/transactions-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Transactions UK Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:30:21 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353822?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353822 An appellate tribunal on Monday reduced financial penalties for two former Metro Bank executives, confirming the bank breached listing rules when it published misleading financial statements in 2018 but finding the executives were honest with the tribunal about the £900 million ($1.2 billion) reporting scandal. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:36:51 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353642?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353642 Covington & Burling LLP-advised power management company Eaton on Monday unveiled plans to buy Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group in a $1.55 billion deal. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:33:54 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353593?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353593 A London court on Monday cleared the path for a group of investment companies to pursue their claim that Swedish health and hygiene conglomerate Essity defaulted on bond notes when it sold its controlling stake in a Chinese tissue company. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:16:20 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353541 Just Group PLC said Monday that it has taken on £7 million ($9.5 million) of pension scheme liabilities of insolvent construction company The McGregor Construction (Highlands) Ltd. Pension Plan in a deal guided by CMS. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:17:04 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353532 U.S. investment firm Hunter Point Capital will buy a 16.1% stake in London-based investor Equitix in a deal that values it at £1.3 billion ($1.8 billion), majority owner Tetragon Financial Group Ltd. said Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:11:01 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353533 Tech company The Smarter Web Co. said Monday that it has raised approximately £29.3 million ($39.8 million), with the cash earmarked to buy bitcoin. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:46:48 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353543?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353543 Hymans Robertson has launched a service it said would support smaller pension schemes with around £150 million ($204 million) or less in assets as they look to offload their liabilities to insurers. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:32:47 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353095?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353095 Knights Group Holdings PLC said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of the Birkett Long law firm and financial advisory company, in a deal estimated to be worth up to £16.6 million ($22.5 million). Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:50:37 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353538?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353538 SkinBioTherapeutics PLC said Monday it has raised approximately £4.1 million ($5.6 million) by issuing shares to investors to help back its agreement to supply products to high street retailer Superdrug. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:44:57 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353551 Asset manager Tikehau Capital said Monday it has launched a private equity fund, covering cybersecurity and defense, with three leading insurers, including Société Générale Assurances. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:42:51 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353542?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353542 National Health Service landlord Assura said Monday that it is weighing a £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) offer from Primary Health Properties, after the investment trust added concessions to its undertaking in an intensification of a bidding war against KKR and Stonepeak. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:54:22 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353537?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353537 Mining company Vast Resources PLC said Monday that it has raised approximately £2.7 million ($3.7 million) by selling new stock to investors at 35 pence per share. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:00:30 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353125?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353125 AstraZeneca said Friday it has entered into a strategic artificial intelligence-driven research partnership with China's CSPC Pharmaceutical Group in a deal worth as much as $5.3 billion, expanding the British drugmaker's commitments in the country following a shakeup of the company's local leadership. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:28:19 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353000 In this week's Taxation With Representation, Brown & Brown Inc. buys Accession Risk Management Group Inc., Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. acquires Dana Inc.'s off-highway unit, Qualcomm Inc. buys Alphawave IP, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced it will split into two publicly traded companies. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:54:14 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353028 This past week in London has seen Tottenham Hotspur FC kick off against Manchester United co-owner Ineos Automotive following a soured sponsorship deal, Acer and Nokia clash over patents for video coding technology, and two investors reignite litigation against the founders of an AI exercise bike business that unlawfully pocketed $1.2 million in investments to fund their own lifestyles. Here, ¼«ËÙÈü³µ looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:17:08 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353020 MPE Partners, a private equity firm, said Friday it had agreed to acquire Renold PLC, a British industrial chains maker, for approximately £186.7 million ($254 million), in a deal guided by Jones Day and Eversheds Sutherland. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:04:13 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2352579?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2352579 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance has agreed to snap up a further 21% holding in Canopius Group Ltd., raising its stake in the global reinsurer to 40%. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:47:30 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353018?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353018 Canadian gold miner Dundee Precious Metals said Friday that it has agreed to acquire British rival Adriatic Metals for approximately $1.25 billion to expand its operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:07:37 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353054?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353054 The Financial Conduct Authority responded Friday to parliamentary calls for more growth-oriented regulation, saying that it is exploring new ways to boost Britain's international competitiveness on top of the steps it has already taken. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 06:56:20 +0000 /transactions-uk/articles/2353026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /transactions-uk/articles/2353026 France's second-largest banking group BPCE said Friday that it will buy U.S. private equity shop Lone Star Fund's 75% stake in Novo Banco SA in a deal that values the Portuguese bank at €6.4 billion ($7.4 billion).