The Economics of Leveraged Buyouts

This book, which provides a comprehensive study of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) with a focus on the Italian market, is organized in 5 Parts that follow the natural logic of a LBO deal-making. The main topics discussed include: the structuring and financing of a leveraged buyout with description of its specific operational schemes and debt capital instruments; the turnaround of the target firm, with its strategic implications; the LBO valuation and asseveration techniques, with a reference to tax benefits, cost of capital and business plan sustainability; the empirical investigation of 53 LBO transactions carried out in the Italian market since 2002; the in-depth analysis of case studies, also featuring the financial modeling of a leveraged buyout through the provision of a downloadable Excel-based model; the recent developments of the regulatory (both statutory and fiscal) framework applied to LBOs in Italy.