Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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20/01/2026 11:02

Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Tuesday:

** Britain's GSK  will buy RAPT Therapeutics  for $2.2 billion, adding global rights to the U.S. firm's experimental food allergy drug ozureprubart to its respiratory and immunology portfolio, the drugmakers said. nL6N3YL0BU

** New Zealand's Fletcher Building  said it will sell its construction division to a unit of French infrastructure firm VINCI SA  for NZ$315.6 million ($182.76 million).nL6N3YK12J

** Zurich Insurance Group  has made a 7.67 billion pound ($10.3 billion) offer for speciality insurer Beazley , going public with an improved bid that sent shares in the British company up 40% on Monday. nL6N3YK0S9

** Italian multi‑utility firm Hera said on Monday it had agreed to acquire water treatment group Sostelia in a deal worth 138 million euros ($161 million) including debt, boosting its position in the treatment of industrial and civil water.nL8N3YK0Z8

** Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso , controlled by magnate Carlos Slim, will buy out Lukoil  to hold a full stake in the Ichalkil and Pokoch offshore oil fields, the firm said in a filing on Monday. nL1N3YK0GQ

** Goldman Sachs-backed UK broker consolidator Clear Group has made its first acquisition of 2026 with a deal to buy insurance broker Shire Insurance Services Limited (SIS). nL6N3YK0PQ

** Specialty MGA Optio Group on Monday announced that it has completed its acquisition of the remaining 75% stake in Italian MGA Heca S.r.l for an undisclosed sum. nL6N3YK0NI

** Private equity firm Everstone will sell its entire 11.26% stake in Burger King's India and Indonesia franchisee Restaurant Brands Asia , as part of a deal to be announced , two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. nL4N3YK0MY

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kunal Das in Bengaluru)

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