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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is still committed to the proposed acquisition of a 50% stake in Israeli gas producer NewMed Energy in partnership with British Petroleum (BP), unless the ongoing war between Israel …
The European Commission’s (EC) merger simplification package that came into force on 1 September could create an additional burden for merging parties in less clear-cut cases, according to EU antitrust lawyers. “While on the surface, …
The outcome of China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) antitrust review of the US$69bn merger between US semiconductor maker Broadcom and cloud computing company VMware will hinge on the repercussions that the deal will …
In an exclusive interview with Equity Report, Professor Andrew Sweeting, former director of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Bureau of Economics, gives his take on the agency’s proposed changes to the premerger notification process, …
Mexico’s antitrust authority COFECE is likely to seek views from rivals of Irish paper and packaging company Smurfit Kappa and US peer WestRock on their planned US$11bn tie-up, local antitrust lawyers told Equity Report. “In …
Mexico’s COFECE expected to reach out to third parties on Smurfit Kappa/WestRock merger Read More »
Korean dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and flash memory chipmaker SK hynix, which is an indirect shareholder in Japanese NAND flash memory specialist Kioxia, has “some concerns” over a long-awaited merger between the latter and US …
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A takeover of Vodafone’s Spanish unit is unlikely to be announced before the European Commission (EC) issues a final ruling on Orange’s acquisition of local challenger MásMóvil, a person briefed on the process told Equity …
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TIM’s top shareholder Vivendi is standing ready to launch litigation proceedings should TIM management decide to approve KKR’s upcoming binding offer for the Italian former incumbent’s fixed network without putting it to a shareholder vote …
Irish corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa and US peer WestRock are expected to formally notify Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE of their US$11bn tie-up this month, a source involved in the process told Equity Report. In …
Smurfit Kappa and WestRock should submit Brazilian merger filing this month Read More »
Ongoing environmental litigation claims against Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem have already been “factored into” the price of the bids that the target has received from multiple suitors, a source involved in the process told Equity …
Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
