Financing an M&A Middle‐Market Transaction Available to Purchase

In recent months, numerous articles in this publication have discussed various aspects of financing lever‐aged buyouts. Our experience shows a dramatic increase in the number of middle‐market transactions and in the percentage financed by foreign lenders. (The acquirers in these transactions could be either U.S. companies or overseas firms.) Although, in the past, foreign lenders seldom participated in middle‐market transactions, competitive pressures and the increase in middle‐market transactions have changed this policy.