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June 20, 2025
Reckitt Denies Ex-VP's £1M Claim, Cites Trade Secret Breach
Consumer goods company Reckitt has rejected claims that it owes more than £1 million ($1.4 million) to a former senior executive from Russia, arguing that it fired him ahead of the end of his garden leave because he was working with a bidder for part of its business.
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June 20, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Weiss, Covington
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Nippon Steel closes its purchase of U.S. Steel, Hunter Point Capital buys a minority stake in Equitix, Eaton acquires Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group, and Eli Lilly and Co. acquires Verve Therapeutics.
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June 20, 2025
CMA Floats Simplified Phase 1 Merger Probe Changes
The Competition and Markets Authority on Friday launched a public consultation on streamlining its merger control processes, intending to speed up investigations as part of a wider aim to make the U.K. more business-friendly.
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June 20, 2025
Insurance M&A Likely To Withstand Challenges, Adviser Says
Dealmaking in the insurance broking sector will likely withstand the current rising economic uncertainty, an official at corporate finance advisory MarshBerry cautioned Friday.
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June 20, 2025
UK Miner Sweetens Bid For Aussie Rival To $128M
U.K. miner Central Asia Metals said Friday it has increased its bid for Australian rival New World Resources to approximately AU$197 million ($128 million) and proposed an alternative method to complete the deal after it noted that another investor was bolstering its stake in the company.
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June 20, 2025
Octopus Renewables To Buy 6th Solar Site In Ireland For €27M
Green assets investor Octopus Renewables said Friday that it has conditionally agreed to acquire an additional solar site in Ireland for approximately €27 million ($31 million), expanding its energy operations in the country.
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June 20, 2025
Dickson Minto Aids Bagnall's £175M Downing Renewables Bid
Renewables investor Bagnall Energy said Friday that it will buy the shares in Downing that it does not already own in a £174.55 million ($235.5 million) cash deal, as the green infrastructure investment sector consolidates amid pressure caused by volatility in interest rates and inflation.
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June 26, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Adds Spheres GC To London PE Team
Greenberg Traurig has recruited a senior lawyer from European private investment firm Spheres, the third new shareholder in its private equity team in London in recent months.
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June 19, 2025
Clear Group Expands UK Reach With Insurance Broker Buy
Insurance broker Clear Group said Thursday that it has acquired CR Toogood & Co. Ltd., a commercial insurance broker based in the southeast of England, as the group strengthens its footprint in the region.
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June 19, 2025
Science Group Sells Ricardo Stake Amid £281M WSP Takeover
Science Group said Thursday that it has sold its entire stake in automotive parts supplier Ricardo after the international science and technology consultancy agreed a £281 million ($378 million) takeover by Canadian engineering consultant WSP on June 11.
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June 19, 2025
Dentons-Led Oryx Consortium Pulls Kenmare Takeover Bid
A consortium led by asset manager Oryx said Thursday it has ended its proposed acquisition of Kenmare Resources PLC, after it failed to agree an increased price for the Irish titanium miner.
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June 19, 2025
Finance Advisory Biz Openwork Buys Partner Firm
The Openwork Partnership, a U.K. financial advice network, said Thursday it has completed a transaction to acquire partner firm Milecross Financial Solutions Ltd. as part of its expansion plan.
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June 19, 2025
Henderson, Fidelity European To Merge To Create £2.1B Trust
Henderson European Trust, advised by Stephenson Harwood LLP, and Fidelity European Trust said Thursday that they plan to merge in order to create a combined London-listed entity with £2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) of net assets.
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June 19, 2025
EU Clears £1.7B KKR, Stonepeak Bid For Property Biz Assura
The European Commission has approved the planned £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) acquisition of healthcare property business Assura PLC, co-bidder KKR said on Thursday.
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June 19, 2025
Miner Weir Expands In N. America With £111M Townley Deal
Global miner Weir Group PLC has agreed to acquire Townley, a minerals processing products maker, for an enterprise value of £111 million ($149 million), as it moves to "enhance" its presence in North America.
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June 18, 2025
Howden Expands In Latin America With Chilean Broker Buy
International insurance broker The Howden Group has acquired Chile-based rival Ureta & Fernandez Corredores de Seguros Ltd. to strengthen its existing position in the South American market.
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June 18, 2025
Covington Advises Draig Therapeutics On $140M Financing
Welsh biotechnology company Draig Therapeutics Ltd. said Wednesday that it has raised $140 million in its first financing round to help develop drug candidates for severe depression.
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June 18, 2025
UK Law Firm Mergers Plunge 25% As PE Deals Lure Partners
The number of law firm mergers in the U.K. fell by 25% in 2024, as senior partners hold out for potentially more lucrative private equity offers, research published Wednesday has shown.
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June 18, 2025
PE Firm's £570M Buy Of Tech Biz Clears US Antitrust Check
U.S. private equity firm TA Associates said Wednesday that the U.S. antitrust authorities have not objected to its approximately £570 million ($756 million) cash acquisition of British tech businesses FD Technologies PLC.
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June 18, 2025
CPP Sells Turkish Unit For £4.6M To Focus On Tech Platform
CPP Group, an insurance products business, said Wednesday that a German company has agreed to buy its Turkish firm for £4.6 million ($6.2 million) cash, as it looks to focus on Blink, its insurance technology website.
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June 18, 2025
Palm Oil Producer Starts Share Buyback Under £12M Program
M. P. Evans Group PLC began a share buyback program on Wednesday worth up to £2 million ($2.7 million) as part of a £12 million plan to repurchase stock, amid concerns that the palm oil producer's assets are undervalued.
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June 17, 2025
Bunge Gets Last-Needed Approvals For $18B Viterra Deal
Grain and seed supplier Bunge Ltd. announced that it has cleared the last antitrust regulatory hurdle to close its $18 billion acquisition of global grain trader Viterra Ltd.
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June 17, 2025
DOJ Clears $1.8B Safran-RTX Aerospace Deal With Divestiture
French aerospace company Safran will have to divest its North American actuation business to move forward with its $1.8 billion acquisition of Collins Aerospace's flight control unit from RTX, U.S. and British antitrust regulators announced Tuesday.
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June 17, 2025
Ireland Completes AIB Exit With €305M Final Share Sale
Ireland said Tuesday that it has sold its remaining 2.06% stake in Allied Irish Banks for €305.3 million ($352 million), completing the bank's return to private ownership.
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June 17, 2025
Dentons-Led Bermuda Investment Firm Hansa To Buy Rival
Bermuda investor Hansa said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire local rival Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd. in an all-stock deal to create an investment company with total net assets of more than £900 million ($1.2 billion).