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April 17, 2025
Sainsbury's To Launch Fresh Buyback Worth At Least £200M
Retail giant Sainsbury's unveiled a share repurchase program worth at least £200 million ($265 million) on Thursday as it reported a jump in profit and a record-breaking year in groceries.
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April 17, 2025
Rental Services Biz Aims To Seek New Investors Via AIM Float
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC said Thursday that it intends to list on the London Stock Exchange later in 2025 as the rental services company looks to attract a broader spectrum of investors.
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April 17, 2025
VietJet Must Pay Investor $180M In Plane Lease Dispute
A Vietnamese budget airline must pay the subsidiary of an international private investment company more than $180 million for failing to return its planes, as a judge ruled Thursday that a termination clause in the lease agreement was not a penalty provision.
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April 17, 2025
BoE Insurance Reforms Could Harm Pension Deal Prices
New freedoms that would allow insurers to invest more easily in a wider range of instruments could lead to reduced pricing for pension funds approaching the bulk purchase annuity market, a broker has said.
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April 17, 2025
Insurer Markel Buys Marine Specialist Underwriter Meco
Insurance company Markel has said it has penned a deal to buy The Meco Group, a specialist marine managing general agent, as it seeks to boost its range of services
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April 17, 2025
Oryx-Led Consortium Gets More Time For Titanium Miner Bid
Ireland's takeover watchdog has given a consortium led by asset manager Oryx an additional month to make a firm offer for Kenmare Resources PLC or walk away from the deal, the titanium miner said Thursday.
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April 17, 2025
Barclays To Offload Payments Business To Brookfield
British lender Barclays Bank PLC said Thursday that it plans to sell most of its payments business to U.S. asset manager Brookfield in a move to realize the money it has invested in the subsidiary.
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April 16, 2025
84% Of M&A Pros Plan To Use GenAI By 2027, Study Finds
Legal professionals anticipate the majority of mergers and acquisition engagements will be completed using artificial intelligence within the next five years, according to a survey published Tuesday by legal technology giant Litera, with nearly all respondents believing AI tools will become a standard part of document review and due diligence during the transaction process.
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April 16, 2025
Baker McKenzie-Led Lyft To Buy Rival Freenow For €175M
Ride hailing service Lyft Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire European competitor Freenow from BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility for approximately €175 million ($199 million) in a deal guided by Baker McKenzie and DLA Piper.
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April 16, 2025
Outsourcer Mitie Unveils £125M Share Buyback
Mitie Group PLC rolled out a £125 million ($166 million) share repurchase program and unveiled a positive trading update for the new financial year on Wednesday.
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April 16, 2025
PE Unit HSQ Wins Backing For Wealth Manager Deal
Private equity firm Pollen Street subsidiary HSQ said Wednesday it has nearly completed its acquisition of Kingswood that values the business at £48 million ($63.7 million), having now bought or agreed to buy 99.27% of its shares.
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April 16, 2025
Hengeler Mueller-Led KKR To Buy German IT Biz For €451M
Private equity giant KKR & CO. Inc. has agreed to acquire German IT services company Datagroup SE for approximately €451 million ($512 million) in a deal guided by Heuking and Hengeler Mueller.
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April 16, 2025
FCA Plans More Changes To Simplify Investment Information
The financial watchdog said Wednesday that it plans to further simplify information provided to U.K. retail investors in post-Brexit Britain by removing the requirement for fund managers to report on small price movements while trades are executed.
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April 16, 2025
Reinsurer Compre Boosts Portfolio With Covéa US Unit Deal
Reinsurer Compre Group said Wednesday that it has bought a U.S. subsidiary of French mutual insurer Covéa, to add to its portfolio of legacy insurance companies.
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April 15, 2025
Cloud Startup Figma Confidentially Files IPO Amid Volatility
Cloud-based design platform Figma Inc. said Tuesday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking a first step toward going public during tense times for equity markets and coming more than one year after a failed merger with Adobe.
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April 15, 2025
Ideagen Says K10 Vision Misled Clients With False Product Ties
Audit software company Ideagen Ltd. has accused the former owners of a business it acquired for over £19 million ($25.1 million) of tricking clients into defecting to a rival startup through false claims of involvement in developing a key Ideagen product.
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April 15, 2025
Professional Services Biz Debuts On AIM After Raising £98M
Accountancy and advisory services provider MHA PLC began trading its shares on London's junior market Tuesday, after raising approximately £98 million ($130 million) through share sales.
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April 15, 2025
Kirkland-Led Canadian Biz Buys Auto Parts Maker For £1B
TI Fluid Systems said Tuesday that its more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) takeover by a Canadian rival, ABC Technologies Inc., has been completed, triggering the exit of the auto parts maker and supplier from the London Stock Exchange.
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April 15, 2025
Haleon Paying $221M For Full Control Of Chinese Pharma JV
British consumer healthcare company Haleon PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase the remaining 12% stake in its Chinese joint venture, Tianjin TSKF Pharmaceutical Co., for 1.623 billion yuan ($221 million) after increasing its stake to 88% last year.
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April 15, 2025
King & Spalding Leads Atlas In £263M Bid For De La Rue
U.S. investment company Atlas Holdings LLC said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire currency printer De La Rue for approximately £263 million ($348 million) in a deal guided by King & Spalding, Bird & Bird and Ashurst.
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April 15, 2025
Cooley Advises Cell Therapy Biz On London Market Exit
MaxCyte Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to quit the junior Alternative Investment Market in London — but will continue to list on the Nasdaq in New York where a large chunk of the cell therapy engineer's shares are traded.
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April 15, 2025
DLA Piper Helps KKR Buy £100M Properties From L&G
U.S. private equity heavyweight KKR said on Tuesday that it has purchased a portfolio of three properties from British financial services group Legal & General for more than £100 million ($132 million).
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April 15, 2025
Irish Watchdog OKs Telecoms Firm's €22M BT Unit Buy
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd. said on Tuesday its telecommunications provider Speed Fibre Group has won regulatory approval to acquire BT's Irish wholesale and enterprise subsidiary for €22 million ($25 million).
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April 15, 2025
Freshfields-Led Insurtech Biz Raises $90M, Hits $2B Valuation
Marshmallow said Tuesday that it has raised $90 million from investors, including Portage and BlackRock, which values the British insurance startup at $2 billion and allows it to expand globally.
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April 14, 2025
Norton Rose Leads TowerBrook On £283M Buy Of Equals
A consortium of private equity firms, including TowerBrook Capital Partners LP, has completed its £283 million ($373 million) takeover of technology company Equals Group PLC, triggering the suspension of its shares from the London Stock Exchange, the British business said on Monday.
Expert Analysis
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Changes To UK Competition Rules Will Extend CMA Powers
Recent amendments to U.K. competition and consumer law regimes introduce changes to merger control and antitrust investigations that will result in the speedier resolution of cases and greater autonomy for the Competition and Markets Authority, say Bill Batchelor and Aurora Luoma at Skadden.