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  • December 23, 2025

    Milbank-Led Metlen Energy Sells Chilean Portfolio For $865M

    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.

  • December 23, 2025

    Edinburgh Worldwide Tells Investors To Reject Saba Bid

    British investment company Edinburgh Worldwide urged its shareholders on Tuesday to vote against a renewed takeover effort by U.S. hedge fund Saba Capital Management, saying the activist investor's proposals threaten the trust's strategy and its stakeholders' long-term interests. 

  • December 23, 2025

    Finnish Health Co. Terveystalo To Buy Dental Biz For €88M

    Finland's Terveystalo said Tuesday that it will buy domestic dental group Hohde Oy for €88 million ($104 million) to improve its range of oral health services.

  • December 23, 2025

    Clifford Chance Helps Harman Buy Driver Tech Biz For €1.5B

    U.S. automotive and audio giant Harman International said Tuesday that it will buy the in-car technologies business of ZF Group AG of Germany in a deal worth €1.5 billion ($1.8 billion) to improve its vehicle intelligence products.

  • December 22, 2025

    Trian, General Catalyst Snag Janus Henderson In $7.4B Deal

    Asset manager Janus Henderson Group on Monday unveiled plans to be bought by an investor group led by Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst Group Management in an all-cash take-private deal with an equity value of $7.4 billion that was built by four law firms.

  • December 22, 2025

    4 Firms Guide Champion Iron's $290M Bid For Rana Gruber

    Australian mining company Champion Iron Ltd. said Monday that it will buy Norwegian rival Rana Gruber ASA for 2.93 billion Norwegian kroner ($290 million) to create a global, high-grade iron ore producer.

  • December 22, 2025

    CMA Open To Remedies In Belgian Food Co.'s Bakery Buy

    Britain's antitrust watchdog said Monday that it is open to proposed solutions to allow it to clear the planned acquisition by Belgian food group Vandemoortele of Délifrance SA from a French cooperative group, Vivescia.

  • December 22, 2025

    Skadden Guides Miami Insurer On Buy Of £5B Utmost Unit

    Miami-based JAB Insurance said Monday it will buy the £5 billion ($6.7 billion) bulk purchase annuity business of U.K. insurer Utmost Group PLC, in a transaction guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and King & Spalding.

  • December 22, 2025

    Holding Co. Anemoi To Buy Chip Designer Trasna For $150M

    Holding company Anemoi International Ltd. said Monday that it will buy Trasna in a share deal worth $150 million, a move that will give the chip designer and eSIM provider access to money on the London market.

  • December 22, 2025

    Weil Helps UK Energy Biz Buy Gulf Coast Oil Co. For $3.2B

    Harbour Energy PLC, a producer of oil and gas in the North Sea, said on Monday that it will buy LLOG Exploration for $3.2 billion in a move to give it access to the Gulf of Mexico's rich oil reserves.

  • December 19, 2025

    UAE Oil Co. Wins $85M Dividend Payment Fight On Appeal

    A state-owned United Arab Emirates oil and gas company on Friday won its case that a former joint-venture partner stripped $84.7 million out of the business before selling it, with a London appeals court ruling a judge wrongly dismissed the case.

  • December 19, 2025

    CMS-Led Strix To Sell Aussie Biz For £110M

    Kettle safety components maker Strix said Friday that it has agreed to sell its business in Australia for £110 million ($147 million) in order to boost its capital because of weaker trading due to U.S. tariffs.

  • December 19, 2025

    Yodel Wins Share Dispute With Ex-Director Over Forged Docs

    Delivery company Yodel defeated a claim alleging it owed a controlling stake in it to two companies controlled by its former owner, as a London judge ruled Friday that he had probably created false share warrant documents to support the claim.

  • December 19, 2025

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

    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.

  • December 19, 2025

    Canada Life Pens £189M Pension Deal With Healthcare Co.

    Insurer Canada Life on Friday said it has taken on £189 million ($252.5 million) in retirement liabilities from an unnamed pension scheme in the healthcare sector, in a deal guided by Stephenson Harwood and Baker McKenzie.

  • December 19, 2025

    UK Probes Kingsmill Bread Owner's Buy Of Rival Hovis

    Britain's antitrust authority said Friday that it has decided to launch a formal probe into the acquisition of British bread company Hovis Group Ltd. by Associated British Foods PLC, which already owns rival bread brand Kingsmill.

  • December 19, 2025

    UK Open To Behavioral Remedies During Merger Reviews

    Britain's competition watchdog said on Friday that it will be willing to accept remedies during merger reviews that it had previously deemed too onerous to monitor, but only under certain circumstances, as the authority looks to back the government's agenda to help the U.K. economy grow.

  • December 19, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Helps KKR Buy Out Wella For $750M

    Beauty heavyweight Coty said Friday that it will sell its remaining 25.8% stake in Wella to KKR for $750 million while keeping the right to proceeds from any further sale or initial public offering of the hair care brand.

  • December 19, 2025

    BBVA Gains ECB Nod For Record €4B Buyback

    ​Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria said on Friday that the European Central Bank has authorized the lender's largest-ever share buyback, which will be worth up to €3.96 billion ($4.64 billion), months after it made a failed bid for domestic rival Banco Sabadell.

  • December 18, 2025

    EU Approves Bakery Biz Deal With Plant Sales

    European enforcers approved Belgian food group Vandemoortele's proposed acquisition of Délifrance SA from French grain cooperative Vivescia, conditioned on the sale of two production facilities for frozen dough products.

  • December 18, 2025

    Latham, Debevoise Steer Howard Hughes' $2.1B Vantage Buy

    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.

  • December 18, 2025

    CMS Steers PIC On £230M Port Co. Pension Deal

    Pension Insurance Corp. said Thursday that it has completed a £230 million ($308 million) pension deal with Peel Ports Group Ltd. in a deal guided by CMS and Gowling WLG.

  • December 18, 2025

    European Insurtech Lumera To Buy UK Pensions Consultancy

    European insurance technology company Lumera said Thursday it has penned a deal to buy Acuity, a British pensions and workforce reform consultancy.

  • December 18, 2025

    AIB Group Completes €2B Significant Risk Transfer

    AIB said Thursday it has completed a significant risk transfer transaction involving €2 billion ($2.3 billion) of residential mortgage assets, the financial services group's second such deal under its capital management program.

  • December 18, 2025

    Qualcomm Completes $2.4B Alphawave IP Acquisition

    British semiconductor technology company Alphawave IP Group PLC said Thursday that the court-backed scheme for its $2.4 billion takeover by U.S. tech giant Qualcomm Inc. has become effective.

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