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Smith, David C.

Debt-for-Control Investing in Asia: Nine Entertainment Company

Fleming, Grant; Von Reibnitz, Anna; Smith, David C.

F-1800 | Published July 18, 2017 | 20 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

In October 2012, Australian media giant Nine Entertainment Company (NEC) was in the midst of a major debt renegotiation that would determine whether the company received a renewed chance to survive an... Read More

Cengage Learning: Can Apax Partners Salvage This Buyout?

Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Smith, David C.

F-1727 | Published February 10, 2015 | 19 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This case investigates the issues involved in a private equity (PE) firm’s decision to invest in the debt of a distressed leveraged buyout. The analysis has been purposefully simplified to involve onl... Read More

The Restructuring of Danfurn LLC

Smith, David C.; Halperin, Larry G.; Friedman, Michael

F-1688 | Published January 22, 2013 | 10 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

"This case is taught at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce in the fourth year course, ""Corporate Restructuring."" The case is suitable for advanced undergraduates or MBS students ... Read More