Investment Banking

Comcast calls in City heavyweights for £22bn Sky bid

High-profile investment bankers at Robey Warshaw and Bank of America lead rival offer for broadcasting giant

Comcast calls in City heavyweights for £22bn Sky bid
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The US media giant Comcast has called in some of the UK's best-known investment bankers to advise on a £22bn offer for the broadcaster Sky.

The bid rivals a roughly £19bn proposal for Sky tabled by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox in late 2016 — a deal that has been held up amid scrutiny from antitrust regulators.

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