Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Atos SE

02/06/2025 14:42

Adds: Herbert Smith Freehills , Toyota Industries

June 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 20:00 GMT on Monday:

**  Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin have finalized the merger, combining to form a 2,700-lawyer firm with over $2 billion in revenue. nL1N3RU0U8

** Toyota Industries 6201.T is expected to accept $42 billion takeover bid by Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T and other group companies. nL3N3S511B

** Oilfield equipment maker Cactus  said it would purchase a 65% interest in Baker Hughes'  surface pressure control business for $344.5 million. nL3N3S50V5

** Markel Insurance has completed its acquisition of marine-focused managing general agent Meco Group, the company said.

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** France's Sanofi has agreed to buy U.S.-based Blueprint Medicines for up to $9.5 billion to boost its position in rare immunology diseases, in the biggest deal struck by a European healthcare company so far this year, according to LSEG data.

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** British investment firm Rosebank Industries  said it has restarted talks to buy U.S.-based Electrical Components International, which makes wire harnesses, for under $1.9 billion. nL3N3S50GG

    ** The French state has made a 410 million euros ($466.33 million) confirmatory offer to buy part of the former Advanced Computing business of tech company Atos , said Atos. nL2N3S504W

** Australian investment firm Washington H Soul Pattinson  will buy out its building products affiliate Brickworks  creating a new company worth A$14 billion ($9.03 billion), the companies said. nL2N3S408N

** Frankfurt-listed IT services provider Datagroup SE  said on Sunday that KKR  has made a conditional proposal to increase the potential acquisition offer to up to 58 euros ($65.84) per share. nL3N3S404N

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Ateev Bhandari and Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)

 ((ateev.bhandari@thomsonreuters.com))