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September 19, 2025
UK Energy Biz To Buy African Power Projects For Up To $65M
British oil and renewable energy company Savannah said Friday it has agreed to acquire for up to $65.4 million a Norwegian investment fund's 50.1% stake in a joint venture that holds shares in three African hydropower projects.
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September 19, 2025
Life Science REIT Plans Wind Down After Investor Feedback
Life Science REIT PLC said Friday that it plans to wind down after it decided that this would "maximize value" for shareholders rather than selling itself off.
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September 19, 2025
Spire Healthcare Explores Sale Amid Strategic Review
British private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare Group PLC said Friday that it is considering putting itself up for sale to drive up value for its shareholders.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-AllSaints Chair Spared Prison For Contempt Of Court
A court in London has handed the former chairman of AllSaints a suspended prison sentence for contempt of court by breaching a court order and claiming an interest in shares in the high street fashion chain after his fraud allegations were rejected.
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September 18, 2025
Bird & Bird Opens Lisbon Office, Expanding Iberian Reach
Bird & Bird LLP said Thursday that it has hired a new team in Portugal to open an office in Lisbon, strengthening its position in the wider Iberian market after expanding its footprint in Japan and Saudi Arabia in recent years.
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September 18, 2025
Baker Botts Hires Dubai Aviation Team From White & Case
Baker Botts LLP has hired an aviation finance and transaction team of three from White & Case for its Dubai office, as the firm continues to expand its energy, digital infrastructure, and technology-driven finance practices across the Middle East.
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September 18, 2025
Charity Pension Plans 'Closer Than Ever' To Buyouts
The combined reserves of the 40 biggest charities in England and Wales that sponsor defined benefit retirement savings plans has dropped slightly, but many pension programs in the sector are now "closer than ever" to buyout, according to Hymans Robertson.
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September 18, 2025
Watchdog Weighing Rules Change On Offshore Reinsurance
The U.K.'s financial watchdog said Thursday it is considering changes to regulation because it is worried about the threat posed by offshore risk transfer deals used by life insurers to meet surging demand from the pensions industry.
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September 18, 2025
Sidley-Led Roche To Buy US Pharma Biz For $3.5B
Swiss pharmaceutical behemoth Roche Holding AG said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company 89bio Inc. for up to approximately $3.5 billion to boost its portfolio in treatments for cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases.
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September 18, 2025
Premier Miton To Wind Up Renewables Trust
Investment manager Premier Miton's London-listed renewables trust said Thursday that it will wind up because it is "too small to be relevant in the current market."
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September 18, 2025
Investor EQT Wraps Up Deal For Majority Stake In Energy Biz
Swedish investment firm EQT said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in natural gas producer Waga, paving the way for a full takeover of the business.
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September 18, 2025
CMA Weighs Probe Into Primark Owner's Planned Hovis Deal
The Competition and Markets Authority urged "interested parties" on Thursday to comment on the potential acquisition by Associated British Foods PLC of bread company Hovis Group Ltd.
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September 18, 2025
Lender Amigo To Become A Cash Shell, Seeks Takeover
Amigo Holdings PLC has said that it will become a company with only cash assets and seek a reverse takeover target after making progress on the planned liquidation of its troubled subprime lending arm.
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September 17, 2025
William Fry Adds Eversheds Ireland Corporate Team Of 12
William Fry LLP said Wednesday it has hired a 12-strong corporate and mergers and acquisitions team from Eversheds Sutherland Ireland, as the Dublin-based firm takes steps to bolster its practice months after a planned merger collapsed.
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September 17, 2025
Ex-Consultancy Execs Liable For £2.4M Over Misleading Sale
A Birmingham court has ordered the former owners of a technology consultancy to pay more than £2.4 million ($3.3 million) in damages for selling the company under the misleading impression that some of its client contracts were more profitable than they really were.
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September 17, 2025
Investors In Diversified Energy To Sell Shares Worth $78.5M
Diversified Energy said Wednesday that stakeholders plan to sell shares in the listed company worth $78.5 million in a secondary offering, as the oil and gas producer reports strong growth.
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September 17, 2025
Brexit Factors Blamed For UK's Sluggish IPO Flows
Brexit has deprived companies listed in London of an open gateway to European Union investors, forcing many startups to look elsewhere for an opportunity to raise capital, European advisers say — which has led to a prolonged slump of initial public offerings on the London Stock Exchange.
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September 17, 2025
Software Support And Training Biz Pennant To Raise £1.25M
Pennant International Group PLC has said that it plans to sell shares to raise £1.25 million ($1.7 million) which the software support and training business intends to use to invest in its products and boost its working capital.
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September 17, 2025
Dentons-Led REIT To Close, Sell Portfolio For £646M
PRS said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its property portfolio to a vehicle controlled by Waypoint Asset Management Ltd. for £646.2 million ($882 million) and then liquidate the real estate investment trust.
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September 17, 2025
Latham, Vinge Advise Verisure's €3.1B Stockholm Float
Swiss security company Verisure said Wednesday that it plans to raise €3.1 billion ($3.7 billion) during a planned initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stockholm in the latest sign of revival for the European listings pipeline.
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September 17, 2025
Building Biz Galliford Plans Share Buyback Of Up To £10M
Galliford Try unveiled plans on Wednesday for a share buyback of up to £10 million ($14 million) as the building and infrastructure business looks to reward investors and downsize its share capital.
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September 16, 2025
Oakley Capital Investments Adds Extra £25M In School Group
Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. said Tuesday it is strengthening its presence in the growing primary and secondary education sector, after one of its funds agreed to inject £25 million ($34 million) into Affinitas Group, a schools group which operates in Latin America and Europe.
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September 16, 2025
Conister Bank To Work With Fintech Biz On Overdraft Product
Conister Bank said Tuesday that it will work with financial technology company Fiinu to introduce an overdraft product in the U.K. using open banking rules.
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September 16, 2025
Eversheds Guides £250M Pension Deal For Defense Co.
The U.K. arm of global defense contractor Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd. has agreed a £250 million ($341 million) full-plan pension buy-in with Just Group, the financial services company said Tuesday.
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September 16, 2025
CMA Considers Probe Into Housing Biz's £723M Bid For Rival
Britain's antitrust authority said Tuesday that it is considering whether a proposed £723 million ($986 million) takeover by student accommodation developer Unite of rival Empiric might harm competition in the U.K.