PRINT THIS PAGE European LBOs - Key issues for US sponsors19/08/2002. Source: Kirkland & Ellis. David Patrick Eich, James Learner and Stuart Mills 
 US sponsors considering European leveraged buy-out transactions should be aware that various cultural, commercial, and legal issues in Europe create a deal environment materially different from that in the US. warn David Eich, James Learner and Stuart Mills of Kirkland & Ellis offer advice on how to overcome these hurdles.
The greatest obstacles are the legal issues that arise from the laws of both the European Union and the individual European states. Click here to view full report (pdf 323kb)
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Originally published in the Venture Capital Review,
Issue 9, by the National Venture Capital Association
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