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July 02, 2025
Fletchers Acquires Shoosmiths' Serious Injury Practice
Private equity-backed Fletchers Solicitors said Wednesday it has bought the serious injury unit of rival Shoosmiths LLP, continuing a series of high-profile deals for the claimant law firm.
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July 02, 2025
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust Considers Wind-Down
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust PLC said Wednesday that it may wind down its business soon as the ethical investment arm of Schroders PLC battles with attracting new investors and growing its assets, citing "challenging market conditions over recent years."
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July 02, 2025
Private Stock Market Plan Could Disrupt London IPO Goals
A world-first regulated market for private company shares might harm the U.K.'s objective of stimulating the market for initial public offerings in London if it offers corporate founders a new alternative to the scrutiny of flotations.
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July 02, 2025
Aviva Completes £3.7B Direct Line Acquisition
Aviva said Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of insurance rival Direct Line in a £3.7 billion ($5.1 billion) cash and stock acquisition, after clinching final regulatory clearance.
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July 02, 2025
K3 Eyes Canceling AIM Listing, Returning £29M To Investors
Fashion software firm K3 said Wednesday that it wants to return up to £29 million ($40 million) to investors via a share buyback, amid plans for the company to quit the London Stock Exchange's junior investment market.
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July 02, 2025
Euronext Considers €399M Athens Stock Exchange Deal
Euronext is in negotiations to acquire the Athens Stock Exchange SA in an all-share transaction worth €399 million ($470 million) as it aims to add another European bourse to its portfolio
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July 02, 2025
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Guide KKR's £4.1B Spectris Bid
High-tech instruments manufacturer Spectris said on Wednesday that it has given its backing to a £4.1 billion ($5.6 billion) takeover by U.S. private equity giant KKR, which has outbid a £3.8 billion offer by another PE firm, Advent.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.