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KKR’s final and binding offer for TIM’s fixed-line network assets is unlikely to significantly diverge from earlier proposals in the €23bn (US$25bn) region, well below the €31bn (US$34bn) valuation sought by the target’s largest shareholder …
Increasing trade tensions between China and the West, which have resulted in stricter policies concerning the export of chip manufacturing technology to either region, are expected to affect the outcome and timing of the antitrust …
Hong Kong-based investment management firm PAG is not actively looking at local telecoms player HKBN, Equity Report has learned, with previous reports suggesting that the company was engaged in a bidding war with I Squared …
In this interview with Equity Report, Laura Black, former director of policy and international relations at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and current senior counsel at US law firm Akin …
The ¥4,620-per-share (US$33) bid price for Japanese conglomerate Toshiba could be subject to adjustments by the time the acquirer, a consortium led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), will launch the tender offer, …
As a 9 June deadline to submit further improved bids for the network assets of Italian former incumbent TIM looms, a person close to KKR confirmed to Equity Report that the private equity fund will …
KKR still ready to submit final bid for TIM network by 9 June deadline Read More »
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is not expected to approve the proposed acquisition of American-Taiwanese NAND flash controller provider Silicon Motion by California-based MaxLinear anytime soon, Chinese antitrust lawyers to… To read the …
SAMR unlikely to clear MaxLinear/Silicon Motion merger anytime soon, local sources say Read More »
As the market eagerly awaits a formal merger announcement between the UK’s third and fourth largest telecom operators, a former senior executive at Three warned that one of the main challenges that a tie-up would …
The acquisition proposal for Novonor’s 38% stake in Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Apollo Global Management could be complicated by the Brazilian government’s resistance to sell Petrobras’ stake …
Braskem sales process faces political and litigation hurdles Read More »
TIM’s largest shareholder, Vivendi, won’t accept any offer for Italy’s former incumbent’s fixed line network below €31bn (US$34bn), despite the target looking to request further improved bids following a board meeting on 4 May, a …
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.
