A Practical Guide to Private Equity Transactions

A practical legal guide to the issues currently influencing private equity transactions in the UK.

Geoff Yates (Author), Mike Hinchliffe (Author)

9780521193115, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 February 2010

416 pages, 8 b/w illus. 12 tables
22.9 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.78 kg

This overview of a complex and often misunderstood subject takes the reader through the issues that are faced throughout the life cycle of a private equity investment, from the identification of an opportunity, through the various stages of the transaction and the lifetime of the investment, to the eventual exit by the investor. The analysis of key documentation and legal issues covers company law, employment law, pensions, taxation, debt funding and competition law, taking into account recent legal developments such as the Companies Act 2006, the recent emergence of private equity in the UK and the challenges faced by the industry as a result of the financial crisis.

1. An introduction to private equity
2. The deal process and preliminary matters
3. Transaction structures and deal documents
4. Acquisition issues
5. Equity documentation
6. Debt funding
7. Employment issues
8. Pensions
9. Taxation on private equity transactions
10. Public to private transactions
11. Living with the investment
12. Secondary buyouts
13. Exits.

Subject Areas: Financial law [LNP], Company, commercial & competition law [LNC]