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  Slaughter And May Aids Deutsche Börse's €5.3B Allfunds Deal

  By Tom Fish

  Deutsche Börse AG has agreed to buy European fund distribution platform Allfunds Group PLC for €5.3 billion ($6....(read more)

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  SFO Charges Two Ex-Funeral Directors With Fraud

  By Christopher Crosby

  Britain's white-collar crime enforcer charged two former funeral directors with fraud on Thursday over allegatio...(read more)

• Accomplice In Chinese Bitcoin Fraud To Repay £5.6M

  By Eddie Beaver

  A London court on Thursday ordered a convicted money launderer to repay £5.6 million ($7.6 million) for his role in a conspiracy to buy cryptocurrencies using money siphoned off from tens of thousands of Chinese investors.

• Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Swedish private equity company EQT said Thursday that it will buy the U.K. secondaries firm Coller Capital for up to $3.7 billion in a bid to take advantage of the growing market for continuation vehicles as the PE sector continues to struggle to offload assets.

• Beazley Rejects £7.7B Zurich Offer, Says 'Undervalues' Biz

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Beazley, an insurer with a listing in London, said Thursday that it has batted away the latest proposed takeover offer from Zurich Insurance Group of £7.7 billion ($10.4 billion), claiming it undervalues the company.

• Prince Harry Tells Court Daily Mail 'Commercialized' His Life

  By Ronan Barnard

  Prince Harry said Wednesday that his private life had been "commercialized" as he made a visibly emotional appearance at the trial of his and six other public figures' privacy claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

• 5 Questions For Bellevue Law Founder Florence Brocklesby

  By Hanna Vioque

  Florence Brocklesby met a few of her firm's future lawyers at her children's nursery gates. Here, the founder of Bellevue Law, who pioneered the hybrid model a decade before COVID-19, speaks to Law360 about leading an ethical, women-forward outfit.

• US Performers Lose Challenge Over UK Royalties Legislation

  By Eddie Beaver

  Trade unions representing more than 230,000 U.S. singers and performers can't overturn secondary legislation that restricts their right to fair royalty payments, as a London court found Wednesday it lacks the power to decide whether the law violated unincorporated international treaties.

• SFO Director's Surprise Exit Reignites Debate Over Its Future

  By Christopher Crosby

  Nick Ephgrave's surprise retirement from the Serious Fraud Office could turn up the heat on a simmering debate about the future of the agency and a potential merger with other law enforcement authorities such as the National Crime Agency, lawyers say.

• Gov't Overhaul Plan For CMA Merger Reviews Sparks Doubts

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Proposals by the government to abolish the Competition and Markets Authority's independent decision-making panel without replacing it with easier mechanisms to appeal rulings might ultimately harm the businesses that Whitehall wants to attract, experts have warned.

• Letby Avoids Further Criminal Charges Over Baby Deaths

  By Hanna Vioque

  Prosecutors said Tuesday that they would not be charging Lucy Letby with the murder and attempted murder of nine more infants because there was not enough evidence to pursue the case, as the former nurse serves out her whole-life prison sentence. 

• Mail Says Celebs 'Clutching At Straws' In Privacy Trial

  By Ronan Barnard

  The publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said Tuesday that Prince Harry and other public figures were "clutching at straws" in their case alleging that its journalists had paid for and used unlawfully-obtained information for decades.

• Gov't Scraps Long-Awaited UK Audit Sector Reforms

  By Joel Poultney

  The government said on Tuesday that it would not push ahead with long-awaited audit and governance reforms designed to improve trust in the sector after a string of high-profile accounting scandals.

• Brazil Dam Contempt Case Has No Legal Authority, BHP Says

  By Joanne Faulkner

  BHP urged the Court of Appeal Tuesday to grant it permission to appeal against an order allowing Brazilian municipalities bringing litigation over the collapse of a dam to continue criminal contempt proceedings because it raises issues of "general public importance."