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Tighter pre-pack regulations - What could the proposed changes mean for dealmaking?

FOR BUYERS

Pre-pack sales are a vital tool in business rescue. This much is not really up for debate. However, in recent years, there have been several high profile pre-pack deals undertaken where the purchaser is a connected party to the business in administration. When a deal like this takes place, it raises some eyebrows. Not least from the creditors who tend not to know about the pre-pack sale until the deal has already taken place. They are often unaware that the buyer is a connected party (possibly...