1. Overview -

1.1. What are the most common types of private equity transactions in your jurisdiction? What is the current state of the market for these transactions?

The most common types of private equity (“PE”) transactions in the UK centre around leveraged buyouts (in the form of share and asset acquisitions), take-private transactions, flotations and bolt-on transactions. Accompanying a majority of these transactions will also be the leveraged financing/refinancing of such deals from a variety of debt sources.