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December 02, 2025
Hogan Lovells Steers Royal London In £55M Annuity Purchase
Insurer Royal London said Tuesday that it has covered £55 million ($73 million) of pension liabilities for a shipping insurance company, in a deal guided by Hogan Lovells and Wedlake Bell.
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December 02, 2025
Hill Dickinson-Led Energy Investor Seals £5.3M Fundraising
Energy investor Ethtry PLC said Tuesday that it has raised £5.3 million ($7 million), which it will use to adopt cryptocurrency ethereum as part of its financial reserves.
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December 02, 2025
Gallagher Buys UK Pensions Admin Co. First Actuarial
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said Tuesday it has bought pensions company First Actuarial, as the U.S. company seeks to expand its services in the U.K.
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December 02, 2025
White & Case-Led Activist Blocks Investment Trusts Merger
Investment companies Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust PLC and Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC said Tuesday that activist shareholder Saba Capital Management LP has shut down their proposed merger.
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December 01, 2025
Copper Miner Rejects £780M Takeover Bid From Chinese Rival
Ecuador-focused copper and gold mining company SolGold has rejected two non-binding takeover proposals from China's biggest copper producer Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., the latest of which valued the company at approximately £780 million ($1 billion).
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December 01, 2025
Investment Firms End $3.4B Pursuit Of Australian Insurer AUB
AUB Group Ltd. said Monday that talks with investment firms EQT AB and CVC Asia Pacific Ltd. have ended after the consortium said it would not proceed with a takeover of AUB worth AU$5.24 billion ($3.44 billion).
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December 01, 2025
Investor HICL Pulls Out Of £5.3B Infrastructure Biz Merger
HICL Infrastructure and the Renewables Infrastructure Group said Monday that they will not go ahead with their £5.3 billion ($7 billion) planned merger weeks after disclosing plans for the deal.
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December 01, 2025
Eversheds Leads Fertilizer Biz On £265M Pension Deals
Savings and investment group M&G PLC said Monday that the U.K. arm of global ammonia manufacturing giant CF Industries has completed two bulk purchase annuities worth a combined £265 million ($350 million).
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December 01, 2025
Partners& Enters Lloyd's Market With Broker Buy
Partners& Ltd. has bought a Lloyd's broker that focuses on property insurance, marking what it called the first step in building its broking business in the specialist marketplace.
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December 01, 2025
Sony Settles Enforcement Action Over $49M Share Dispute
Sony Pictures has settled enforcement action against a Chinese conglomerate after a London court ruled the Chinese business had been contractually obliged to purchase $49 million worth of shares in a production company that owns the "Octonauts" children's TV show.
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December 01, 2025
RPC-Led Engineer To Start £15M Equity Fundraising Program
BSF Enterprise PLC said Monday it has conditionally launched an equity fundraising program worth up to £15 million ($20 million) to bolster the U.K. engineer's tissue-engineering business and build an M&A war chest.
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November 28, 2025
ECJ Allows Portugal's Tax Checks On Foreign Pension Funds
Portugal could impose stricter requirements on non-resident pension funds that claim a tax exemption when proportionate, despite the European Union's rules on freedom of movement for capital, the bloc's top court has ruled.
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November 28, 2025
LetterOne Denied Compensation Over Forced Broadband Sale
An investment group backed by Russian oligarchs failed on Friday to secure the "fair market value" for its shares in a regional broadband provider that the U.K. government forced it to sell over national security concerns.
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November 28, 2025
Kingfisher Kicks Off £50M Share Buyback Program
International home improvement company Kingfisher PLC said Friday that it will buy back up to £50 million ($66 million) worth of its shares in the latest part of a £300 million repurchase program to reduce the number of its shares.
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November 28, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the National Crime Agency target an Azerbaijan politician and a subsidiary of Withers over a disputed £50 million ($66 million) property portfolio, the eldest son of a British aristocratic family challenge the trustees of their multimillion-pound estate, and a sports lawyer suspected of dishonesty face action by the Solicitors Regulation Authority following his firm's closure.
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November 28, 2025
ACG Metals Eyes Anglo Asian In Possible Takeover Bid
ACG Metals has just under a month to say whether it intends to make an offer for Anglo Asian Mining PLC, the mining company has confirmed, as it highlighted its business strengths.
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November 28, 2025
Founder Of Software Biz Essensys Mulls £13M Takeover Bid
Essensys said Friday that its founder and non-executive director is considering making an all-cash offer for the commercial real estate software company, valuing it at approximately £13 million ($17 million).
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November 28, 2025
Deutsche Börse In Talks To Buy Wealth Tech Biz For €5.3B
Shares marketplace Deutsche Börse Group has entered into exclusive talks to acquire Allfunds Group PLC, a U.K.-based European wealth technology platform, in a cash-and-shares deal worth €5.3 billion ($6.1 billion).
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November 28, 2025
Orrick Hires 4 Corporate Lawyers From Norton Rose In Munich
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a group of four lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright in Germany to boost its services to clients in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.
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November 27, 2025
Zegona To Return €1.6B With Dividend, Buyback
Zegona said Thursday that it will return €1.6 billion ($1.86 billion) to its shareholders in a share buyback program and via dividends, using cash proceeds from recent transactions that generated €1.8 billion for the British telecoms investor.
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November 27, 2025
Sirius Real Estate Acquires Hamburg Business Park For €32M
Business parks owner Sirius said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a business park in Hamburg for €31.9 million ($37 million), increasing the total number of its assets in the German city to five.
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November 27, 2025
CMA Approves Unite Group's £723M Buy Of Rival Landlord
The Competition and Markets Authority on Thursday approved Unite Group PLC's proposed £723 million ($957 million) takeover of Empiric to form a U.K. student housing giant with a £10.5 billion portfolio.
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November 27, 2025
Asset Manager To Buy Rival WH Ireland For £12.7M
Asset manager Team PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire WH Ireland Group PLC in an all-share deal that values the company at £12.7 million ($16.8 million), to create a financial services business with more than £2.1 billion in assets under management.
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November 27, 2025
Asset Manager Liontrust Launches £10M Share Buyback
Liontrust Asset Management PLC said it began a share buyback worth £10 million ($13 million) on Thursday, in a move to downsize its outstanding share capital.
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November 27, 2025
Barclays Wraps £1B Buyback, Launches New £500M Program
Barclays PLC launched a share repurchase program valued at up to £500 million ($660 million) on Thursday after wrapping up its previous £1 billion buyback scheme.