| Acquisitions Monthly 1995 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
|---|
| A bolt-on deal with a difference. (acquisition of welding equipment maker, Esab) | Business, international | Michael Mowlem, Derrick Scott |
| A buoyant buyout market.(management buyouts in Newcastle, England) | Business, international | David Wilkinson |
| A cheap way to finance a buyout. | Business, international | Sean O'Hare |
| A commercial and constructive approach.(lawyers involved in mergers and acquisitions, with Witford Food Products as a case study) | Business, international | Paul Cooper |
| Adding value in M&A. (a review of international merger and acquisition activity during 1995) | Business, international | |
| Adding value through partnership.(venture capitalists; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Rob Higham, Mark Storey |
| A deal to turn some heads.(buyout of Lindex) | Business, international | Adam Sack |
| Agreed bids lift 1994 figures. (takeovers in the UK in 1994 compared with 1993 and 1992) | Business, international | |
| A high-tech financing solution.(Specialix buyout examined) | Business, international | Stephen Cole, Steve Dennison |
| A land of opportunity. (foreign direct investment in Spain; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | |
| A long hard grind? (venture capitalists in Yorkshire and Hunberside; supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Peter Lane |
| Alusaf.(special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | |
| An aristocratic disposal.(sale of Bergmann to M.A. Hanna) | Business, international | Ernst Fassbender, Uwe Kroger |
| ANC delivers the goods.(management buyout of ANC Holdings; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Richard Edward Connell |
| A new business paradigm? (the people factor and its influence on successful mergers and acquisitions) | Business, international | Mike Fiszer, Rosalyn McCarthy |
| A new policy for life insurers. (insurance industry faces shake-out) | Business, international | James O'Shea |
| An increasingly sophisticated market. (merger and acquisition activity in the Nordic region) | Business, international | Soren Milner, Frans Boch |
| Apax backs Brands.(Apax funds buyout at Barnds Hatch Leisure) | Business, international | |
| A permanent service for foreign investors in Spain. (Spanish Embassy's investment department; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Jose Morillo Leon |
| A question of accountability.(UK accountants seek to limit liability; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Mark Vickers |
| A risky business.(acquisition of casinos in the UK) | Business, international | Allan Murray-Jones |
| A special relationship lives on. (Dutch companies make cross-border acquisitions) | Business, international | Cornelis Van Vessem |
| A step in the right direction.(takeovers in the UK in 1st qtr 1995) | Business, international | Elizabeth Atkins |
| Austria: EU membership opens the floodgates.(mergers and acquisitions in Austria following membership of the European Union) | Business, international | Thomas Goldman |
| A vision for China.(possible economic development of China) | Business, international | Michael Palliser |
| Back on the corporate agenda? (role of strategic alliances in corporate restructuring) | Business, international | Stephen Lawrence |
| Back to the future.(UK senior debt market; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Rob Bonfield |
| Banking buyouts in Europe. (legal problems faced by acquisition finance houses funding European deals) | Business, international | Caroline Leeds, Matthew Cottis |
| Banque Indosuez.(profile of Banque Indosuez) | Business, international | |
| Baring Capital stays quiet on MBO. (no plans revealed for future of Baring Capital Investors) | Business, international | |
| Barings: the winners and losers emerge. (views on purchase by Internationale Nederlanden Groep) | Business, international | |
| Beeson Gregory poaches Coopers team. (three corporate finance partners move from Coopers and Lybrand to Beeson Gregory) | Business, international | |
| Better times ahead. (foreign acquisitions in Spain; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Enrique Polo de Lara |
| Boutiques are back in fashion. (independent corporate finance houses) | Business, international | John Campbell |
| Brazil's new beginning.(mergers and acquisitions in Brazil) | Business, international | Michael Constantine |
| Breathing new life into an old name. (Dunn and Co profiled) | Business, international | Mark Burgess |
| Building competitive advantage to create corporate wealth. (creating corporate wealth in West Yorkshire; supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Stephen Baker, Amin Amiri |
| Buoyant Asia on the crest of a wave.(direct investment in Asia Pacific region) | Business, international | Paul Cheng |
| Buy-ins and bought deals.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Chris Ward, John Gilligan |
| Can Granville go the distance? (profile of Granville; includes related notes on Granville's managing director) | Business, international | Christian Marriott |
| Catch a rising star.(Astro Technology; special report: Southampton)(Company Profile) | Business, international | Mike Stone, Harry Dhand |
| Championing the cause for Birmingham.(economic aspects of Birmingham, West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Digby Jones |
| CINVen again. (equity arrangers for UK buyouts; includes related article on debt an mezzanine arrangers) | Business, international | |
| CINVen becomes a Wight knight.(includes related notes on the Wightlink buyout) | Business, international | |
| CINVen.(profile of CINVen) | Business, international | |
| Climbing the European ladder. (developments at Altrex following management buyout) | Business, international | Dirk-Jan van Ommeren, John Dithmar Menge |
| Coats takes the stake.(includes related notes on Coats Viyella) | Business, international | |
| Coming to terms with its communist past. (privatisation in the Czech Republic) | Business, international | Silvia Cambie |
| Compass adds its final ingredient.(Compass's purchase of Eurest Group) | Business, international | Edouard de Rothschild, Philip Swatman |
| Coopers and Lybrand.(profile of Coopers and Lybrand) | Business, international | |
| Creating corporate wealth in the north west.(corporate strategy in north west England) | Business, international | Stephen Baker, Amin Amiri |
| Crunch time for Golden Wonder.(management buyout at Golden Wonder bagged snacks business) | Business, international | Ian Taylor, Clive Sharpe |
| Current corporate investment opportunities in Kazakhstan. | Business, international | |
| Dawson and Dowley from Morgans to Merrills. (Merrill Lynch appoints Guy Dawson and Justin Dowley) | Business, international | |
| Debt and the Scottish MBO market. (management buy-out) | Business, international | Bill Troup |
| Delivering on time for ANC: Royal Bank of Scotland and Montagu Private Equity began working together in order to secure the buyout of parcel carrier ANC from its Swedish owner. | Business, international | Ian Hazelton, Stuart McAlpine |
| Development capital starts to develop,(development capital in north west England) | Business, international | Mike Fell |
| Developments down under.(Goldfields' flotation and acquisition of Pancontinental Mining) | Business, international | Susan Martin Rousselot, Jim (American hockey player) Craig |
| Differences remain in a converging market.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Mary Clippingdale |
| Direct financing arrives.(mezzanine financing; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Angus Penman |
| Disposals made simple. (alternatives to the traditional management buy-out; supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Alan Armstrong |
| Does management still have a place in the MBO?(management buyouts in the UK) | Business, international | Martin Clarke |
| Double Dutch.(Dutch and Belgian buyout markets; special report: Management Buyouts)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Ken Robbie, Johan Bruining |
| Double your money.(New World Domestic Appliances management buy-in) | Business, international | Martyn Boddy |
| Downsizing after acquisition. | Business, international | Nancy Hubbard |
| Drugs companies try to buy success. (acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry) | Business, international | |
| Due diligence in a competitive market.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Richard Ramsey |
| Eckes waits for Stock to mature. (Stock shareholders approve takeover by Eckes) | Business, international | Paolo Cusmano |
| Endesa makes waves in the water industry. (latest developments in the Spanish water treatment sector; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Ole Bredberg |
| Engineering a turnaround. (Wellman benefits from purchase of three divisions from FKI) | Business, international | Chris Rawstron |
| Environmental due diligence grows up. | Business, international | Matthew Davies |
| European oil and gas industry: the search for supply. | Business, international | |
| Everything is here.(management buyouts and buy-ins in north west England) | Business, international | Andrew Holt, Nicholas Fisher |
| Ex-Kleinwort men target buyout market. (Anvil Partners deals with management buy-in at Sweater Shop) | Business, international | |
| Fashionable flotation. (Gucci listed on New York and Amsterdam stock exchanges in Oct 1995) | Business, international | Johannes Huth, Paul Soldatos |
| Financing and structuring the deal. (doing business in China) | Business, international | Joanne Wood |
| FirstCorp.(special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | |
| First-world institutions.(South African legal and accounting framework for investment and takeovers; special report: South Africa) | Business, international | Graham Drinkwater, Chris Robb |
| Flattering to deceive.(Italian buyout market; special report: Management Buyouts)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Ken Robbie, Maurizio Carulli |
| Floating in troubled waters. (new issues market) | Business, international | David McCorquodale |
| Food for thought.(food industry in north west England) | Business, international | Peter Longinotti |
| Foreign bidders dig deep. (bid premiums) | Business, international | Elizabeth Atkins |
| Forming alliances to fight disease. (disease management)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Maria Hall |
| France: the 'feel good' factor returns.(management buyouts in France) | Business, international | Vince O' Brien, Dwight Mighty |
| French companies most active EU acquirors as boom continues. | Business, international | |
| From real ale to car care. (Belhaven management buyout) | Business, international | Jim Stevens, David Giffin |
| Fund raising in the north west.(raising corporate finance in north west England) | Business, international | Martin Robinson |
| Fund raising in the Yorkshire region. (supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Andrew Smith |
| Funds and frustrated managers bow to external factors.(management buyouts and family firms in Europe) | Business, international | Alec d' Janoeff |
| Gencor.(special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | |
| Going public the right way. (merger of Halifax and Leeds Permanent building societies) | Business, international | William Nabarro, Simon Shaw |
| Guinness Mahon targets management teams. | Business, international | |
| Happy hunting in the Northwest.(mergers and acquisitions in north west England) | Business, international | Tim Clarke, Duncan Mycock |
| Has the time come for Italy's second market? (second market for small to medium-sized companies to be launched in early 1996) | Business, international | Franco Papa |
| Hayden takes centre stage at MDC. (Mercury Development Capital appoints Andrew Hayden as assistant director) | Business, international | |
| Heley leaves Hill Samuel for the second time. | Business, international | |
| Henry Ansbacher.(special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | |
| Hill Samuel loses another key player. (Steven Dotsch moves to Singer and Friedlander) | Business, international | |
| Home of resourceful family-owned companies. (corporate acquisitions in Belgium) | Business, international | Hugo Van Geet, Charles Ullens |
| Hope for the Cape.(business in Cape Town; special report: South Africa) | Business, international | |
| How lawyers help lenders. (Acquisition Finance) (includes related articles) | Business, international | Tony Keal |
| How the Mittelstand measures up.(medium sized businesses in Germany) | Business, international | Peter Horn, Axel Beeck |
| How to give away a great company for a cheap price.(privatisation of Nuova Tirrena; includes related article) | Business, international | Lorena Testori Brambilla |
| How to profit from leverage. (Acquisition Finance) | Business, international | Stuart Middleton |
| Ignore now, pay later.(warranties and indemnities in management buyouts) | Business, international | Adrian Rapazzini |
| Investing in Spanish technology parks. (supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Antonio Aranzabe |
| Investment trust or limited partnership?(UK venture capital industry) | Business, international | James Nelson |
| Italy: a market in transition.(management buyouts in Italy) | Business, international | Alessandra Gavirati, Guy Davison |
| It's a buy-in, but not as we know it.(management buyouts in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Brian Blakemore |
| Joint venture takes the biscuit.(United Biscuits invests in China) | Business, international | Derek Hayes |
| Kalon paints the town red. (Kalon completes merger with Euridep) | Business, international | Peter Smart, Paul Emmett |
| Legal considerations of foreign investment in the People's Republic of China. | Business, international | Victoria Younghusband |
| LGV brings McBride to market. (McBride in stock market listing) | Business, international | |
| Lloyd's creates a new market. | Business, international | Peter May |
| Lombard opts for life in the fast life.(Lombard Insurance) | Business, international | Jonathan Smith, Sandy Muirhead |
| Looking after the portfolio.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | John Simpson |
| Looking further than the deal. (managing an acquired company) | Business, international | Steven Harris |
| Making the marriage work in Germany.(advice on carrying out mergers and acquisitions in Germany) | Business, international | Rolf Kochling |
| Making the news with Gallaher.(management buyout of Gallaher's Retail Division; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Martyn Aguss |
| Management teams are spolit for choice.(management buyouts and buy-ins in north west England in 1994 and 1995) | Business, international | Jeremy Richardson |
| Management teams feel the heat.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Peter Jacobs |
| MBO served up for the second time. (management buyout of Rubicon Packaging) | Business, international | Graeme White |
| MBOs in a lower growth environment. (special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Paul Thomas, Iain Kennedy |
| Mellenthin & Partners.(special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | |
| Merchant banking arrives at last. (supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Miguel Zurita |
| Minimising the risks. (Sutcliffe Catering learns from experience of sudden takeover by Granada) | Business, international | Mike Spiller |
| Mixed fortunes for southern companies.(special report: Southampton) | Business, international | Barry Stimpson, Mary Chant |
| Montagu Private Equity.(profile of Montagu Private Equity) | Business, international | |
| MPE with 500 million pound sterling fund plan. (Montagu Private Equity) | Business, international | |
| NatWest makes it 1 billion pounds sterling: debt and mezzanine league tables 1991 to 1994. | Business, international | |
| NatWest raid leaves Rothschilds unbowed. (Rothschild still leads Manchester's finance market after NatWest Markets steals five employees) | Business, international | |
| Neighbours finds a new home: the sale of Grundy Worldwide, best know in the UK as the producer of Neighbours, contained many of the ingredients of a daytime soap opera. | Business, international | Geoffrey Hill |
| New techniques and expertise win the business. (Acquisition Finance) | Business, international | Andrew Steel, Richard Woodhouse |
| No place for off-the-shelf solutions.(management buyout financing in Europe) | Business, international | Rene le Laigue |
| No shortage of senior debt. (growing activity in Leeds and Bradford senior debt market; supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Mark Chidley |
| Now is the best time to raise finance.(raising funds for coapnies in the north east of England; includes related notes on a case study) | Business, international | Tom Irvine |
| Out of Africa, then out of a job?(changes at Barings after takeover) | Business, international | |
| Packaging a mega-deal. (Crown Cork and Seal plans to purchase CarnaudMetalbox) | Business, international | Jon Cable, Charles Peacock |
| Pantling's quick promotion.(Nigel Pantling appointed head of corporate finance division at Hambros Bank) | Business, international | |
| Paving the way for small companies to expand.(acquisitions by small firms in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Ian Dighe, Marc Cramsie |
| Playing the percentages. (merger and acquisition activity in the marketing services sector) | Business, international | Tony Bond |
| Plus points for regional law firms. | Business, international | Richard Haywood |
| Prague exports little but a cautionary tale.(Czech trade deficit) | Business, international | Sylvia Cambie |
| Preparing for the boom. (mergers and acquisitions activity set to increase; conference on 'Acquiring in Europe') | Business, international | |
| Privatisation regained.(central Europe) | Business, international | Silvia Cambie |
| Procuritas.(profile of Procuritas) | Business, international | |
| Prospects for West Midlands-based companies.(companies in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | John Banham, Paul Jobson |
| PruVen bags its big deal. (Prudential Venture Managers completes buy-in to Allied Domecq tea and coffee business) | Business, international | |
| Pulling the pints.(use of development capital by Honeycombe Leisure) | Business, international | Tony Hyams |
| Record level of M and A activity in the UK IT sector last year.(includes related notes on major acquisitions) | Business, international | |
| Recovering lost ground.(French buyout market; special report: Management Buyouts)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Mike Wright, Philippe Desbrieres |
| RECs fail to produce a spark.(UK regional electricity companies; UK public share offers) | Business, international | Gillian Middleton |
| Refining China. (issues relating to setting up joint ventures in China; first quarterly Asia Pacific update) | Business, international | Nicholas Bradbury |
| Reforming the laws on financial assistance.(reform of UK Companies Act 1985) | Business, international | Chris Palmer |
| Restructurings, refinancings and rescues.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Anton Fawcett |
| Roger Luscombe exits Swiss Bank. (Roger Luscombe leaves Swiss Bank Corp) | Business, international | |
| Salomons' new man aims to defy critics. (Wieland Janssens becomes head of European merger and acquisition work at Salomon Brothers) | Business, international | |
| SBC Warburg finalises M and A team. | Business, international | |
| SCA finds a perfect fit.(acquisition of PWA by SCA) | Business, international | Louis Auchincloss |
| Scottish capital for growth. (development capital) | Business, international | Graham Miller |
| Serving the regions with relish. (Acquisition Finance) | Business, international | Andrew Cutter, Andrew Murtagh |
| Shaping up for the millenium.(West Midlands, England, builds economic strength) | Business, international | Terry Gately |
| Sharing common ground with the boutiques: private company owners and managers will find a shared entrepreneurial spirit when they go to independent corporate financiers for advice. | Business, international | Simon Rowe |
| Societe Generale.(profile of Societe Generale) | Business, international | |
| Solvay's Spanish lessons. (Solvay's experience of investing in Spain; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Christian Jourquin |
| Some you win, some you lose.(Danka UK withdraws from bid for Southern Business Group) | Business, international | |
| Southampton from a professional's perspective.(Southampton's corporate finance market; special report: Southampton) | Business, international | Andrew Heathcock |
| Southampton has come of age.(management buy-outs in Southampton; includes related articles; special report: Southampton) | Business, international | Peter Gordon |
| Southampton sets sail.(Southampton's key industries; includes related articles; special report: Southampton) | Business, international | Anthony Vickery |
| Sowing the seeds.(satisfying funding needs of Southampton companies; special report: Southampton) | Business, international | Jeremy Meredith-Davies |
| Strategic alliances in the pharmaceuticals industry. | Business, international | Eileen Walker |
| Switzerland: big deals lead to modest recovery.(mergers and acquisitions in Switzerland) | Business, international | Peter Binder, Joan McKay |
| Tailor-made for a better buyout.(senior debt providers in UK buyout market; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Matthew Collins |
| Taking a long-term approach.(venture capital firms; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Martin Clarke |
| Taking the sting out of warranties. (use of warranty insurance in acquisitions) | Business, international | Peter Gray, Hugo Haddon-Grant |
| Tesco aims high to win Wm Low. | Business, international | John Woolman |
| Thames filters out a disposal.(Thames Water sells Permutit) | Business, international | Ann Taylor |
| The antidote to auction fatigue.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Guy Weldon |
| The attractions of a trade sale. | Business, international | Michael Joseph |
| The battle for Britain's top warship-builder. (GEC's takeover of VSEL) | Business, international | Marcus Le Grice, Guy Hayward-Cole |
| The big picture for Spain. (prospects for Spanish economy; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Cesar Molinas |
| The changing structure of the Nordic private equity market. | Business, international | Mikael Ahlstrom |
| The demutualisation of Irish Permanent. (Irish Permanent launched on the stock exchange) | Business, international | David Tate |
| The flotation experience.(company share issues in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Nick Seddon |
| The Leeds Financial Services Initiative. (supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | |
| The legals of trading loan books.(UK mortgage lenders' loan books) | Business, international | Adam Bennett |
| The making of a mining giant.(Gencor; special report: South Africa)(Company Profile) | Business, international | Brian Gilbertson |
| The Netherlands and Belgium: no more than modest.(management buyouts in Belgium and the Netherlands) | Business, international | Mike Wright, Karin Comble, Johan Bruining |
| The next stage.(flexibility in management buyout contracts; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Oliver Parr |
| The potential and pitfalls of the pan-European area.(challenges involved in management buyouts in Europe) | Business, international | David Seex |
| The proof of the product. (Acquisition Finance) | Business, international | Graham Randell |
| The pros and cons of privatisation. (special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Frances Jacob |
| The right environment for investment. (environmental due diligence becomes key feature of the investment process; includes case study) | Business, international | Malcolm Hutton |
| The role of environmental consultants. | Business, international | Andrew Troup |
| The sleeping giant stirs.(German and Austrian buyout markets; special report: Management Buyouts)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Ken Robbie, Steve Lake |
| The UK's special investment relationship with Spain. (supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Emilio de la Fuente Izarra |
| The way out.(companies and venture capitalists seeking to exit from buyouts; special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Stephen Curran |
| The world stops at Coventry.(management buyouts in Coventry, West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Kevin Reynolds |
| Three of the best from the West Midlands.(management buyouts in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | David Jones |
| Ticket to ride. (MTL Trust Holdings acquires London Northern Bus Company) | Business, international | Jonathon Wackett |
| Top three hold their positions. (UK law firms involved in mergers and acquisitions) | Business, international | |
| Turning convention on its head. (use of development capital at RD International) | Business, international | Keith Carpenter |
| UAPT comes under the hammer. (credit reference agency, UAPT) | Business, international | Peter Clokey |
| US banker joins BBA to keep recovery on course.(James O'Connor appointed corporate development director at BBA Group) | Business, international | |
| Utilities on the block.(mergers and acquisitions among Swiss and Austrian utilties) | Business, international | Mark Ebert, Bernd Heinemann |
| Valuation lessons for the 1990s.(valuation for an acquisition) | Business, international | Maggie Mullen |
| Valuing Chinese target companies. | Business, international | Alistair Laband |
| Valuing companies in Italy. (analysis of methods of valuing companies) | Business, international | Brigid Sutcliffe |
| Vendors become drivers.(special report: Management Buyouts) | Business, international | Richard Munton |
| Vive la difference. (the differences between making acquisitions in France and the UK) | Business, international | John Hadley |
| What happened where last year?(mergers and acquisitions in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Graeme Pike |
| What to look out for. (tips for overseas acquirors looking at Spain; supplement on Spain) | Business, international | Colin Blessley |
| What went wrong in Dillons buyout? (failed management buyout bid) | Business, international | |
| Who dares wins.(development capital in the West Midlands, England) | Business, international | Bernard Dale |
| Willes makes waves at Close Brothers. (Simon Willes appointed to board of Close Brothers) | Business, international | |
| Will London M&A ever be the same? (impact of Barings collapse on the UK mergers and acquisitions market) | Business, international | |
| Working a miracle deal. (Charterhouse Development Capital and Advent work deal) | Business, international | |
| Yorkshire firms head for the US. (supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | Tom Leipzig, Tony Meeke |
| Yorkshire in the driving seat. (Yorshire strong in motor manufacturing and distribution; supplement on Leeds) | Business, international | David Frith |
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