Management buy-outs
Management buy-outs
A management buyout (MBO) is a transaction where the existing management team of a company combine resources to acquire some or all the shares of the business. This often involves the management team setting up a new company as the acquisition vehicle.
MBOs offer great opportunities for a business, providing management teams with the opportunity to buy the business that they have invested time and effort in helping succeed, and helping the sellers to achieve a smooth sale.
Types of management buyouts
There are many variations based on MBOs including:
- MBI, or management buy in, this involves a funder assembling a management team to acquire the target company (sometimes private equity providers favour this type of transaction).
- BIMBO, or buy in management buyout, is a combination of MBO and MBI.
- FAMBO is the term used for a family buyout (for example, where the second generation buys the business from the first generation within a family).
Our corporate lawyers have extensive experience in working on a wide variety of MBOs and MBIs and can assist whether you are looking to sell your company or you are part of the management team looking to make an acquisition.
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