Daily Briefing Podcast

M&A

UniCredit's hostile takeover bid for Commerzbank advances as Commerzbank CEO acknowledges potential value creation from combination

Cross-border bank M&A in Europe lives or dies on regulatory clearance, not just commercial logic.

Capital Markets

Malibu Life Holdings launches $125 million share capital increase as the first company in London's Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) category to use the UK's new prospectus regime

London's new prospectus regime gets its first live test, and every practitioner is watching for structural friction.

Energy & Tech

UK government clears Paramount's $81 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery after editorial independence commitments are offered

UK media merger clearance on editorial undertakings shows the government will prioritise content plurality over structural intervention.

Banking & Finance

Peel Group launches £583 million unsolicited cash offer for Harworth, with Travers Smith advising

UK real estate consolidation through cash offers tests acquirer financing discipline in a higher-rate environment.

International

Prologis agrees recommended £14 billion acquisition of SEGRO, bringing two of the largest logistics real estate platforms together under the UK Takeover Code

Prologis-SEGRO combines two logistics giants and triggers simultaneous merger filings across multiple European jurisdictions.

Disputes

English Commercial Court rules in Wei v Wang that a Chinese court judgment on share ownership in an English subsidiary is final and enforceable at common law

English enforcement of Chinese judgments on share ownership reshapes enforcement strategy for cross-border corporate disputes.

AI & Law

UK Government Digital Service recruits Senior Digital and AI Evaluator as Whitehall accelerates in-house AI governance capability

Government AI evaluators set the compliance floor that private sector AI suppliers will eventually be measured against.