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Metro Bank PLC on the sale of a £2.5bn residential mortgage portfolio to NatWest Group PLC.

IBM on its acquisition of SiXworks, a UK based consultancy serving the UK defence sector and specialising in digital transformation in secure environments, from Chiltern Capital and key management.

Royal London on two buy-in transactions with its own defined benefit (DB) pension schemes worth approximately £650m.

Shaftesbury plc on its all-share merger with Capital & Counties Properties plc to create Shaftesbury Capital PLC, to create a central London REIT with a combined portfolio of approximately £5bn.

M&G plc on its £286m buy-in transaction with the Northern Bank Pension Scheme and £309m buy-in transaction with the NSK Pension Scheme.

Cable and Wireless Superannuation Fund on its £340m buy-in transaction with Legal & General.

Qatar Insurance Company on its participation in a £200m investment by Pollen Street Capital in the insurance broker, Markerstudy, and QIC’s ongoing partnership with Markerstudy.

AmerisourceBergen on its US$6.47 billion acquisition of Alliance Healthcare from Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Goldman Sachs in connection with its investments in Starling Bank.

Electra Private Equity PLC on the demerger of Hostmore plc onto the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and its transition to AIM as Unbound Group plc. 

PerkinElmer, Inc. on its public takeovers of Horizon Discovery Group plc and Oxford Immunotec Global plc.