/transactions-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transactions UK Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:10:01 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2358382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2358382 Investors in a company which makes ankle tags have denied a £320 million ($437 million) claim that they conspired with the business's ousted chief executive to unlawfully profit from share sales. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:58:56 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2361251?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2361251 Digital transformation company Gofore said Friday that it has agreed to acquire a Finnish technology and design business, Huld, for approximately €41 million ($48 million) in a cash-and-stock deal, marking its entrance into the space industry. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:12:26 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2361263?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2361263 A former private equity partner at Jones Day has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal after a London court held him in contempt of court for instructing an IT manager to delete a secure messaging app, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:08:37 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2357649?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2357649 As the Competition and Markets Authority outlines plans to put the U.K. government's growth objectives into action, the changes may well pave the way for a more permissive outlook for review of mergers and acquisitions in the U.K., say lawyers at A&O Shearman. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:28:06 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2361248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2361248 Air France-KLM said Friday that it plans to increase its stake in Scandinavian airline SAS to 60.5% by acquiring a 32% interest from investment manager Castlelake LP and another 8.6% from Lind Invest ApS. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:08:10 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2361237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2361237 The Competition and Markets Authority issued a call on Friday for responses to the £1.79 billion ($2.44 billion) planned takeover by Primary Health Properties of rival NHS landlord Assura PLC, fresh off the end of a bidding war. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:01:19 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2361240?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2361240 Retirement group Athora Holding Ltd. will buy U.K. buyout specialist Pension Insurance Corp. for £5.7 billion ($7.8 billion) from an investment consortium, the companies have confirmed, a transaction that will create an insurance savings heavyweight in Europe. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:25:30 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2359811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2359811 British competition officials said this week that they were beginning their initial evaluation of Global Payments Inc.'s plans, unveiled earlier this year, to purchase payments giant Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for $24.25 billion. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:42:05 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360625 Vitol submitted a more than $10 billion bid to buy the parent of Venezuela-owned U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum, according to Wednesday reports, but subsequent news indicated that it might not be enough to beat out the competition. Castrol, which is BP's lubricant arm, is also running an auction process, with private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice reportedly emerging as one of the latest bidders.  Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:21:34 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360894?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360894 The pace of domestic mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. insurance market slowed down considerably in the first half of 2025, making it the slowest six-month period for M&A activity in the sector since the first half of 2019, a financial services consultancy said Thursday. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:16:44 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360807?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360807 Mkango Resources Ltd., a miner of rare earth elements, said Thursday that it has agreed to merge its subsidiary Lancaster Exploration Ltd. with a Cayman Islands-based blank-check company to list it on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:05:34 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360875?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360875 Luxembourg investor Reinet said Thursday that retirement group Athora has approached it to buy its 49.5% stake in Pension Insurance Corp. in a deal that values the U.K. buyout specialist at £5.7 billion ($7.8 billion). Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:46:12 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360810?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360810 Guaranty Trust Holding Co., the parent of Nigerian lender GTBank, said Thursday that it aims to raise $100 million in a sale of new shares to recapitalize the bank to a level required by regulation, and to list the shares on the London Stock Exchange. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:20:52 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360814?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360814 Swedish investor EQT Group said Thursday that its healthcare business has agreed to acquire a majority stake in life sciences research company Europa Biosite.  Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:24:03 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360808 British pensions company Chesnara PLC said Thursday it has agreed to acquire the specialist life protection and investment bond provider of banking giant HSBC for £260 million ($355 million) to give the group a "material step up in scale." Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:54:31 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360815?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360815 Italian lender Monte dei Paschi has said that the country's competition authority has given the green light to its €13.3 billion ($15.7 billion) proposed takeover of rival Mediobanca SpA. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:07:10 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2359274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2359274 FisherBroyles LLP said it has grown its presence in London with the addition of a transactional and disputes lawyer who has a cross-border background in advising clients on energy, infrastructure and commercial matters around Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:18:33 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360375?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360375 Ingersoll Rand Inc. has acquired Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors SpA and its subsidiary Adicomp SpA in a €160 million ($188 million) deal aimed at expanding its presence in the renewable natural gas and industrial compressor markets. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:30:01 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2360269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2360269 German medical technology business Brainlab SE said Wednesday that it will postpone its planned approximately €520 million ($612 million) initial public offering on the Frankfurt stock exchange, after it failed to announce the final price of its shares expected a day earlier. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:04:03 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2357108?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2357108 The recent Court of Appeal judgment in Saxon Woods v. Costa departs from the High Court's ruling, clarifying that a director's sincere belief they have acted in the company’s best interests is not sufficient to satisfy the statutory requirement to act in good faith, say lawyers at Covington.