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May 01, 2025
Mining Biz Expands In Africa With $150M Ivory Coast Buy
Resolute Mining Ltd. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire two promising gold production sites in Ivory Coast, for which it will pay $150 million and carry out an asset swap, a move to boost the Australia-based metal miner's presence in West Africa.
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May 01, 2025
Tech Group Urges Rival To Ditch Chairman As Shares Slump
Science Group PLC ramped up its activism against the board of rival technology consultancy Ricardo PLC on Thursday by calling for a vote of no-confidence against its chair, Mark Clare.
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April 30, 2025
Morgan Lewis Expands Tax Practice With Milbank Hire
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP added a former Milbank special counsel as a tax partner based in the firm's London office.
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April 30, 2025
UBS To Buy Back Further $2.5B Worth Of Shares In 2025
UBS Group AG said on Wednesday it will reward investors by repurchasing up to $2.5 billion in shares this year, despite a drop in net profit and an "unpredictable" economy.
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May 07, 2025
White & Case Hires Back PE Pro From Kirkland In London
White & Case LLP announced Wednesday the return of a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP to boost its cross-border private equity offering to deal with the increase in transactions it expects to continue through the year.
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April 30, 2025
Lender Says Company Owner Gifted Biz To Son To Evade Debt
A finance provider has sued a businessman for allegedly gifting a company to his son the day after the lender had demanded payment of more than £4.7 million ($6.3 million) under a loan guarantee.
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April 30, 2025
Media Production Equipment Firm Completes £8M Fundraising
Videndum PLC said Wednesday that it has successfully raised approximately £8 million ($10.6 million) through selling shares as the provider of video transmission systems and camera supports reported a drop in revenue.
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April 30, 2025
Novartis Buying Regulus In Up To $1.7B Kidney Drug Deal
Covington & Burling LLP-advised Novartis AG said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-guided Regulus Therapeutics Inc. for up to $1.7 billion in a deal that strengthens the Swiss pharmaceutical giant's kidney disease portfolio with a promising RNA-based therapy.
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April 30, 2025
Tycoon's £3.6B Royal Mail Takeover Wins Stamp Of Approval
Shareholders in the Royal Mail's parent company have given the green light to the proposed £3.6 billion ($4.8 billion) takeover by a conglomerate controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský, the companies said late Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
Inspired PLC Investors Line Up To Rebuff £109M Regent Offer
Energy and sustainability adviser Inspired PLC said Wednesday that its shareholders are rallying against a £109 million ($146 million) takeover bid from gas and metering services business Regent International Holdings Ltd.
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April 30, 2025
HSF Leads Weir In £624M Acquisition Of Mine Tech Biz
Weir Group said Wednesday it has finalized its acquisition of Mining Software Holdings Pty Ltd., known as Micromine, for an enterprise value of £624 million ($834 million) to improve the performance of its digital technology, in a deal led by Herbert Smith Freehills.
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April 30, 2025
Portuguese Energy Biz Floats In London After SPAC Deal
Technologies New Energy SA said Wednesday that it has started to trade on the London stock market after the Portuguese clean energy company completed a £28 million ($37 million) takeover by blank-check business Codex Acquisitions.
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May 06, 2025
Linklaters Hires Arbitration Pro From A&O Shearman
Linklaters LLP has snapped up an international arbitration expert from A&O Shearman to serve as its new head of public international law in London, the latest partner to exit the law firm in the city since its merger.
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April 29, 2025
Stonepeak Buying Stake In Spain's Repsol For $340M
Vinson & Elkins LLP-advised Stonepeak has agreed to purchase a 46.3% stake in Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Repsol's 777-megawatt solar and storage portfolio in the U.S. for $340 million, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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April 29, 2025
US Biotech Firm To Quit London Listing After IP Deal
Biotechnology company LungLife said Tuesday that it has convened a shareholder meeting to approve plans to delist from the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange after it reached a deal to sell its intellectual property assets.
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April 29, 2025
Burness Paull Guides £7.5M Pension Deal For Fuel Biz
Aviva PLC has bought out £7.5 million ($10 million) of the pension arrangement liabilities of Gleaner Ltd., advisers said Tuesday, in a deal steered by law firm Burness Paull LLP.
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April 29, 2025
BP Announces $750M Share Buyback Despite Profit Fall
BP PLC said Tuesday it will launch a share repurchase program worth up to $750 million, as the energy giant prepares to return excess cash to its shareholders, despite weaker gas trading and refining affecting profit.
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April 29, 2025
Ex-Russells Partner Denies Role In Alleged Share Sale Plot
Russells Solicitors and a former partner have denied being part of an alleged plot to hide plans for a $40 million takeover of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company to get a former director to sell his shares cheaply.
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April 29, 2025
HSBC Banks On $3B Buyback After Strong Figures
HSBC Holdings PLC said Tuesday that it will buy back $3 billion of its shares after the British banking giant reported strong results for the first quarter 2025.
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April 29, 2025
Travel Group Jet2 Gets £250M Share Buyback Off The Ground
Jet2 PLC began a share repurchase program worth up to £125 million ($168 million) on Tuesday, the first part of the leisure group's wider £250 million buyback plan aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital.
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April 29, 2025
Bakkavor Completes China Exit, Eyes Greencore Acquisition
Supermarket supplier Bakkavor Group PLC said Tuesday that it will quit the Chinese market after it agreed to sell its remaining company in the country for 500 million Chinese yuan ($69 million), as it weighs a takeover by rival Greencore.
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April 28, 2025
Hogan Lovells Leads Royal London's College Pension Buy-In
The College of Law's retirement scheme has agreed to an £85 million ($114 million) buy-in with Royal London, the U.K.'s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company announced Monday.
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April 28, 2025
Compliance Firm Marlowe Unveils £15M Buyback, Acquisition
Marlowe PLC, the testing, inspection and certification services business, on Monday announced an additional £15 million ($20 million) share repurchase program, as it unveiled its acquisition of waste management services business Sludge Tek.
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April 28, 2025
Alpine Ski Resort Biz Buys 33% Of Terresens For €6.9M
French ski resorts operator Compagnie des Alpes said Monday that it has acquired a one-third equity stake in hospitality company Terrésens for €6.9 million ($7.8 million), with an aim to increase its holding to 80% in three to four years.
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April 28, 2025
Airbus To Acquire Assets Of Aircraft Parts Maker For $439M
Airbus SE said Monday that it has finalized a deal for the global components operations of Spirit AeroSystems as part of a $4.7 billion takeover of the parts maker by aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing.
Expert Analysis
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How ESG Matters Are Influencing M&A Due Diligence Trends
With a proliferation of environmental, social and governance-related regulatory developments and a desire to comply with best practice, ESG matters have become an increasingly important area of focus for both clients and advisers in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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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.