Regulator 拒絶するs Spanish 大臣s' (民事の)告訴 on Atlantia 企て,努力,提案

MADRID, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Spain's market regulator on Monday stood by its 2017 authorisation of a 15.6 billion euro ($18.7 billion) 企て,努力,提案 by Italy's Atlantia for Spanish 競争相手 Abertis, quashing a Spanish 政府 request to 取り消す the 是認.

The regulator's affirmation 支えるs Atlantia's 計画(する) to create the world's biggest (死傷者)数 road 操作者 with a 連合させるd market value of more than 40 billion euros which has met with political 敵意 from Madrid.

Two 上級の Spanish 大臣s asked the country's 株式市場 and 合併 取引,協定 regulator to 取り消す the 是認 it 認めるd in October for Atlantia's 企て,努力,提案, which has been (疑いを)晴らすd by the European Union's 競争 regulators.

They complained the regulator should not have authorised the 企て,努力,提案 because the Italian company had not sought 許可 from the 政府 to take 支配(する)/統制する of Abertis's 衛星 商売/仕事, 戦略の for Spain because it manages the nation's 衛星 communications system.

The regulator said on Monday its authorisation 従うd with Spanish 法律 and said it 信用d the 引き継ぎ/買収 企て,努力,提案 過程 could proceed 普通は.

Atlantia is 推定する/予想するd to sweeten its 15.6 billion euro October 企て,努力,提案 for Abertis 早期に this year.

It needs to trump a 17.1 billion euro 反対する-企て,努力,提案 made in October by German 入札者 Hochtief, which is controlled by Spanish construction group ACS. The market regulator is 現在/一般に reviewing Hochtief's 企て,努力,提案.

After the Spanish 大臣s' 介入, Atlantia began 準備するing for 合法的な 活動/戦闘 in 事例/患者 its 企て,努力,提案 was 封鎖するd, a source familiar with the 事柄 told Reuters in December.

DLA Piper and Italy's Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners are の中で Atlantia's 合法的な 助言者s while Credit Suisse, Mediobanca and Santander are its main banks.

Freshfields and Linklaters are advising ACS and Hochtief on 合法的な 事柄s と一緒に a pool of 投資 banks led by JPMorgan and Lazard.

Abertis has 保持するd Citi and bou tique bank AZ 資本/首都 while Spanish 法律 会社/堅い Ur?a Men?ndez Abogados is its 合法的な 助言者. ($1 = 0.8351 euros) (報告(する)/憶測ing By Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Adrian Croft)

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