Leveraged Buyouts in the U.K. and Continental Europe: Retrospect and Prospect
The markets for management buyouts in the U.K. and continental Europe have experienced dramatic growth in the past ten years. In the U.K., buyouts accounted for half of the total M&A activity (measured by value) in 2005. And as in the U.S. during the'80s, the greatest number of U.K. buyouts in recent years have been management- and investor-led acquisitions of divisions of large corporations. In continental Europe, by contrast, the largest fraction of deals has involved the purchase of family-owned private businesses. But in recent years, increased pressure for shareholder value in countries like France, Netherlands, and even Germany has led to a growing number of buyouts of divisions of listed companies. Like the U.K., continental Europe has also seen a small but growing number of purchases of entire public companies (known as private-to-public transactions, or PTPs), including the largest ever buyout in Europe, the €13 billion purchase this year of the Danish corporation TDC. 2006 Morgan Stanley.
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2006
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Authors: | Wright, Mike ; Renneboog, Luc ; Simons, Tomas ; Scholes, Louise |
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Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. - Morgan Stanley, ISSN 1078-1196. - Vol. 18.2006, 3, p. 38-55
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Morgan Stanley |
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