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Deal Mechanic - Alliance BootsKohlberg Kravis Roberts' £12bn (€17.8bn; $24.3bn) acquisition of health and beauty chain Alliance Boots was the largest buyout ever seen in Europe – but after global credit markets nosedived during the summer months, the underwriting banks were left with a record-sized headache. Toby Lewis traces the deal's progress.
- LIKE IT'S 1999
Sun Capital takes a second swing with a subprime lender.
- ASTER BREAKS THE MOULD
The refinancing boom may be over, but deals in Eastern Europe can still get done even now.
- Over-competitive IPOs
Despite being targeted at stock markets with apparently voracious investor appetite, some recent European private equity-backed new issues have been forced into sharply lowering their price expectations. Andy Thomson looks at what's sparking investor resistance.
- SMALL MEDIA, BIG RETURNS
Two recent exits further Noson Lawen's point that small is beautiful.
- BATTAAN SLOT MARCH
Apollo and Texas Pacific face excruciating regulatory approvals in their $15.5bn buyout bid for Harrah's.
- EUROPE
Johannes Huth, managing partner of KKR and head of European operations
- SOUTH AFRICA BECKONS
On the south side of the equator and east of the Atlantic lies a country that some private equity heavyweights increasingly consider to be a hidden gem.
- Brait profits from buyouts
South African investment firm Brait’s results have benefitted from private equity activity, as competition increases in its domestic market with the arrival of large global firms.
- Cerberus in $2.52bn paper LBO
Cerberus Capital Management will acquire the North American operations of paper products producer Stora Enso for $2.52 billion, in one of the few mega buyouts to be signed since the advent of the credit crunch.