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June 19, 2025
Dentons-Led Oryx Consortium Pulls Kenmare Takeover Bid
A consortium led by asset manager Oryx said Thursday it has ended its proposed acquisition of Kenmare Resources PLC, after it failed to agree an increased price for the Irish titanium miner.
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June 19, 2025
Finance Advisory Biz Openwork Buys Partner Firm
The Openwork Partnership, a U.K. financial advice network, said Thursday it has completed a transaction to acquire partner firm Milecross Financial Solutions Ltd. as part of its expansion plan.
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June 19, 2025
Henderson, Fidelity European To Merge To Create £2.1B Trust
Henderson European Trust, advised by Stephenson Harwood LLP, and Fidelity European Trust said Thursday that they plan to merge in order to create a combined London-listed entity with £2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) of net assets.
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June 19, 2025
EU Clears £1.7B KKR, Stonepeak Bid For Property Biz Assura
The European Commission has approved the planned £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) acquisition of healthcare property business Assura PLC, co-bidder KKR said on Thursday.
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June 19, 2025
Miner Weir Expands In N. America With £111M Townley Deal
Global miner Weir Group PLC has agreed to acquire Townley, a minerals processing products maker, for an enterprise value of £111 million ($149 million), as it moves to "enhance" its presence in North America.
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June 18, 2025
Howden Expands In Latin America With Chilean Broker Buy
International insurance broker The Howden Group has acquired Chile-based rival Ureta & Fernandez Corredores de Seguros Ltd. to strengthen its existing position in the South American market.
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June 18, 2025
Covington Advises Draig Therapeutics On $140M Financing
Welsh biotechnology company Draig Therapeutics Ltd. said Wednesday that it has raised $140 million in its first financing round to help develop drug candidates for severe depression.
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June 18, 2025
UK Law Firm Mergers Plunge 25% As PE Deals Lure Partners
The number of law firm mergers in the U.K. fell by 25% in 2024, as senior partners hold out for potentially more lucrative private equity offers, research published Wednesday has shown.
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June 18, 2025
PE Firm's £570M Buy Of Tech Biz Clears US Antitrust Check
U.S. private equity firm TA Associates said Wednesday that the U.S. antitrust authorities have not objected to its approximately £570 million ($756 million) cash acquisition of British tech businesses FD Technologies PLC.
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June 18, 2025
CPP Sells Turkish Unit For £4.6M To Focus On Tech Platform
CPP Group, an insurance products business, said Wednesday that a German company has agreed to buy its Turkish firm for £4.6 million ($6.2 million) cash, as it looks to focus on Blink, its insurance technology website.
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June 18, 2025
Palm Oil Producer Starts Share Buyback Under £12M Program
M. P. Evans Group PLC began a share buyback program on Wednesday worth up to £2 million ($2.7 million) as part of a £12 million plan to repurchase stock, amid concerns that the palm oil producer's assets are undervalued.
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June 17, 2025
Bunge Gets Last-Needed Approvals For $18B Viterra Deal
Grain and seed supplier Bunge Ltd. announced that it has cleared the last antitrust regulatory hurdle to close its $18 billion acquisition of global grain trader Viterra Ltd.
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June 17, 2025
DOJ Clears $1.8B Safran-RTX Aerospace Deal With Divestiture
French aerospace company Safran will have to divest its North American actuation business to move forward with its $1.8 billion acquisition of Collins Aerospace's flight control unit from RTX, U.S. and British antitrust regulators announced Tuesday.
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June 17, 2025
Ireland Completes AIB Exit With €305M Final Share Sale
Ireland said Tuesday that it has sold its remaining 2.06% stake in Allied Irish Banks for €305.3 million ($352 million), completing the bank's return to private ownership.
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June 17, 2025
Dentons-Led Bermuda Investment Firm Hansa To Buy Rival
Bermuda investor Hansa said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire local rival Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. in an all-stock deal to create an investment company with total net assets of more than £900 million ($1.2 billion).
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June 17, 2025
CMS Guides 'Landmark' £55M Pension Superfund Deal
Britain's only defined benefit superfund said Tuesday that it has taken on £55 million ($75 million) in assets from a plan sponsored by a Christian missionary society, in a deal steered by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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June 17, 2025
Aviva Gets Green Light For £3.7B Direct Line Acquisition
Aviva said Tuesday that it has passed all the regulatory hurdles for its £3.7 billion ($5 billion) cash and stock acquisition of rival insurer Direct Line, bringing it one step closer to creating a motor and home insurance giant in Britain.
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June 17, 2025
Autodoc To Raise Up To €464M In Frankfurt IPO
German online car parts store Autodoc SE said Tuesday that it plans to raise up to €463.6 million ($535.8 million) in its planned flotation in Frankfurt.
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June 17, 2025
Birketts Steers BP Marsh Investment In Underwriting Agency
B.P. Marsh & Partners PLC said Tuesday it has acquired a 27% interest in underwriter Cameron Specialty, as the private equity investor adds to its portfolio of insurance intermediaries.
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June 17, 2025
Anexo Investors Get More Time To Weigh Buying Out Stake
Anexo Group PLC said on Tuesday that its largest shareholders will have a further two weeks to say whether they plan to buy out the rest of the specialist motor accident credit hire and legal services business.
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June 16, 2025
Ex-Metro Bank Execs Win Bid To Cut Fines Over Listing Error
An appellate tribunal on Monday reduced financial penalties for two former Metro Bank executives, confirming the bank breached listing rules when it published misleading financial statements in 2018 but finding the executives were honest with the tribunal about the £900 million ($1.2 billion) reporting scandal.
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June 16, 2025
Covington-Led Eaton Nabs Ultra PCS In $1.55B Deal
Covington & Burling LLP-advised power management company Eaton on Monday unveiled plans to buy Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group, advised by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, in a $1.55 billion deal.
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June 16, 2025
Investors Can Pursue Claim Over Essity Tissue Biz Sale
A London court on Monday cleared the path for a group of investment companies to pursue their claim that Swedish health and hygiene conglomerate Essity defaulted on bond notes when it sold its controlling stake in a Chinese tissue company.
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June 16, 2025
Just Group Secures £7M Pension Deal For Insolvent Builder
Just Group PLC said Monday that it has taken on £7 million ($9.5 million) of pension scheme liabilities of insolvent construction company The McGregor Construction (Highlands) Ltd. Pension Plan in a deal guided by CMS.
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June 16, 2025
Latham Guides Hunter Point's £1.3B Deal For Equitix Stake
U.S. investment firm Hunter Point Capital will buy a 16.1% stake in London-based investor Equitix in a deal that values it at £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion), majority owner Tetragon Financial Group Ltd. said Monday.