Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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31/07/2025 10:41

July 31 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Thursday:

** Air France-KLM  has pulled out of the process to buy a stake in privately owned Spanish airline Air Europa, a spokesperson for the Franco-Dutch airline group said.

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** Canada's Brookfield Wealth Solutions  agreed to acquire Just Group  for 2.4 billion pounds ($3.18 billion) as part of its expansion into the UK pension risk market, sending the British insurer's shares to an 11-year high.

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** Euronext has offered to buy Hellenic Exchanges - Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX)  in a 412.8 million euro ($472.7 million) all-share deal, it said.

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** JD.com <9618.HK> is acquiring Germany's Ceconomy  in a deal that values the electronics retailer at 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), allowing one of China's largest online retailers to expand outside of its home market.

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** Drugmaker AbbVie  is in talks to acquire privately-held mental health therapeutics company Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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** U.S. law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has sold its technology unit SixFifty to human resources software firm Paychex , calling it one of the largest-ever deals for a law firm tech subsidiary.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))