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March 20, 2024
Kirkland-Led PE Firm To Buy $700M Medical Component Biz
Chemicals and technology company Johnson Matthey said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell all of its medical device components business to Montagu Private Equity for $700 million, ending its sale of "value businesses," in a deal guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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March 20, 2024
Slaughter And May Cuts Partner Promotions By Half In 2024
Slaughter and May said on Wednesday that it is adding to its bench of up-and-coming leaders by promoting five lawyers to its partnership — only half the number it elevated in 2023.
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March 20, 2024
Dubai Won't Be Top Investor In Nasdaq After $1.6B Share Sale
Nasdaq Inc. has said that Dubai will lose its spot as top shareholder in the U.S. stock exchange operator after it sells $1.6 billion worth of shares.
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March 19, 2024
EU Accuses Kingspan Of Skirting Merger Review Demands
The European Commission on Tuesday accused construction materials supplier Kingspan Group of providing inaccurate or misleading information during the review for the company's planned purchase of Trimo before ultimately abandoning the deal.
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March 19, 2024
Financial Advisor 'Siphoned' Fees In Legal Fund Fraud Case
A former financial adviser allegedly siphoned £5.8 million ($7.4 million) from an investment fund via secret commission payments as part of a legal financing fraud, prosecutors told a London jury at the start of his criminal trial Tuesday.
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March 19, 2024
DIY Giant Wickes Starts 2nd Tranche Of £25M Buyback
Wickes Group PLC on Tuesday rolled out the second half of its £25 million ($32 million) stock repurchase program aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital, as it reported a dip in revenue.
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March 19, 2024
Unilever To Spin Off Ice Cream Biz, Including Ben & Jerry's
European consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday unveiled plans to separate its ice cream business, which includes Ben & Jerry's, as part of an effort to simplify and "streamline" its operations.
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March 19, 2024
IFF Selling Pharma Unit To French Co. Roquette In $2.85B Deal
IFF, a maker of ingredients and additives for food, health and home-based products, said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its Pharma Solutions business to French plant-based ingredient maker Roquette at an enterprise value of up to $2.85 billion.
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March 19, 2024
Mauritian Conglomerate Ups Bid For Shanta Gold To £156M
Mauritius-based conglomerate ETC Holdings said Tuesday that it has bumped up its takeover bid for Shanta Gold Ltd. to £156.1 million ($198 million) in an effort to woo its shareholders to accept the offer.
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March 19, 2024
UK Energy Co. Fights To Deduct £2.5M Deal Advice Fees
An investment holding company told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that £2.5 million ($3.2 million) it paid to Deutsche Bank and others for deals advice is tax-deductible because they were the "type of services procured all the time."
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March 19, 2024
London Software Co. Buys Online Marketing Biz For $54M
Software company Team Internet said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire online marketing business Shinez IO Ltd. and its subsidiaries for up to $54.1 million in a deal guided by two Israeli law firms.
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March 19, 2024
Healthcare Business PureTech Eyes $100M Share Buyback
PureTech Health PLC on Tuesday proposed rewarding shareholders through a $100 million (£78.8 million) share repurchase program, following the sale of a subsidiary business.
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March 19, 2024
FCA Sets Out Priorities For New Financial Year
The Financial Conduct Authority detailed on Tuesday its new priorities for the next financial year, setting out plans to protect consumers and boost competitiveness in Britain and to make better use of data.
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March 19, 2024
Diversified Energy To Buy Gas Assets For $410M
U.S. oil producer Diversified Energy said Tuesday that it will buy natural gas assets from investment manager Oaktree Capital for $410 million, which will include hedging for protection against the fall in gas prices.
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March 26, 2024
DLA Piper Hires M&A Pro Carl Hotton From Freshfields
DLA Piper has hired mergers and acquisitions professional Carl Hotton as an insurance partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
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March 19, 2024
Freshfields Guides AstraZeneca In $2.4B Pharma Co. Deal
AstraZeneca PLC said Tuesday that it will buy Fusion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, for up to $2.4 billion in cash to help it transform cancer treatments.
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March 18, 2024
Paul Hastings-Led Francisco Partners To Pay $1.2B For Jama
Tech-focused private equity investor Francisco Partners has agreed to buy Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software from shareholders including Insight Partners and Madrona Ventures for $1.2 billion, the companies said Monday.
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March 18, 2024
Proskauer Guides $58M Sale Of Seattle Reign NWSL Team
The National Women's Soccer League's Seattle Reign FC will fall under new ownership as a group including men's soccer franchise Seattle Sounders FC and private equity giant Carlyle announced plans to buy the women's team in a deal that values it at $58 million.
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March 18, 2024
PE Biz Oakley Capital To Invest £9M In Optical Tech Biz
Private equity investor Oakley Capital said Monday an associated fund has agreed to buy Horizons Optical for an undisclosed sum, a deal expected to pool in £9 million ($11.5 million) investment for the medical software business.
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March 18, 2024
Aviva Completes £937M Exit From Singapore Insurer
Aviva PLC said Monday that it has sold its entire stake in Singapore Life Holdings Pte Ltd., or Singlife, for £937 million ($1.2 billion), giving Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. complete control of the company.
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March 18, 2024
Swiss Solar Energy Biz To Raise $226M For US Expansion
Solar panels maker Meyer Burger said Monday that it is planning to raise approximately 200 million Swiss francs ($226 million) in equity Tuesday to benefit from "the highly attractive U.S. market" and to "stop sustained losses in Europe."
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March 18, 2024
Tobacco Giant BAT Begins First Phase Of £1.6B Buyback
British American Tobacco PLC launched on Monday the initial part of a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) share buyback aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital, following the sale of a partial stake in its Indian business.
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March 18, 2024
Pfizer To Reduce Stake In Haleon To 24% Through Share Sale
Haleon PLC said Monday that U.S. pharmaceutical titan Pfizer Inc. will reduce its stake in the British consumer healthcare company to 24%.
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March 18, 2024
China's JD.com Pulls Offer For UK Retailer Currys
Currys PLC said Monday that Chinese online retailer JD.com will not make a takeover offer, days after a U.S. investment firm, Elliott Advisors, pulled its £760 million ($968 million) bid for the British electrical retailer.
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March 15, 2024
Ex-Autonomy CEO To Face Jury As HP Fraud Trial Boots Up
Former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch's 2011 sale of the tech company he founded to HP for about $11.7 billion earned him around $804 million and acclaim in tech circles, but the British executive now faces up to 20 years in prison on federal fraud charges that he inflated revenue figures in a monthslong criminal trial slated to kick off Monday in San Francisco.