Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2022/23: No. 25

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No. 25 - Denis Gromb

Denis Gromb (dec.)
Latterly, Antin I.P. Chair Professor of Finance
HEC Paris

Denis Gromb was the Antin I.P. Chair Professor of Finance at HEC Paris. His principal research interests included corporate finance, corporate governance, banking, the economics of organisations and the limits to arbitrage in financial markets. Denis taught courses related to corporate finance in different programmes: Grande Ecole, Master in Economics, Part-time MBA, Executive MBA, and the Executive MSc in Finance. Prior to joining HEC Paris in 2015, he was a member of faculty at INSEAD, London Business School and MIT.

Denis published many articles in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics and The Annual Review of Financial Economic. He also won several awards for his case studies including being a category winner for the EFMD Case Writing Competition in 2014 and the AFFI-CCMP Award for the best case in Finance in 2018. He won the The Case Centre’s Finance, Accounting and Control award twice; firstly, with his co-authored case Prada’s Hong Kong IPO in 2018, and then again in 2022 with Private Equity and Infrastructure: Antin's TowerCo Deal.

Denis passed away in November 2022 and our tribute to him can be read here.

Denis' top bestselling cases

Browse Denis' top three bestselling cases during the last year.

Bain Capital's 'Take Private' of China Fire

Reference no. 116-0020-1

The case explores the 2011 buyout of China Fire, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese fire protection firm. The MBO, backed by private equity firm Bain Capital, comes amid a wave of 'take China privates' aimed at exploiting valuations depressed by fraud scandals at some US-listed Chinese firms. In response to the cash bid, China Fire's board has formed a special committee to negotiate terms. As the committee's financial advisor, Barclays Capital must conduct financial due diligence, including a valuation of China Fire.

Private Equity and Infrastructure: Antin's TowerCo Deal

Reference no. 120-0083-1

Set in 2012, the case focuses on Antin IP, a young private equity firm targeting brownfield infrastructure assets in Europe, and its acquisition of over 2,000 cell towers from French telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom. The case reviews the transaction which occurred in early 2013, the value creation initiatives implemented during Antin's ownership of the business (2013-2016) and its eventual sale in 2017.

Prada's Hong Kong IPO

Reference no. 116-0050-1

In March 2011, Prada is preparing an IPO, set for June in Hong Kong. A team at one of its underwriters, Credit Agricole’s CLSA unit, is setting a preliminary price range, structuring the offering and preparing the IPO process.

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"Of case teaching’s virtues, to me, the main one is eliciting knowledge that is already in the classroom – and there is often so much! Once participants connect to the case, they gain confidence and start sharing their own experience, problems they encountered, mistakes they made, solutions they devised. When this happens, I relax and enjoy the fireworks. That’s one of the most satisfying parts of my job."

~ Denis Gromb

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