This six monthly report provides an analysis of private equity activity and trends in Europe for 2009. The market is analysed as whole, in terms of buyouts, exits and secondary buyouts, as well as by geography and sector. It also features league tables of private equity firms, investment banks and legal advisors.
Private Equity in Review draws on data and analysis from mergermarket's world class editorial and research teams. The report provides a valuable and clear picture of European activity in the asset class in 2009, as well as expectations for the market in the future.
Table of Contents
1. Foreword
2. Pan-European private equity
3. Trend graphs
4. Sectors
5. Geography
6. European private equity deals
7. European secondary buyouts
8. Private equity activity tables - buyouts
9. Private equity activity tables - exits
10. Financial adviser activity tables - buyouts
11. Financial adviser activity tables - exits
12. Legal adviser activity tables - buyouts
13. Legal adviser activity tables - exits
14. Appendix
15. Notes & Contacts
mergermarket is pleased to present the full-year 2009 edition of European Private Equity in Review. This report highlights the latest trends within the private equity industry, covering activity in several of the top dealmaking sectors and regional markets across Europe.
The full-year 2008 edition of this report recognised that the near collapse of the banking sector had significantly impaired the dealmaking ability of financial investors. However, at the time there were reasons to be cautiously optimistic and it was suggested that with valuations sliding, the asset class could take advantage of distressed vendors and acquire fundamentally sound assets on the cheap.
As it turned out, 2009 was one of the most challenging years yet faced by private equity with the cost of leverage, availability of viable targets and price dislocation all emerging as major obstacles. Even where these challenges were overcome, the acquisitive aspirations of many funds was curtailed, so pre-occupied were they with fighting fires at portfolio company level. Indeed, highly geared deals that were struck during the buyout boom began to look ill-timed at best and badly judged at worst. As such, several private equity houses were forced to reassess their portfolio holdings, selling off some assets while looking to preserve and create value in other investments through effective and innovative management.
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