Acquisition Finance

Préface
Acquisition Finance, 2nd edition considers the commercial factors that influence the choice of finance and analyses the most common forms of debt and equity finance.

Auteur

Tom Speechley is an early stage investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded SX2 Ventures which builds and invests in innovative businesses in the human care sector focusing on life sciences, longevity, specialised care and emerging market healthcare.

Having initially worked as a corporate lawyer in London and New York, the majority of Tom's 25-year career has been in global private equity and venture capital including several emerging markets.

Tom has sat on a number corporate and not-for profit boards including the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and Junior Achievement Worldwide. He has been a senior advisor to Endeavor.org and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom.

Tom has written and spoken widely on emerging market private equity and venture capital and guest lectured at a number of leading universities in the United States. He has been a featured speaker on emerging market healthcare issues at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations and the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of two books on acquisition finance and whilst a student at university coded a series of educational software programs that were among the first used in the UK's national curriculum on computer studies.

At university Mr Speechley initially studied chemical physics before switching to law, graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Sheffield UK.

Texte du rabat

One of the main issues for a buyer making an acquisition is how to finance it. Acquisition Finance, 2nd edition considers the commercial factors that influence the choice of finance and analyses the most common forms of debt and equity finance. Offering in depth expert advice it provides a full picture for each scenario of the transaction structure and process from the initial commercial stages, to the structuring aspects, due diligence process, the legal documentation process (including a detailed look at the various legal documents required), to funding and completion.

The second edition includes coverage of the following changes in the financial market:
Impact of the credit crunch on the acquisition finance market and the terms currently available to borrowers (pricing, level of restriction, balance of negotiating power between lenders and borrowers);
Types of acquisition finance currently available (less mezzanine finance, less second lien debt, but high yield debt market strengthening);
Typical funding structures in the post-credit crunch market;
How the financial assistance rules apply to buyouts since October 1, 2009;
Changes to the players in the acquisition finance market, including the increasing involvement of non-bank lenders;
Continued evolution of the private equity market;
Current state of the public-to-private market and its regulation reflecting changes to the Takeover Code since 2008.

Includes the following legislation and case law:
Companies Act 2006 - how the financial assistance rules apply to buyouts since October 1, 2009;
Changes to the Takeover Code since publication of the 1st edition in 2008;
Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV and another (Appeal) [2013] EWCA Civ 1539;
Re Uniq Plc [2011] EWHC 749 (Ch);
Barclays Bank Plc and others v HHY Luxembourg SARL & Anor (Rev 1) [2010] EWCA Civ 1248.

Previous print edition ISBN: 9781845920173

Contenu

Contents:
CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview;
CHAPTER 2 The Acquisition;
CHAPTER 3 Financing the Acquisition;
CHAPTER 4 The Equity Investment; TH
CHAPTER 5 Senior Debt;
CHAPTER 6 Unitranche Debt;
CHAPTER 7 Second Lien Debt;
CHAPTER 8 Mezzanine Debt;
CHAPTER 9 High Yield Debt;
CHAPTER 10 PIK Notes;
CHAPTER 11 Ranking the Layers of Finance;
CHAPTER 12 Deal Execution;
CHAPTER 13 Public-to-Privates;
CHAPTER 14 Multi-Jurisdictional Buy-Outs