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July 08, 2025
Telenor To Buy GlobalConnect's Norway Fiber Biz For $600M
Telecommunications giant Telenor said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the consumer business of GlobalConnect in Norway for 6 billion Norwegian krone ($595 million) in a move to boost its fiber optic network capabilities in the Nordic country.
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July 08, 2025
2 Firms Steer Insurance Group CRC's Lloyd's Underwriter Buy
The wholesale insurance broker CRC Group has agreed to acquire the U.K.-based underwriting business Atrium from private equity firm Stone Point Capital.
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July 08, 2025
Energy Biz To Sell 50% Stake In Indian Gas Field For $14M
Australia's Synergia Energy Ltd. said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its remaining 50% stake in a gas field in Gujarat state to its joint venture partner Selan Exploration Technology Ltd. for $14 million in cash.
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July 08, 2025
CMA Weighs Probe Of Greencore's £1.2B Bid For Bakkavor
The U.K. antitrust watchdog said Tuesday that it is taking soundings about whether to launch an investigation into Greencore Group PLC's proposed £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) acquisition of rival Bakkavor Group PLC, a British convenience food maker.
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July 08, 2025
Games Developer Frontier Kicks Off £10M Share Buyback
Frontier Developments PLC launched a stock repurchase program of up to £10 million ($13.6 million) on Tuesday, as the British video games developer looks to reward investors.
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July 08, 2025
Insurance Consultancy BW Acquires Cybersecurity Firm
Barnett Waddingham said Tuesday it has acquired advisory business Risk Evolves, a move the insurance consultancy expects will strengthen its offering for clients.
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July 14, 2025
Gide Hires Restructuring Partner From HSF Kramer In Paris
Gide Loyrette Nouel has strengthened its restructuring team in Paris with the hire of a new partner from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP.
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July 07, 2025
Aussie Miner Accepts Revised $150M Bid From UK Rival
U.K. miner Central Asia Metals said Monday that the board of Australian rival New World Resources Ltd. has accepted its sweetened bid of approximately 230 million Australian dollars ($150 million), ditching a competing offer from a Canadian private equity firm.
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July 07, 2025
PRA Flags Risks In Pension Deals Over Solvency Clauses
The regulatory arm of the Bank of England has warned the insurance industry that certain clauses in the terms of bulk purchase annuity transactions could expose them to risks totaling approximately £50 billion ($68 billion).
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July 07, 2025
Freshfields-Led South32 To Sell Nickel Mine For Up To $100M
Australian mining and metals company South32 Ltd. said Monday it has agreed to sell its ferronickel operations in Colombia to a subsidiary of global conglomerate CoreX Holding BV for a maximum of $100 million in cash to concentrate on its copper and zinc projects.
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July 07, 2025
US Payments Biz Gets Extension To Bid For UK Fintech
U.K. financial services provider Alpha Group International PLC said Monday that it has extended the deadline for potential buyer Corpay Inc., to weigh making a firm offer, following "constructive discussions" with the U.S. business payments company.
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July 07, 2025
Capgemini To Buy Tech Biz WNS For $3.3B In AI Expansion
French consultancy Capgemini SE said Monday that it will buy technology outsourcing specialist WNS for $3.3 billion in cash to boost its artificial intelligence services.
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July 07, 2025
Glencore Begins $1B Share Buyback Program
Glencore PLC kicked off a program to repurchase shares of up to $1 billion on Monday, a move aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital.
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July 07, 2025
Energy Biz Pantheon Raises $16.25M For Alaska Oil Projects
Pantheon Resources PLC said Monday that it has raised $16.25 million in a conditional equity sale, as the energy firm plans to use the cash to back its operations in Alaska.
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July 04, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm.
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July 04, 2025
Ankle Tag Investors Deny £320M Conspiracy With Sacked CEO
Investors in a company which makes ankle tags have denied a £320 million ($437 million) claim that they conspired with the business's ousted chief executive to unlawfully profit from share sales.
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July 04, 2025
Finnish Digital Services Biz Eyes Space Sector With €41M Buy
Digital transformation company Gofore said Friday that it has agreed to acquire a Finnish technology and design business, Huld, for approximately €41 million ($48 million) in a cash-and-stock deal, marking its entrance into the space industry.
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July 04, 2025
Ex-Jones Day Partner Faces SDT Over Evidence Destruction
A former private equity partner at Jones Day has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal after a London court held him in contempt of court for instructing an IT manager to delete a secure messaging app, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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July 04, 2025
Air France-KLM Aims For Control Of SAS With Majority Stake
Air France-KLM said Friday that it plans to increase its stake in Scandinavian airline SAS to 60.5% by acquiring a 32% interest from investment manager Castlelake LP and another 8.6% from Lind Invest ApS.
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July 04, 2025
UK Antitrust Watchdog Probes Planned £1.8B Deal For Assura
The Competition and Markets Authority issued a call on Friday for responses to the £1.79 billion ($2.44 billion) planned takeover by Primary Health Properties of rival NHS landlord Assura PLC, fresh off the end of a bidding war.
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July 04, 2025
Sidley, A&O Shearman Steer Athora's £5.7B Pensions Biz Buy
Retirement group Athora Holding Ltd. will buy U.K. buyout specialist Pension Insurance Corp. for £5.7 billion ($7.8 billion) from an investment consortium, the companies have confirmed, a transaction that will create an insurance savings heavyweight in Europe.
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July 03, 2025
CMA To Review Global Payments' $24.2B Worldpay Deal
British competition officials said this week that they were beginning their initial evaluation of Global Payments Inc.'s plans, unveiled earlier this year, to purchase payments giant Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for $24.25 billion.
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July 10, 2025
Weil Rehires Private Funds Partner From A&O Shearman
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP said Thursday that an expert in private investment funds is returning to the firm in London from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as part of the Weil's growth plan.
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July 03, 2025
Citgo, Castrol Field Billion-Dollar Bids, And More Deal Rumors
Vitol submitted a more than $10 billion bid to buy the parent of Venezuela-owned U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum, according to Wednesday reports, but subsequent news indicated that it might not be enough to beat out the competition. Castrol, which is BP's lubricant arm, is also running an auction process, with private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice reportedly emerging as one of the latest bidders.
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July 03, 2025
UK Insurance Agency M&A Down 35% In 1st Half
The pace of domestic mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. insurance market slowed down considerably in the first half of 2025, making it the slowest six-month period for M&A activity in the sector since the first half of 2019, a financial services consultancy said Thursday.