Swiss francs ($6.3 million), saying that it failed to return its investment after a share purchase deal went sideways.
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July 14, 2025
Supermarket Investor Buys Tesco Store For £54.1M
Supermarket Income REIT PLC said Monday that it has acquired a Tesco supermarket in southeastern England for £54.1 million ($73 million) in its first transaction since it formed a strategic joint venture with U.S. asset management firm Blue Owl.
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July 14, 2025
PR Adviser PPHC Pay $13M To Buy Texan Coms Consultancy
Advisory company Public Policy Holding Co. Inc. said Monday that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the business and assets of Texas consultancy Pine Cove Capital LLC in a cash-and-shares deal worth up to $13 million.
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July 14, 2025
Crédit Agricole Seeks ECB Approval To Buy 20% BPM Stake
French lender Crédit Agricole said Monday that it is seeking approval from the European Central Bank to increase its stake in Italian rival Banco BPM to more than 20%.
Expert Analysis
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Takeaways From The CMA's Green Collaboration Guidance
Recently published Competition and Markets Authority guidance on the application of competition law to environmental sustainability agreements should remove barriers for businesses that want to collaborate on environmental sustainability without breaking the law, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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What The Anti-Coercion Instrument Will Bring To The EU
Vassilis Akritidis and Jean-Baptiste Blancardi at Crowell & Moring discuss why the European Union recently adopted a report on the anti-coercion instrument to reform its trade legislation, how the instrument will be used to respond to unfair economic pressure from third countries, and how businesses can impact the EU's decision making.
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CMA Report On AI May Lead to Greater Competition Control
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority’s recent report on artificial intelligence foundation models is a sign that developers could face increased merger control and antitrust enforcement, and businesses should be mindful of these views to ensure that their models do not come under investigation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Recent Trends In European ESG-Related Shareholder Activism
New ESG reporting standards in the European Union, as well as recent climate change, board diversity and human rights cases, illustrate how shareholder activism may become more prominent in years to come as regulation and investor engagement continues to strengthen, say lawyers at Debevoise.
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Employer Due Diligence Lessons From Share Scheme Case
The Scottish Court of Session recently confirmed in Ponticelli v. Gallagher that the right to participate in a share incentive plan transfers to the transferee, highlighting the importance for transferee employers to conduct comprehensive due diligence when acquiring workforce, including on arrangements outside the employment contract's scope, say lawyers at McDermott.
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4 Compliance Considerations Under FCA Consumer Duty
Following the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's recent introduction of the new consumer duty regime, firms will need to be mindful of data protection implications when managing their compliance with the duty and data protection legislation, say lawyers at Bird & Bird.
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How The UK Investment Screening Regime Is Taking Shape
A recent order imposing remedies on an acquisition by EDF Energy highlights emerging trends in the U.K. government's national security reviews of transactions under the U.K. National Security and Investment Act, and shows how the U.K. remedy landscape compares to the U.S. regime, say lawyers at Arnold & Porter.
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EU Antitrust Rules Set To Pose Challenges To US Businesses
With stark differences between U.S. and European Union antitrust regimes, and potential for the forthcoming EU guidelines to turbocharge the commission's appetite for intervention, it is important that U.S. businesses with activities in the region take note of the reforms, say Andrea Pomana and Sarah Wilks at Mayer Brown.
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German Competition Law May Herald New Enforcement Trend
The recent amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition is expected to significantly expand the powers of the German Federal Cartel Office, and could signal a global trend toward greater direct intervention by national competition authorities and political interference in competition law, say lawyers at Simmons & Simmons.
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How The OECD Global Tax Proposal Could Affect M&A
Following agreement on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Pillar Two proposal to introduce a global minimum tax, domestic implementation is expected to have a significant impact on international M&A transactions, with financial modeling, deal structuring, risk allocation and joint venture arrangements likely to be affected, say lawyers at Freshfields.
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A Look At German And French Merger Control Trends In 2023
Merger control statistics from the first half of 2023 in Germany and France — key merger control jurisdictions with strict enforcement and sophisticated analysis tools — highlight trends on the length and number of investigations by the respective authorities, say Laurence Bary and Clemens Graf York von Wartenburg at Dechert.
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UK Shares-Tax Proposals Offer Long-Awaited Modernization
The U.K. government's recent consultation on the introduction of a new tax on transactions in securities raises detailed legal and practical issues, but the prospect of a single digital stamp tax offering both streamlined legislation and administration will be welcomed, say Zoë Arnautov and Mark Sheiham at Simmons & Simmons.
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EU Illumina-Grail Fine Cools Cos.' Merger Control Approach
The European Commission's recent record-breaking fine on Illumina for acquiring Grail without approval underscores its tough stance on merger control enforcement, showing that companies in Europe need to be vigilant in complying with regulatory requirements, say Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte and Raphaël Fleischer at King & Spalding.
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EU Case Shows Wide Approach To Blocking Telecom Mergers
The EU court's recent judgment in Commission v. CK Telecoms may make it more challenging to secure clearance for telecom and other companies pursuing mergers, illustrating its broad approach to mergers that risk harming competition without creating a dominant position, say Dominic Long and Christopher Best at Allen & Overy.
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PR Perspectives: Getting Merger Communications Right
As the recent Allen & Overy and Shearman Sterling deal announcement demonstrates, controlling the narrative is the priority when merger discussions begin, so law firms need to consider their stakeholder base and the best communication channels for each segment, ready to adapt to the audience group's needs, say Ben Girdlestone and Bethany Durkin at Byfield.