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February 10, 2026
Lender IPF Delays £543M Takeover Vote As Investor Objects
Credit provider International Personal Finance said Tuesday that it will delay a vote by shareholders on its proposed takeover for £543 million ($742 million) by U.S. specialist finance group BasePoint Capital after an investor voiced opposition to the deal.
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February 09, 2026
Safanad Sells UK Care Home Biz To REIT For $1.6B
Principal-led investment company Safanad announced Monday that it sold U.K. care-home provider HC-One to a healthcare real estate investment trust for over $1.6 billion.
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February 09, 2026
CMS Guides Argent On £16M Pension Deal With Just Group
Just Group PLC said Monday that it has completed a buy-in transaction worth £16 million ($22 million) to secure the retirement benefits for members of the pension plan of a food business.
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February 09, 2026
Eversheds Guides £700M Deloitte UK Pension Deal
The pension plan of Deloitte UK has completed a £700 million ($955 million) bulk purchase annuity transaction with Standard Life, the pensions and insurance company said Monday.
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February 09, 2026
Slaughter And May Leads NatWest £2.7B Wealth Manager Buy
NatWest said Monday that it has agreed to acquire British wealth manager Evelyn Partners from Permira, a global investment company, and private equity firm Warburg Pincus for £2.7 billion ($3.7 billion) to boost its private banking and wealth management business.
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February 09, 2026
Kirkland, McDermott-Led GBL To Buy €500M Medical Biz Stake
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert said Monday it has agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Rayner, a U.K.-based medical eye treatment manufacturer, for €500 million ($596 million) from private equity company CVC, as the Belgian investment holding company moves to expand its private healthcare portfolio.
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February 09, 2026
Fintech Plus500 To Launch $100M Buybacks, Revenue Up
Plus500 said Monday that it will reward investors with share buybacks worth $100 million as part of a capital returns plan worth $187.5 million which the financial technology business reported alongside higher revenue.
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February 09, 2026
Schroders, Apollo Team Up On Wealth, Retirement Products
British investment manager Schroders PLC and U.S. private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. said Monday that they will team up to provide investment and retirement products to wealthy clients on both sides of the Atlantic.
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February 09, 2026
White & Case-Led CVC To Buy Animal Health Biz For €2.2B
CVC said Monday that it has agreed to acquire the animal nutrition and health business from DSM-Firmenich, a Swiss-Dutch chemical company, for an enterprise value of €2.2 billion ($2.6 billion), as the private equity firm pushes to diversify its focus.
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February 09, 2026
Weil Helps Advent, FedEx Buy Poland's InPost For €7.8B
A consortium that includes U.S. private equity firm Advent International LP and FedEx Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy InPost for €7.8 billion ($9.2 billion) to back the growth in Europe of the Polish parcel locker company.
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February 06, 2026
Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk announces SpaceX's acquisition of his artificial intelligence company xAI, Devon Energy and Coterra Energy agree to merge, and Banco Santander SA acquires Webster Financial Corp.
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February 06, 2026
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London saw a unit of Johnson & Johnson sue the U.S. government in a patent dispute, Southampton Football Club file a claim against Aviva Insurance, and an events business face a claim by Live Nation (Music) over potential licensing issues for Chelmsford City Live, a music festival that featured Justin Timberlake last year. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 06, 2026
Gowling, CMS Steer £45M Local Authority Pension Deal
A local port authority has offloaded £45 million ($61.2 million) of its retirement savings liabilities to pension insurer Royal London, in a deal steered by Gowling and CMS, advisers on the transaction announced Friday.
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February 06, 2026
Swedish Vaccines Biz, Biotech Enter $6M Takeover Agreement
Investor Karolinska Development AB said Friday its portfolio vaccines business has entered into a reverse takeover agreement, worth approximately 55 million Swedish kronor ($6 million), with Stockholm-based biotechnology company Novakand.
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February 06, 2026
Law Firm Denies Negligence In Sale Row With Decathlon Unit
A law firm has hit back at allegations from a Decathlon unit that it has lumbered the sporting goods retailer with "onerous" restrictions on a store by negligently handling the registration of covenants, arguing the claim is out of time and wrong.
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February 06, 2026
Swedish Investment Biz Duroc Buys 4 Firms For $13M
Duroc AB said Friday that it has agreed to acquire four diverse companies for a total of 121 Swedish krona ($13.4 million) as part of the industrial investor's plans to accelerate growth and reshape its portfolio.
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February 06, 2026
Electrical Group ABB Set To Launch $2B Share Buyback
Swedish-Swiss electrical engineering business ABB Ltd. said Friday that it will buy back up to $2 billion of its shares to reduce the number in circulation.
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February 06, 2026
REIT Derwent Sells Central London Property For £33M
Derwent London PLC said Friday it has agreed to sell a central London property for £32.6 million ($44.3 million) as the real estate investment trust focuses on its most profitable development projects.
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February 06, 2026
US Investor Gets 19.1% Backing So Far For £340M Idox Buy
U.S. investment firm Long Path Partners said Friday that it has so far won backing from 19.12% of shareholders in Idox PLC for its £339.5 million ($461 million) buyout of the U.K. government software company.
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February 05, 2026
Rio Tinto, Glencore Scrap $200B Merger Talks
Rio Tinto said Thursday it is abandoning its possible merger with Glencore, about a month after the mining companies confirmed a potential megamerger that could have valued the combined entity around $200 billion.
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February 05, 2026
4 Firms Build Genius Sports' $1.2B Legend Acquisition
Sports data, technology and broadcast partner Genius Sports Ltd. unveiled plans Thursday to acquire digital sports and gaming network Legend in a $1.2 billion deal that was built by four law firms.
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February 05, 2026
Audit Watchdog Updates UK Corporate Reporting Guidance
The audit watchdog has issued guidance that it said would better support companies to prepare reports by "sharpening its structure" and reflecting recent legislative changes in corporate reporting.
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February 05, 2026
Insurance Distribution M&A Deals Rise, MarshBerry Says
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. insurance distribution sector showed "tentative signs" of renewed activity in January, albeit from a low base, according to advisory firm MarshBerry.
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February 05, 2026
UK Miner To Raise £43M Through Placing, Subscription
Tungsten West PLC said Thursday it has launched a fundraising program worth up to £43.3 million ($58.8 million) as the U.K. group advances plans to restart operations at its metal mine in southwest England.
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February 05, 2026
Vodafone Begins €500M Share Buyback Program
Vodafone Group PLC kicked off a €500 million ($590 million) stock repurchase program on Thursday, part of its wider €4 billion buyback plan revealed in 2024.