Buyouts: Public-to-private deals talked up in Europe

There are high expectations for European public-to-private deals this year but there is much uncertainty in the sector about how many will actually make it to market

The time it takes to get a deal done, and indeed the vacillation of companies considering deals, makes it hard to predict when and how such deals will materialize.

However, the pipeline for the coming year is promising. In the Netherlands a number of companies, including Dutch conglomerate Stork, either have requests for proposals under way or are investigating the option.