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‘Nobody knows you’re in a defence’ – Anglo American’s legal chief on how to handle a hostile takeover

‘Nobody knows you’re in a defence’ – Anglo American’s legal chief on how to handle a hostile takeover

‘It came completely out of the blue,’ recalls Anglo American general counsel Kate Southwell, looking back the succession of hostile takeover bids by rival miner BHP during 2024.

The initial £31bn bid came only a year after Southwell had joined the FTSE 100 mining giant in 2023, with two successive offers xxxx

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