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Introduction to Management Buyouts

An MBO involves the management team of a business, usually with the backing of external financing, taking over ownership of the business where they are employed. MBOs are a common way of changing ownership. Often, a large company hives off one of its subsidiaries by selling to its management team. Another major source of MBO opportunities is family businesses where the owner wishes to retire.

During 2004 there have been hundreds of MBOs in the UK ranging from small buyouts funded by borrowing to Private Equity backed deals of £100s of millions.

They not only present management teams with an excellent, once in a lifetime, opportunity to run their own businesses and obtain wealth not achievable through an annual salary, but also present excellent opportunities for owner managers and companies wishing to sell or divest part of their business.

Despite this, there are still many opportunities that are ignored  due to pre conceived ideas as to what can be achieved, misplaced fears about management conflicts and an inability to see through issues that specialist advisers and financiers solve every day.

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If you are a manager with an MBO opportunity now or in the future or are considering selling your business where a management buy out may be an option, take the following steps:

Search for an adviser by clicking the quick links above. Refine your search to select advisers in your region who advise on your transaction size. Use the key word function to select an adviser with specific experience i.e. if you are in printing type "print" in the keyword search. This will identify advisers who have identified printing as a speciality, recorded a deal involving printing or have print mentioned elsewhere in their directory entry.

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