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September 05, 2025
Investment Manager Oberon Raises £1.6M, Eyes Team Boost
Oberon said Friday that it has raised around £1.6 million ($2.2 million) through selling shares, as the investment management business looks to bring more industry professionals on board.
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September 05, 2025
Ship Investor Tufton Sells LPG Carrier For $23.5M
Tufton Assets Ltd. said Friday it has sold the liquefied petroleum gas vessel Neon for $23.5 million, as the maritime investor weighs whether to distribute the proceeds to its shareholders.
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September 05, 2025
Ørsted Investors Back $9.4B Rights Issue After US Order
Ørsted AS said Friday that its shareholders have thrown their weight behind a 60 billion Danish kroner ($9.4 billion) rights issue, amid a legal battle against an order from the Trump administration to stop work on an offshore wind farm.
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September 05, 2025
FCA's New Redress Powers Spark Some Legal Concerns
Government plans to reform the Financial Ombudsman Service will give the Financial Conduct Authority new powers to introduce wide-ranging consumer redress programs at its discretion, leading lawyers to warn that the regulator could become too susceptible to public pressure.
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September 04, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Justice Department settled a challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion home hospice acquisition while Democrats called for a judge to reject a different government settlement and the Federal Trade Commission moved against medical technologies transactions for heart valves and device coatings.
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September 04, 2025
MFE Takes Majority Stake In ProSiebenSat.1 For About $1.8B
MFE-MediaForEurope said Thursday it has become the majority shareholder of ProSiebenSat.1 Media after securing a 75.61% stake in the German broadcaster, a holding worth about $1.8 billion based on the company's earlier $2.4 billion valuation.
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September 04, 2025
Virtual Firm Unveils Legal Services Subscription For Startups
A virtual law firm in the northwest of England has launched a legal subscription service aimed at startups and other small businesses, an alternative to the traditional model where lawyers charge their clients by the hour.
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September 04, 2025
British SPAC Ends Talks To Buy Australian Mining Co.
British blank-check company Pineapple Power said Thursday that it has called off its proposed acquisition of Australian mining company Buffalo Battery Metals, "despite significant effort by both parties" to reach a deal, with plans to resume trading after more than eight months.
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September 04, 2025
IG Group Launches £125M Buyback To Lower Share Capital
IG Group Holdings PLC began a share repurchase program worth up to £125 million ($168 million) on Thursday as the financial technology business said that the sole purpose of the move is to reduce share capital.
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September 04, 2025
Sidley-Led Evri Merger With DHL UK Unit Cleared After Probe
The U.K. competition watchdog gave the green light on Thursday to the proposed merger of parcel delivery service Evri and the British e-commerce subsidiary of DHL Group, paving the way for the creation of a major postal logistics service in the country.
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September 04, 2025
Shareholders Back Apax Partners' €916M Apax Global Deal
Investment company Apax Global Alpha Ltd. said Thursday that its shareholders have thrown their weight behind a €916.5 million ($1.1 billion) takeover deal put forward by Apax Partners LLP, a private equity firm that it works with.
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September 04, 2025
Currys Begins £50M Buyback Amid AI Computing Sales Boost
Electrical goods retailer Currys flicked the on-switch Thursday on a share buyback program worth up to £50 million ($67 million) as it reported strong sales in artificial intelligence computing and coffee machines.
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September 04, 2025
Anglo American Spins Off Remaining Valterra Stake For $2.5B
Mining giant Anglo American PLC said Thursday that it has offloaded its remaining 19.9% stake in Valterra Platinum Ltd. for $2.5 billion to South African investors, completing the sale of its platinum business.
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September 03, 2025
Eversheds Adds New Partners From Latham And A&O
Eversheds Sutherland said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners from A&O Shearman, Latham and the former owner of discount retailer Poundland, strengthening its corporate and commercial practices.
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September 03, 2025
4 Firms Steer $2.7B Sale Of Aon's NFP Wealth Biz
Aon said Wednesday it has agreed to sell various business units that make up the majority of NFP's wealth management operations to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners in a transaction worth $2.7 billion, with Skadden, Dentons, Paul Weiss and Kirkland representing the parties.
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September 03, 2025
EU Trade Body Wants Relaxed Bank Rules For Consolidation
A trade body for European financial institutions has called for widespread reform of rules on capital, ring-fencing and crisis resolution for banks, steps it claims would boost competitiveness and industry consolidation.
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September 10, 2025
Pinsent Masons Expands M&A Team With 3 EY Partners
Pinsent Masons said Wednesday that it has hired three new partners and five other lawyers from EY Law for its corporate team in Manchester as it prepares to move to a new office in the city.
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September 03, 2025
RPC Guides US Insurer On $555M Buy Of Lloyd's Underwriter
Houston-based insurer Skyward Specialty has bought Lloyd's of London managing agent Apollo Group Holdings Ltd. for $555 million, in a deal steered by RPC and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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September 03, 2025
Aegon Nets €700M From Dutch Insurer Share Sale
Global financial services company Aegon said on Wednesday that it has lowered its stake in Dutch insurer ASR Nederland NV by selling its shares and has raised €700 million ($815 million) in the process.
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September 03, 2025
Lithium Miner Atlantic To Raise Up To £28M To Boost Project
Atlantic Lithium PLC said Wednesday that U.S. investor Long State has agreed to inject up to £28 million ($37.5 million) to help support the company's mining project in Ghana amid a dramatic drop in the price of the metal.
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September 03, 2025
Stephenson Harwood-Led SPAC Joins AIM After Raising £12M
Vulcan Two Group PLC said Wednesday it has started to trade AIM in London after the U.K. online pharmacy acquisition company sold new shares worth £12 million ($16 million) to investors.
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September 03, 2025
KKR Secures UK Gov't Approval For £4.2B Spectris Takeover
KKR has won backing from the U.K. government for its £4.2 billion ($5.6 billion) proposed takeover of high-tech instrument-maker Spectris, the companies said Wednesday, paving the way for the deal to reach completion.
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September 02, 2025
Davis Polk-Led Klarna Seeks $1.3B In Revived IPO Plans
Swedish financial technology startup Klarna, advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, announced Tuesday the buy-now, pay-later business is resuming its initial public offering plans, months after those plans were paused amid backlash to U.S. President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement in April, saying the company is looking to raise up to $1.27 billion.
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September 02, 2025
Clifford Chance-Led Online Marketplace Plans Swiss IPO
Online marketplace owner Swiss Marketplace Group AG said on Tuesday that it is planning to float its existing shares on the SIX stock exchange of Switzerland in an initial public offering.
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September 02, 2025
Textor Cites Missing Docs To Fight $93M Share Buyout Claim
The owner of a portfolio of professional football clubs told a London court he wasn't obliged to pay $93.6 million for an investment vehicle's stake in his company, arguing that it failed to provide documents needed for the transaction.