Management buy-outs and buy-ins

For management teams thinking of buying the business they run, outside managers looking to buy in, and owners considering a sale to their team.

What's inside

• Is a buy-out right for this business? Directors' duties and telling the owner
• Agreeing a price and how a buy-out is funded
• Vendor finance and the owner's risk, private equity and regional funds
• Management equity and tax, and the seller's tax and legal points
• Buy-ins and BIMBOs, and buy-out versus employee ownership trust or trade sale
• Real buy-outs from 2025–26, and checklists for managers and owners

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