Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

An updated look at how corporate restructuring really works
Stuart  Gilson is one of the leading corporate restructuring experts in the  United States, teaching thousands of students and consulting with  numerous companies. Now, in the second edition of this bestselling book,  Gilson returns to present new insight into corporate restructuring.
Through  real-world case studies that involve some of the most prominent  restructurings of the last ten years, and highlighting the increased  role of hedge funds in distressed investing, you'll develop a better  sense of the restructuring process and how it can truly create value. In  addition to "classic" buyout and structuring case studies, this second  edition includes coverage of Delphi, General Motors, the Finova Group  and Warren Buffett, Kmart and Sears, Adelphia Communications, Seagate  Technology, Dupont-Conoco, and even the Eurotunnel debt restructuring.
Covers  corporate bankruptcy reorganization, debt workouts, "vulture"  investing, equity spin-offs, asset divestitures, and much more.
Addresses the effect of employee layoffs and corporate downsizing
Examines how companies allocate value and when a corporation should "pull the trigger"
From  hedge funds to financial fraud to subprime busts, this second edition  offers a rare look at some of the most innovative and controversial  restructurings ever