Shadow cast on future mergers, says Eversheds

摘要

The Office of Fair Trading's referral to the Competition Commission of the £75M acquisition of Cambridge Waterrnby South Staffordshire Water might again cast a shadow on the future of mergers within the UK water industry, ac-rncording to international law firm Eversheds.rnClive Mottram, senior associate at Eversheds, said: "The Competition Commission's analysis of the Cambridge Water takeover by South Staffordshire Water will afford another opportunity for the value of comparators to be scrutinised and indeed for interested parties, including the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat), tornput their views across to the Competition Commission.