Publications

• Staple Financing – The Case of BP

  Alfonso Guzman and Prof. Ian Cooper, London Business School, 2003

  Staple financing is a financing offer that the seller’s advisory bank attaches to the company being sold. In theory it reduces the risk that a buyer cannot raise the money, shortens the time to closing and signals confidence to buyers. This research project examines how much value the mechanism really adds, using BP’s asset divestitures as the case.

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