Transactions UK

  • July 01, 2025

    5 Firms Guide In Intralot's €2.7B Buy Of Bally's Business

    Greek gambling company Intralot SA, with guidance from Milbank LLP and a second firm, will acquire Bally's Corporation's international interactive business in a cash-and-shares deal valuing the division at €2.7 billion ($3.19 billion), with three firms, including Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Nixon Peabody LLP, advising Bally's.

  • July 01, 2025

    Spain's Santander To Buy TSB From Sabadell For $3.6B

    Spain's Banco Santander said Tuesday it has agreed to buy British bank TSB from Banco de Sabadell in a £2.65 billion ($3.64 billion) all-cash deal, a move that would expand Santander's footprint in the U.K. retail banking market as Sabadell faces a hostile takeover attempt.

  • July 01, 2025

    Mayer Brown-Led Aviva Seals Pension Deal For Packaging Co.

    Aviva said Tuesday that it has completed a £249 million ($341 million) buy-in transaction to acquire the pensions of approximately 3,500 members of the Molins UK Pension Fund.

  • July 01, 2025

    Swedbank To Buy Digital Mortgage Biz Stabelo For $37M

    Swedish multinational banking group Swedbank AB said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire mortgage lender Stabelo to reach more prospective homeowners for an initial price of 350 million Swedish krona ($37 million) from Avanza Bank AB and other owners.

  • July 01, 2025

    Southern Water Secures £1.2B Macquarie Equity Financing

    A consortium led by asset management giant Macquarie said Tuesday that it has agreed to invest up to £1.2 billion ($1.65 billion) in Southern Water as part of a refinancing program aimed at slashing the debt of the utility's holding company.

  • July 01, 2025

    Gov't Structural Reform Urged To Boost Participation In LSE

    The government must unify the fragmented departments involved in oversight of retail participation in public markets in order to encourage Britons to invest in companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, City experts said Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Petrofac Suffers Blow As Creditors Block $355M Rescue Plan

    Samsung and an Italian oilfield services company have won their challenge to a $355 million restructuring plan for Petrofac, as a London appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the benefits of the plan had not been shown to be fair to all creditors.

  • July 01, 2025

    SIX Finalizes Aquis Deal, Boosts European Market Reach

    SIX Exchange Group AG said on Tuesday it has successfully closed its acquisition of London's challenger stock exchange Aquis, which the Swiss bourse group believes will boost its position in European trading.

  • July 01, 2025

    Blackstone Can Raise Bid Amid Rival Offer For UK Investor

    Blackstone said Tuesday it is examining whether to table a new bid for Warehouse REIT, a logistics investor based in the U.K., after its takeover target agreed to a £485.2 million ($668.2 million) deal with rival Tritax in June.

  • July 01, 2025

    BNP Paribas Seals €5.1B Axa Investment Management Buy

    BNP Paribas Cardif said on Tuesday that it has finalized its purchase of the investment management business of French insurer Axa for an estimated €5.1 billion ($6 billion).

  • July 01, 2025

    Aviva's £3.7B Direct Line Deal Gets CMA Approval

    The competition regulator said Tuesday that it has waved through Aviva's £3.7 billion ($5.1 billion) cash and stock acquisition of rival insurer Direct Line, granting the deal its final regulatory clearance.

  • June 30, 2025

    Hong Kong's IPO Surge Creates More Competition For US

    Hong Kong led global exchanges on new listings for operating companies in the first half of 2025, partly benefiting from a U.S.-China rift that is prompting more mainland China companies to seek secondary listings in Hong Kong, according to new data released on Monday.

  • June 30, 2025

    Software Startup Says Ideagen Trademark Use Not Deceptive

    A software startup founded by the former directors of a company acquired by Ideagen has hit back at claims it lured customers away through deception, telling a court that it has every right to compete with Ideagen.

  • June 30, 2025

    UBS Launches $2B Buyback To Trim Share Capital

    UBS Group AG revealed on Monday the imminent launch of a $2 billion share repurchase program, a move expected to lower the Swiss banking giant's outstanding share capital.

  • June 30, 2025

    White & Case-Led CVC, Tabreed To Buy PAL Cooling For $1B

    Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners said Monday that its infrastructure investment arm CVC DIF has teamed up with Tabreed, an Abu Dhabi-based cooling company, to acquire PAL Cooling from Multiply Group for approximately 3.8 billion UAE dirhams ($1 billion).

  • June 30, 2025

    Digital Marketing Biz Buys Irish Promo Firm For €5.5M

    Digital marketing business Eagle Eye said Monday that it had acquired Promotional Payments Solutions Ltd. for a net consideration of €5.5 million ($6.4 million), a move it expects will bolster its business.

  • June 30, 2025

    Private Rentals Owner PRS Waits On £631M Bid From Investor

    Private rental homes landlord PRS REIT PLC said Monday that it had received an approximately £631 million ($865 million) bid from London-based investor Long Harbour Ltd. earlier in June as a part of the strategic review the company launched in October.

  • June 30, 2025

    Insurer Competition Drives Down Pension Plan Costs

    Increased competition in the pensions insurance market has driven down costs to their lowest level in two years, professional services company Aon said Monday.

  • June 30, 2025

    BP Marsh Raises Stake In RPC-Advised Broker To 39%

    Private equity investor B.P. Marsh said Monday that it has snapped up an additional 2% interest in Pantheon for £5.5 million ($7.5 million), expanding its holding in the Lloyd's market broker to 39%.

  • June 30, 2025

    Biz Manager ActiveOps Buys Aussie Rival For Up To $21.5M

    ActiveOps PLC said Monday it has bought Australian rival Enlighten Group Pty Ltd. in a transaction worth up to of $21.5 million, as the U.K. business management software platform bids to expand globally.

  • June 30, 2025

    UK Opens Probe Into Boeing's $4.7B Deal For Spirit Aero

    Britain's antitrust authority said Monday that it has opened a formal probe into Boeing's planned $4.7 billion deal to buy aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems to consider whether it could harm competition in U.K. markets.

  • June 30, 2025

    Military Tech Giant To Buy UK Comms Maker For Up To £20M

    Chemring said Monday it has agreed to acquire Landguard Nexus Ltd., a U.K. manufacturer of communications systems, in a deal worth up to £20 million ($27 million), as the defense technology company eyes growing its product portfolio.

  • June 27, 2025

    Off The Bench: Tatis Says Loan 'Predatory,' Tennis Player Suit

    In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.

  • June 27, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.

  • June 27, 2025

    Marketing Consultancy In Talks To Sell Some Brands

    Marketing consultancy Next 15 Group PLC confirmed Friday that it is in talks about offloading some of its brands, amid media speculation about the move.

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