PE bible

Hi, Would anyone have a recommendation on a good book on PE/LBO in order to cover not only modeling but also deal structuring, DD etc... ? I am about to start a new job with a PE coming from IB. Thxs ! Dulac

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I don't have any personal recommendations, but here are a few on LBOs from one business school's reading list: ▪ "Big Deal: 2000 and Beyond" - Bruce Wasserstein ▪ "Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business" - George Anders ▪ "Takeovers II: A Strategist's Manual for Business Combinations in the 1990s" - Ferrara, Brown, Hall, Presser

The complete list of technical and non-technical publications they recommend can be found here - http://bit.ly/6LzEHD

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