Private Equity case studies, worked step by step
- Cases
- 100
- Traced to a firm
- 59
- Topics
- 12
- Hard
- 30
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All topicsGrowth equity and software8Returns attribution and value creation8LBO modelling tests9Screening and ranking businesses9Distressed and special situations7Private credit and direct lending9Paper LBOs10Real estate and infrastructure8Portfolio operations and exits6Deal structuring and pricing9Fund, LP and portfolio analytics7Commercial and market cases10
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- 006A distressed spinning mill needs Rs 150 crore of rescue money that would rank ahead of the existing Rs 600 crore senior loan. What do the existing lenders recover with and without the rescue, and should they agree?Special situationsPrivate credit
- 030A steel maker is in insolvency. Liquidation would fetch Rs 400 crore; a bidder offers Rs 650 crore. Work the distribution across financial creditors, operational creditors and shareholders, and say why lenders vote for the bid.Special situations
- 048Debt-for-equity restructuring: a shipyard owes Rs 1,200 crore on Rs 100 crore of EBITDA. Lenders cut debt to 4x and take 70% of the equity, with enterprise value at 7x. What do the lenders recover in debt and equity, and what do the old shareholders keep?Special situations
- 068A shrinking retailer's Rs 400 crore of debt trades at 60 and its equity is valued at Rs 100 crore. Across recovery, restructuring and liquidation, would you rather own the debt or the equity?Bain CapitalBoston · 2026
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