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Reuters: UK antitrust regulator to rethink remedies in growth drive
Mark Kelly, CEO of M&A-focused MKP Advisors, said the CMA had already started to act in line with Cardell's speech. "For example in the case of...
Financial Times: London’s snaring of France’s Canal+ to revive moribund listing market
There have been just over a dozen primary listings in London this year, according to data compiled by MKP Advisors, the biggest of which was...
Expansión: CNMC faces BBVA-Sabadell case amid internal changes
The situation is particularly complex for BBVA, according to Thomas Nienaber, managing director of the arbitration advisory firm MKP Advisors. The...
The Washington Post: Mars to buy maker of Pringles and Pop-Tarts in snack food megadeal
Mars and Kellanova focus on different types of snacks, said MKP Advisors chief executive Mark Kelly. Mars specializes in chocolate candied snacks,...
Reuters: Exxon-Hess arbitration panel incomplete, Hess sale to Chevron stalled
“The market is hoping that there is a speedy settlement to the arbitration process, but has never understood properly what Exxon is trying to...
Expansión: How arbitrageurs condition the price of Sabadell and BBVA during the takeover bid
Es ahora "más estrecho, más pequeño desde que se anunció la opa, lo que implica que el mercado está asumiendo que la operación se cerrará con...
FT: Don’t write off BBVA’s chances in its Sabadell takeover
The market appears convinced, pricing more than an 80 per cent chance of success, thinks Mark Kelly of MKP Advisors. Published by and image courtesy...
FT: Anglo American rejects BHP’s call to extend talks over £39bn deal
“BHP is clearly appealing to target shareholders to put pressure on Anglo’s board to grant them an extension — it is clear that they think in the...
Reuters: Hess shareholders approve merger with Chevron
"Assuming Chevron wins the arbitration from Exxon or finds a settlement, the transaction is now going to happen," said Mark Kelly, an analyst with...