abstract:Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of privately held or publicly traded companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings; acquisition financings; and growth capital investments in mature companies.
The takeover group also includes Providence Equity Partners, MadisonDearbornPartners and Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) Global Private Equity.