Which advisors would UniCredit chief Andrea Orcel want in his corner if he were to launch a hostile takeover bid?

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As the English expression goes, the cat has just been thrown amongst the pigeons. The cat in this case is Andrea Orcel (Andrea to his friends and enemies), UniCredit’s calculating chief executive. The ...