Transactions UK

  • March 17, 2026

    Wickes To Launch £10M Buyback As Revenue Hits £1.6B

    Wickes Group PLC said Tuesday that it plans to roll out a £10 million ($13 million) share buyback as it reported a 6% jump in revenue for 2025.

  • March 16, 2026

    WisdomTree Snags Atlantic House In $200M Deal

    Financial services company WisdomTree Inc. on Monday announced plans to acquire London-based Atlantic House Holdings Ltd., in a deal worth roughly $200 million that was built by three law firms.

  • March 16, 2026

    Orrick Fights To Ax Carlyle Investment Deal Negligence Case

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP fought Monday to toss a claim that it caused a Nigerian tourism business to lose almost $74 million by negligently advising on an investment deal involving Carlyle Group, arguing the case was brought too late.

  • March 16, 2026

    StoneX Proposes £241M Acquisition Of CAB Payments

    Investment services provider StoneX Group Inc. said Monday that it has offered to acquire payment services business CAB for approximately £241.3 million ($321 million) in an all-cash transaction.

  • March 16, 2026

    Watson Farley Advises Battery Metals Explorer On AIM Float

    The battery metals exploration company Halo Minerals PLC on Monday confirmed its intention to join London's Alternative Investment Market, a move it believes will broaden its shareholder base, after conditionally raising £4 million ($5.3 million).

  • March 16, 2026

    UK Watchdog Publishes Flexible Governance Reporting Guide

    ​The Financial Reporting Council on Monday urged companies to improve the quality of explanations they provide under U.K. Corporate Governance Code provisions, warning that rigid compliance and boilerplate disclosures risk undermining effective governance.

  • March 16, 2026

    Buildings Materials Biz Plans To Quit LSE In Blow To City

    Building materials giant CRH PLC said Monday that it has decided to quit the London Stock Exchange after a review that lasted nearly a month, dealing the latest blow to the City. 

  • March 16, 2026

    Asset Manager Liontrust To Buy Rival Biz For Up To £10M

    Liontrust said Monday it has agreed to acquire the operating asset-management business of River Global PLC in an all-share transaction valued at up to £9.7 million ($13 million).

  • March 16, 2026

    Swedish Property Group Buys London Real Estate For $230M

    Fastighets AB Balder said Monday that its investment manager has acquired a multipurpose building in central London for 2.2 billion Swedish kronor ($230 million) from Great Portland Estates PLC.

  • March 16, 2026

    UniCredit To Push Commerzbank Stake To Over Crucial 30%

    UniCredit SpA launched a takeover offer for Commerzbank AT on Monday to push its holding in the German rival above a 30% bar, in a move that would allow it to continue to increase its stake.

  • March 13, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    In London, Estée Lauder accused Jo Malone's founder of intellectual property infringement, the wife of an Iranian businessman linked to a £75 million fraud sued several Iranian oil companies, HSBC sued U.S. property tycoon Michael Fuchs, and Charles Russell Speechlys brought a claim against a United Arab Emirates company it once represented in an international arbitration.

  • March 13, 2026

    Industry Backs Gov't Plan To Limit Pension Investment Power

    The British government's move to limit a controversial measure designed to mandate pension funds to make certain investments is a "positive step," pensions trade groups have said.

  • March 13, 2026

    Hexagon Purus Sells Aerospace Biz To Elon Musk's SpaceX

    Norwegian green technology company Hexagon Purus ASA said Friday that it has completed the $15 million sale of its U.S. aerospace business to Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX.

  • March 13, 2026

    Norwegian PE Firm To Buy Payroll Services Biz For $226M

    Zalaris ASA said Friday that it has agreed to be acquired by a fund of Norvestor Equity AS in a deal that values the Norwegian human resources and payroll services company at approximately 2.2 billion Norwegian kroner ($226 million).

  • March 13, 2026

    M&A Surges 14% In European Insurance Sector In 2025

    Mergers and acquisitions in the European insurance sector reached a record high in 2025, driven by private equity-backed consolidators and rising interest in specialty insurers, according to FTI Consulting Inc.

  • March 13, 2026

    UK Chipmaker Raises £9.7M To Back Projects

    EnSilica PLC said Friday that it has conditionally raised about £9.7 million ($13 million) through a share sale, which the U.K. chipmaker plans to use to fast-track its projects, products and growing contract pipeline.

  • March 13, 2026

    Guernsey Co. Tetragon To Return $50M To Shareholders

    Guernsey-based investment company Tetragon began a program Friday to purchase shares up to $50 million from investors.

  • March 13, 2026

    Akin-Led Investor To Buy 41% Stake In UK Comms Biz Arqiva

    Communications infrastructure operator Arqiva Broadcast Parent Ltd. said Friday that funds managed by Polus Capital Management have acquired a 26.54% stake in the company which were previously held by Macquarie.

  • March 13, 2026

    Advil-Maker Haleon Kicks Off £500M Share Buyback

    Haleon PLC has launched a share buyback program worth up to £500 million (£633 million) as it looks to downsize its share capital.

  • March 12, 2026

    British Venture Capital Trust Ups Equity Offer To £35M

    Venture capital trust Unicorn AIM VCT said Thursday that its investment manager has boosted its ongoing share sale by £15 million ($20 million) due to "strong client demand," bringing the total equity offering to £35 million.

  • March 12, 2026

    Energean To Buy Chevron's Angola Offshore Stake For $510M

    Energean PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a stake in two offshore oil producing regions off the coast of Angola from energy giant Chevron Corp. for up to $510 million, marking its entry into West Africa.

  • March 12, 2026

    Enviro Business Buyer Sets Higher £7.5M Share Sale Target

    European Green Transition PLC said Thursday that it has conditionally raised £7.5 million ($10 million) in an oversubscribed placing which will enable it to become debt-free.

  • March 12, 2026

    A&O-Led Copper Miner Gets Chinese Nod For $105M Sale

    Copper producer Asiamet Resources Ltd. said Thursday it has won crucial approval from a Chinese regulator for the planned sale of its interest in the KSK project in Indonesia to Norin Mining.

  • March 12, 2026

    Data Management Biz To Return £20M To Investors

    Restore PLC said Thursday it will reward shareholders with a share repurchase package worth £20 million ($27 million), which it expects will lower its share capital.

  • March 12, 2026

    Brown Rudnick Guides Concrete Equipment Biz On Buyback

    Somero Enterprises Inc. said Thursday that it has launched its share buyback program for 2026 which will return up to $4 million dollars to investors in the company, which specializes in making advanced concrete placement equipment.  

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