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Law360 UK Transactions delivers daily news, real-time alerts and forward-thinking analysis on corporate transactions trends and deals in the U.K. and EU including hostile takeovers, friendly mergers, IPOs, buyouts and shareholder disputes – and the laws and regulation surrounding them.

This essential newswire is a daily must-read for successful transactions lawyers to keep up with the latest deals and dealmakers, make informed business decisions and capitalize on opportunities as they unfold.



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Latest News in Transactions UK

  • March 25, 2025

    Pinsent Masons Guides Drax's £200M Harmony Energy Deal

    U.K. power generation business Drax Group PLC said Tuesday that it will buy battery storage investor Harmony Energy Income Trust PLC for £200 million ($259 million), an increase to an earlier £190.8 million bid from investment manager Foresight Group Holdings Ltd.

  • March 25, 2025

    FCA Presses Pro-Reform MPs For Clarity On Acceptable Risk

    The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority called Tuesday on MPs pressing for regulatory reform for clarification of how much risk is acceptable in the pursuit of growth as he warned of a potential rise in money laundering and property defaults.

  • March 24, 2025

    A&O Shearman Dials In £10B Pension Deals For BT Scheme

    One of the U.K.'s largest private-sector pension funds said it had offloaded £10 billion ($13 billion) in longevity risk to two reinsurers, in a deal steered by A&O Shearman and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

  • March 24, 2025

    Global M&A Rebound Drives Insurance Boom, UK Broker Says

    Insurers are seeing growing demand from businesses for protection from risk connected to mergers and acquisitions, amid a global recovery in deal making in 2024, a survey by Marsh McLennan has found.

  • March 24, 2025

    4 Firms Advise On $8.75B James Hardie, Azek Deal

    Dublin-based building products company James Hardie Industries PLC has agreed to acquire The Azek Co. Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $8.75 billion, including debt, in a deal steered by four law firms. 

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Areas of Coverage

  • MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & DISPOSALS:
  • Share swaps & cash acquisitions
  • IPOs, Cash Calls and Buybacks
  • Management buy-outs and buy-ins
  • Leveraged-buyouts
  • Shareholder agreements & Poison Pills
  • Activist shareholders and proxy fights
  • Venture capital and private equity deals
  • Distressed M&A: insolvency, restructuring, bailouts
  • AGENCIES
  • The Competition and Markets Authority
  • The Financial Conduct Authority
  • The Pension Regulator
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • U.K. Takeover Code under the Companies Act
  • Financial Services and Markets Act
  • Market Abuse Regulation
  • The Enterprise Act

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  • M&A lawyers
  • Commercial disputes lawyers at top law firms
  • Executives and attorneys at insurance companies and corporate policyholders
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 and FTSE 350 companies
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.K.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals
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