/transactions-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transactions UK Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:22:16 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2418502?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2418502 The judiciary’s recently updated guidance on the use of artificial intelligence warns judges and tribunal members about misinformation and white text manipulation, providing a reminder that AI tools cannot replace direct engagement with evidence and reflecting a broader concern about their application when handling confidential material, say lawyers at Hogan Lovells. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:42:08 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424516?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424516 Australian mining company Champion Iron Ltd. said Monday that it will buy Norwegian rival Rana Gruber ASA for 2.93 billion Norwegian kroner ($290 million) to create a global, high-grade iron ore producer. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:50:27 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424568 Britain's antitrust watchdog said Monday that it is open to proposed solutions to allow it to clear the planned acquisition by Belgian food group Vandemoortele of Délifrance SA from a French cooperative group, Vivescia. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:04 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424522 Miami-based JAB Insurance said Monday it will buy the £5 billion ($6.7 billion) bulk purchase annuity business of U.K. insurer Utmost Group PLC, in a transaction guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and King & Spalding. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:06:38 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424508?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424508 Holding company Anemoi International Ltd. said Monday that it will buy Trasna in a share deal worth $150 million, a move that will give the chip designer and eSIM provider access to money on the London market. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:13:23 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424506?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424506 Harbour Energy PLC, a producer of oil and gas in the North Sea, said on Monday that it will buy LLOG Exploration for $3.2 billion in a move to give it access to the Gulf of Mexico's rich oil reserves. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:38:35 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424225 A state-owned United Arab Emirates oil and gas company on Friday won its case that a former joint-venture partner stripped $84.7 million out of the business before selling it, with a London appeals court ruling a judge wrongly dismissed the case. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:01:42 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423992 Kettle safety components maker Strix said Friday that it has agreed to sell its business in Australia for £110 million ($147 million) in order to boost its capital because of weaker trading due to U.S. tariffs. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:57:08 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424032?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424032 Delivery company Yodel defeated a claim alleging it owed a controlling stake in it to two companies controlled by its former owner, as a London judge ruled Friday that he had probably created false share warrant documents to support the claim. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:31:37 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424053 This past week in London has seen the designer of an 88-facet diamond bring a copyright claim against a luxury watch retailer, collapsed firm Axiom Ince bring legal action against the solicitors' watchdog, and the Post Office hit with compensation claims from two former branch managers over their wrongful convictions during the Horizon information technology scandal. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:04:09 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424001 Insurer Canada Life on Friday said it has taken on £189 million ($252.5 million) in retirement liabilities from an unnamed pension scheme in the healthcare sector, in a deal guided by Stephenson Harwood and Baker McKenzie. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:30:22 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424002?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424002 Britain's antitrust authority said Friday that it has decided to launch a formal probe into the acquisition of British bread company Hovis Group Ltd. by Associated British Foods PLC, which already owns rival bread brand Kingsmill. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:40:18 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424060?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424060 Britain's competition watchdog said on Friday that it will be willing to accept remedies during merger reviews that it had previously deemed too onerous to monitor, but only under certain circumstances, as the authority looks to back the government's agenda to help the U.K. economy grow. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:01:33 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2424003?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2424003 Beauty heavyweight Coty said Friday that it will sell its remaining 25.8% stake in Wella to KKR for $750 million while keeping the right to proceeds from any further sale or initial public offering of the hair care brand. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:52:51 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423996?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423996 ​Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria said on Friday that the European Central Bank has authorized the lender's largest-ever share buyback, which will be worth up to €3.96 billion ($4.64 billion), months after it made a failed bid for domestic rival Banco Sabadell. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:26:37 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423717 European enforcers approved Belgian food group Vandemoortele's proposed acquisition of Délifrance SA from French grain cooperative Vivescia, conditioned on the sale of two production facilities for frozen dough products. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:23:06 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423551 Texas-based Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., led by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Thursday announced plans to acquire private equity-backed specialty insurance and reinsurance company Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., advised by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, in a $2.1 billion deal. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:27:19 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423642?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423642 Pension Insurance Corp. said Thursday that it has completed a £230 million ($308 million) pension deal with Peel Ports Group Ltd. in a deal guided by CMS and Gowling WLG. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:16:38 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423507?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423507 European insurance technology company Lumera said Thursday it has penned a deal to buy Acuity, a British pensions and workforce reform consultancy. Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:14:45 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2423638?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2423638 AIB said Thursday it has completed a significant risk transfer transaction involving €2 billion ($2.3 billion) of residential mortgage assets, the financial services group's second such deal under its capital management program.