If completed, it will be the largest private equity deal in Europe.

Plans for equity deals will be hit hardest, analysts said.

If the purchase is completed as expected, it would be the largest private equity deal in Europe.

One of the other themes that emerged from the conference was just how big private equity deals may become.

A wealth of corporate and private equity deals has created a healthy market for credit products in Europe.

He estimates preferred equity deals are used for funds up to $1 billion in size.

The sale marks the latest private equity deal for a technology company in recent months.

"All these projects are the province of private equity deals," he said.

The private equity deal tripled the association's interest payments, to $148 million a year.

This is why the equity deals do tend to be foreigners.