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Book SynopsisThe Student Edition of the inside story of private equity dealmaking.
Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations and LexiconIntroductionChapter 1. Tricks of the TradePart One. Asset-Shifting: Secondary Buyouts and their Offspring Chapter 2. Gala Coral - Game on!Part Two. Asset-Flipping: Recaps and Quick Flips, or the Art of Making a Quick BuckChapter 3. Hertz - The Need for SpeedChapter 4. Celanese - Rich ChemistryPart Three. Financial Engineering and the Risks Pyramid Chapter 5. TXU - Power StrugglesChapter 6. EMI - Out of TunePart Four. Repurchases or Relapse Buyouts: Seller's RemorseChapter 7. PHS - Washed-upChapter 8. Frans Bonhomme - Down the DrainPart Five. Listing, Delisting, Relisting: On a Fool's ErrandChapter 9. DX Group - Going PostalChapter 10. Debenhams - Debt Never Goes Out Of Fashion Part Six. Private Investments in Public Equity: PIPE Dream or Nightmare?Chapter 11. PagesJaunes - The French DisconnectionChapter 12. Seat Pagine Gialle - The Italian JobPart Seven. PE-backed IPOs: The Search for a PatsyChapter 13. eDreams - Reality Fights BackChapter 14. Foxtons - Timing the MarketPart Eight. Asset-Stripping: Modern-day Creative Destruction Chapter 15. Caesars Entertainment - PE's Version of Strip Poker Part Nine. Trick or TreatEpilogue. Sheriffs and CowboysAcknowledgementsAbout the authorEndnotesIndex
