Industry LBO execution

How to model an LBO for Europe IT Services assets

Direct answer

For Europe IT Services buyouts, the LBO model should anchor on gross profit per delivery fte and explicitly stress bench inflation plus rate card pressure. Underwriting quality comes from converting operating assumptions into cash conversion cases, then testing debt service under downside, base, and control-upside scenarios.

Core risk factors

  • Bench inflation
  • Rate card pressure
  • Top account concentration

Execution baseline

Metric to anchor underwriting: Gross profit per delivery FTE

Modelling focus: Utilization and rate realization cases

Move from theory to execution

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