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		<title>Debt Market update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastien Gabay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final quarter of 2009 saw encouraging signs of confidence returning across a broad spectrum of bank lending. The mild softening in pricing and the lengthening of tenors in the corporate market, a cluster of new leveraged buyouts at the end of 2009 and the re-entry of banks into the commercial property market (on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy – “Safeguarding value through business restructuring”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying the most important value drivers and estimating values in distressed companies is key for a successful restructuring process, especially in the case of debt for equity swaps. That’s what Michael De Roover, Partner at PwC and Philippe Rasquin, Director at PwC talked about on the fourth session of our M&#38;A Academy.
They shared with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy – “Access to the current debt market and alternative financing methods” presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Webmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 24 September, we hosted the first session of our M&#38;A Academy season, which mainly dealt with access to the current debt market and alternative financing methods. Josy Steenwinckel , Financial Services Leader at PwC Belgium, introduced the subject before handing over to our guest speaker, Freddy Van den Spiegel, Chief Economist at BNP Paribas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sebastien Gabay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After one of the toughest periods for M&#38;A in decades, some high profile announcements have got everyone talking. We are entering a test period for M&#38;A, where more quality assets are coming to market than we have seen in 18 months. Successful completions will depend on vendor price expectations coming into line with acquirers&#8217; views. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tax aspects of debt restructuring&#8221; presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/tax-aspects-of-debt-restructuring-presentation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/tax-aspects-of-debt-restructuring-presentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Muyldermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28 May, we hosted the last M&#38;A Academy session of the season, which dealt with tax aspects of debt restructuring. Jan Muyldermans talked about what it is that is driving debt structuring transactions, the tax basics, the tax aspects of overall debt restructuring and the continuity law. Finally, he put all this into practice [...]]]></description>
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