European Buy-outs - Summary
Total value in Europe fell to €38.3 billion for the first half of 2008 which is much lower than the value for the same period in the previous year (€99.6 billion). There were 637 deals in total, also lower than the number in the same period in the previous year (752).
The chart shows the number and value of private equity and non-private equity backed buy-outs and buy-ins.
Europe = Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland (Eire), Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK.