The ink on SNC-Lavalin's £2.1bn takeover of Atkins is not even dry and there is already speculation that the budding relationship between the two organisations could hit a rocky patch. As WET News went to press, there was speculation that SNC-Lavalin could face a rival bid for Atkins from a third-party and potentially leading to a subsequent bidding war. Surely not, I hear you cry, but look what happened with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Hyder before they were eventually bought by WSP and Arcadis respectively in 2014.
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