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Leverage starts to resurface in dormant market

Leverage starts to resurface in dormant market
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David Stevenson
1 March 2013
Corporate and M&AFinance

Liberty Global’s $23.3bn acquisition of Virgin Media and Dell’s proposed $24.4bn leveraged buyout have deal finance advisers asking whether this is a signal that leveraged buyout deals are making a comeback.

The pair of mega deals were announced last month within weeks of each other and have handed roles to a raft of advisers on both sides of the Atlantic.

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