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Germany’s €30B Deutschlandfonds: Fueling €130B Private Investment in Key Industries

Germany has launched the Deutschlandfonds wit...

The fund will de-risk investments in energy t...

Merz’s government sees the fund as a tool to ...

Success hinges on overcoming regulatory bottl...

Goldman Sachs Tops JPMorgan in UK M&A Fees for Q1 2025 Amid Weak IPO Activity

Europe M&A Banking

Goldman Sachs has overtaken JPMorgan as the t...

Goldman earned about $163 million in UK dealm...

While Goldman leads UK fees and global M&A by...

Goldman’s UK lead depends on continued robust...

KNDS Powers Ahead in 2024: Major Orders, Deeper EU Ties & Export Gains

Europe M&A Industrial

KNDS Group reported a record 2024 with orders...

The company is deepening European defence int...

Major contracts—including Leclerc tank upgrad...

Under incoming supervisory board chair Tom En...

From Quake Survivor to Winter Paralympian: Ralf Etienne’s Battle with Visa Bars and Sports Dreams

Europe Firms Banking

Ralf Etienne, a 36-year-old Bank of America i...

He lost a leg in Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, reb...

Etienne juggles long banking workweeks with w...

His story highlights how immigration policy, ...

LVMH Wins Partial Defamation Suit: What It Means for Analyst Integrity & Disclosures

Europe FYI Consumer

LVMH sued Morgan Stanley in 2002, alleging it...

In 2004 a Paris Commercial Court found Morgan...

On appeal in 2006, the court upheld defamatio...

The parties settled in 2007, ending litigatio...

UK High Court Dismisses VTB’s £205m Claim over Sanctions Licence Amendments

Europe Policy Banking

The UK Administrative Court upheld an OFSI li...

VTB’s bid under section 38 of the Sanctions a...

Administrators value VTB’s claim at roughly £...

The ruling confirms that properly made UK san...

Trilantic Europe’s €425M Bet: Gransolar’s Vertically Integrated Solar Ambitions

Europe M&A Energy

Trilantic Europe is acquiring a 60% stake in ...

Gransolar operates globally across the solar ...

Uría Menéndez, Latham & Watkins and EY Abogad...

The investment supports Gransolar’s internati...

DMX Pharma’s €170M Exit: What Alto & Trilantic Learned at Italy’s CDMO Frontier

Europe M&A Healthcare

Alto Partners and Trilantic Europe sold 100% ...

DMX, created in 2024 via the merger of Miphar...

The management team, led by Executive Chairma...

The deal crowns a buy-and-build value-creatio...

VTB’s Push into UK Retail: Core Banking Choices, License Hurdles & Lessons from Marcus’ Finacle Rollout

Europe Firms Banking

VTB applied for a UK banking licence in 2017 ...

The bank’s technology choice reflects a focus...

Goldman Sachs’ Marcus similarly entered the U...

Across these cases, regulatory demands such a...

Inside the Wind-Down: VTB Capital’s London Arm Costs, Claims & Creditor Battles

Europe Risk Banking

<div class="section-block section-executivesummary”> VTB Capital’s sanctioned UK arm remains in administration, with its wind-down extended to December 2029 due to complex legal and creditor issues. Just 12 largely part-time London staff are being retained, costing £3.3m in H1 2025 and nearly £10m in 2024, with cumulative employee costs since 2022 approaching £28–32m. Administrators are handling …

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