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June 26, 2025
Kirkland Guides PE Firm's £184M Bid For Energy Consultancy
Inspired said Thursday that it has backed a £183.6 million ($252 million) takeover offer from U.S. private equity shop HGGC, as the energy and sustainability consultancy snubbed a rival offer from Regent International, a gas and metering services business.
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June 26, 2025
PIC Inks £900M Pension Deals For Energy Tech Biz
Pension Insurance Corp. PLC said Thursday that it has completed buy-ins with three plans sponsored by Baker Hughes Co., a global energy technology business, covering liabilities worth £900 million ($1.2 billion).
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June 26, 2025
ICG Real Estate Buys £136.5M Retail Parks Portfolio
The real estate division of London-listed asset manager ICG said in a statement on Thursday that it has completed a deal to acquire a £136.5 million ($187 million) portfolio of retail parks across Greater London and the South East.
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June 26, 2025
Shell Denies Holding Takeover Talks With UK Rival BP
British oil supermajor Shell PLC said on Thursday that it has no intention of making an offer for BP PLC, a move that bars it from making a formal approach for the rival for six months.
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June 25, 2025
Xero Paying Up To $3B For Melio Amid North American Push
Xero Ltd. has agreed to acquire New York-based payments platform Melio for $2.5 billion, plus up to $500 million in contingent payments, as the New Zealand-based company looks to deepen its North American presence.
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June 25, 2025
EU Watchdog Pushes To Expand Digital Asset Program
The European Union's market watchdog advised lawmakers Wednesday to make a pilot scheme for tokenizing securities on digital ledger technology more flexible for investors and permanent.
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June 25, 2025
EFG Unit To Buy 75% Stake In NZ Investment Firm For $41M
Global private banking group EFG International AG said Wednesday that its Australian subsidiary Shaw and Partners Financial Services has agreed to acquire 75% of New Zealand-based investment firm Investment Services Group for 67.5 million New Zealand dollars ($40.6 million).
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June 25, 2025
Adviser Wren Sterling Expands In Scotland With Acquisition
Financial and pensions advisory business Wren Sterling said Wednesday that it has acquired City Financial (Aberdeen) Ltd., expanding its presence in Scotland.
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June 25, 2025
Ad Co. Brave Bison To Buy Education Tech Platform For £19M
Brave Bison said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Mini Trading Co. Ltd., the owner of an MBA-level online education portal, for £19 million ($26 million), as the U.K. digital media and marketing company moves to diversify its business.
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July 02, 2025
Baker McKenzie Hires Transactions Pro From K&L Gates
Baker McKenzie has hired an energy and infrastructure contract expert as a partner at its London office as the firm presses ahead with its lateral hiring push.
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June 25, 2025
CMS-Led Tritax Beats Blackstone With £485M Rival REIT Bid
Tritax Big Box said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a rival, Warehouse REIT PLC, for £485.2 million ($660.6 million) in a cash and shares deal to create a leading U.K. logistics player, beating an earlier bid by Blackstone.
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June 25, 2025
UK Industrial Chains Biz Buys Italian Rival Ognibene For €10M
British industrial chains maker Renold PLC said Wednesday that it has acquired Italian rival Ognibene SpA for €10 million ($11.6 million), giving it access to the wider southern European market.
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June 25, 2025
Investment Biz Electric Guitar Shares Suspended From AIM
Shares in Electric Guitar PLC were suspended from trading on the junior Alternative Investment Market in London on Wednesday after the investment company missed a deadline to complete a reverse takeover.
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June 25, 2025
ECB Clears Monte Dei Paschi's €13.3B Mediobanca Deal
Italian lender Monte dei Paschi said Wednesday that the European Central Bank has waved through its €13.3 billion ($15.4 billion) proposed takeover of rival Mediobanca SpA, ramping up consolidation in the country's banking sector.
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June 25, 2025
Haynes Boone Advises Oil Biz Zephyr On £10.5M Fundraising
Zephyr Energy PLC said on Wednesday that it has conditionally raised £10.5 million ($14 million) from selling stock amid challenging market conditions.
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June 24, 2025
German Auto Parts Retailer Autodoc Scraps IPO Plans
Autodoc SE on Tuesday postponed its initial public offering and related private placement, one week after the German auto parts retailer unveiled plans to raise up to €463.6 million ($535.8 million) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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June 24, 2025
VietJet Air Loses Bid To Ax $181M Plane Lease Dispute Ruling
A Vietnamese budget airline lost its fight to overturn a decision that it is liable to pay an investment company $181 million for failing to make aircraft leasing payments when a London court ruled Tuesday that the notices served to terminate the leasing deals were valid.
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June 24, 2025
Fintech Accuses JP Morgan Of Waging 'Proxy War' In Greece
Fintech company WeRealize accused J.P. Morgan on Tuesday of waging a legal "proxy war" against its directors in Greece to prevent it from purchasing the investment bank's stake in a payments startup joint venture.
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June 24, 2025
Amundsen Davis Guiding First Financial On Westfield Buy
Amundsen Davis LLC is advising First Financial Bancorp on a new agreement to purchase Westfield Bancorp for $325 million, while SquirePatton Boggs (US) LLP is representing the seller, Westfield parent Ohio Farmers Insurance Co.
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June 24, 2025
Volvo Sells Construction Unit To Chinese Rival For $839M
Swedish motor giant Volvo Group said Tuesday that its construction equipment subsidiary has agreed to sell its Chinese business to Lingong Group for 8 billion Swedish kronor ($839 million).
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June 24, 2025
Paul Hastings-Led Mobile Comms Biz To Buy Rival For $145M
Norwegian technology company Link Mobility said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire South African rival SMSPortal in a deal worth up to $145 million in a cash-and-stock deal, as it seeks to expand beyond Europe.
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June 24, 2025
Engineer Hunting Buys Oil Drill Tool Maker FES For £50M
Hunting PLC said Tuesday it has acquired the U.K.'s Flexible Engineered Solutions (Group) Holdings Ltd. for £50 million ($68 million) in cash, as the energy industry engineering supplier moves to further grow its offshore and sub-sea revenues.
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June 24, 2025
Kingfisher Starts 2nd Stage Of £300M Share Buyback Plan
Home improvements business Kingfisher began a stock repurchase program of up to £50 million ($68 million) on Tuesday, the second step in its wider share buyback plan worth £300 million.
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June 24, 2025
Diversified Energy, Carlyle To Invest Up To $2B In US Assets
Diversified Energy Co. and global investor Carlyle said Tuesday they will invest up to $2 billion in assets to help expand the oil and gas producer's presence in the U.S.
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June 24, 2025
Danish Pensions Fintech Biz Expands Into UK Market
Festina Finance, a Danish financial technology company, said it has begun fully operating its retirement savings platform for administrators of British pension plans.