Research

Return of the Mega Buyout?

The opening weeks of 2013 saw the two largest private equity-backed public-to-private transactions announced since the buyout boom period of 2006-2007, indicating a potential return of the mega buyout: the $24.4bn Silver Lake-backed privatization of Dell Inc. and the $28bn Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital-backed buyout of H.J. Heinz Company.