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We introduce ten leveraged transactions that embody many of the key themes of an eventful year in European private equity.

Roundtable - Open for business, focused on credit
Earlier this year, the European LBO market was booming, with deals growing ever larger and structural complexity increasing at record pace. Then the subprime crisis hit and liquidity evaporated. In October, a team of European leveraged finance professionals at The Royal Bank of Scotland spent time with Private Equity International to take stock of the year's dramatic events.

Sponsor profile
The Royal Bank of Scotland

The deals
Alliance Boots
Amadeus
Aston Martin
BTC
Jupiter Asset Management
ProSiebenSat.1
Schefenacker
Spire Healthcare
Thresher Group
Vivarte

Data room
The key statistics of the European buyout market in 2007.