Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Financial Services sector.  Our managing directors and professionals in North America, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia and Japan have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading companies in the industry.

Our experience in the Financial Services industry encompasses the following sub-sectors: banks and thrifts; specialty finance; insurance; securities exchanges; broker dealers; asset management; payment processing; and other specialized sub-sectors.

DATE	$		COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED		ACQUIROR
08-May-2013 Pending	$110 million		Healthcare Finance Group, LLC Advising Fifth Street Finance Corp., a specialty finance company with approximately $2 billion of assets under management, on the acquisition of Healthcare Finance Group, LLC, a specialty lender providing asset-based lending and term loan products to the healthcare industry		Fifth Street Finance Corp.
11-Dec-2012	$51.6 billion		American International Group (AIG) Advised the United States Department of the Treasury (“UST”) on the full reduction of its 92% ownership stake in the insurer through numerous Secondary Public Offering Transactions
30-Oct-2012	$834 million		Investments of AP Alternative Assets, L.P. Advised the Special Committee of the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Athene Holding Ltd. in connection with the purchase of non-cash investment assets of AP Alternative Assets L.P.		Athene Holding Ltd.
23-Oct-2012	$5.7 billion		Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets Advised The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group on its acquisition of Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets		The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group
27-Sep-2012	$1.5 billion		The Hartford’s Individual Life Insurance Business Advised The Hartford, a leading provider of insurance and wealth management services, on the divestiture of its Individual Life Insurance Business to Prudential Financial, Inc.		Prudential Financial, Inc.
04-Sep-2012	$600 million		The Hartford’s Retirement Plans Group Advised The Hartford, a leading provider of insurance and wealth management services, on the divestiture of its Retirement Plans Group to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, a leading mutual life insurance company		Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
27-Apr-2012	NA		Merlin Securities LLC Advised Merlin Securities LLC, a leading prime brokerage company in the U.S., on its sale to Wells Fargo		Wells Fargo & Company
17-Nov-2011	$1.5 billion		Northern Rock Advised Virgin Money, a financial services provider, on the acquisition of Northern Rock, a UK retail mortgage and savings bank, from UK Financial Investments Ltd, which manages the UK Government’s investments in financial institutions		Virgin Money
16-Sep-2011	NA		Mako Global Derivatives Executive LLP Advised Close Brothers Group plc, an independent financial services group, on the sale of its 49.9% stake in Mako Global, a market maker in exchange traded derivatives, to Mako’s management		Mako Executive Directors and Staff
08-Jun-2011	$1.7 billion		Citigroup (selected private equity assets) Advised AXA Private Equity, a leading European diversified private equity firm, on its acquisition of a $1.7 billion portfolio of limited partnership interests in private equity buyout funds and a portfolio of direct stakes in companies from Citigroup		AXA Private Equity
11-Apr-2011	~$198 million		HSBC Afore (subsidiary of HSBC Holdings Plc) Advised Principal Financial Group, Inc., a leading asset accumulation, asset management and retirement services franchise in the United States and abroad on its acquisition of HSBC Afore, HSBC’s pension business in Mexico		Principal Financial Group, Inc.
21-Mar-2011	NA		Close Brothers Cayman Limited Advised Close Brothers plc, an independent financial services group, on the sale of its Cayman based offshore business to Intertrust Group Holdings SA		Intertrust Group Holdings SA
11-Mar-2011	$1.0 billion		Troika Dialog Group Limited Advised TD Advisors Limited, a major shareholder of Troika Dialog Group, Russia’s leading investment bank, on the sale of their stake as part of the acquisition of Troika Dialog Group by Sberbank, the largest commercial bank in Russia		Sberbank
01-Mar-2011	$122 million		Australian Unity Limited Advised Australian Unity Limited, a leading healthcare, financial services and retirement living mutual organisation, on its A$120 million issue of five year unsecured notes listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
01-Mar-2011	$128 million		Tyndall Investments Advised Suncorp, on the sale of its investment management business, Tyndall Investments, in Australia and New Zealand to Nikko Asset Management, a leading Asian mutual funds management company		Nikko Asset Management
07-Feb-2011	$548 million		Wesco Financial Corporation Advised the Special Committee of Wesco Financial Corporation in connection with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s proposal to acquire the remaining 19.9% of the shares of Wesco’s common stock that it does not presently own		Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
29-Dec-2010	$1.8 billion		TOWER Australia Group Limited Advised TOWER Australia Group Limited, the largest mono-line life insurance company in Australia, in relation to the offer from The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited to acquire all of the shares in TOWER that it does not already own by way of a scheme of arrangement		The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited
15-Dec-2010	$550 million		FirstRand STI Holdings Limited Advised FirstRand Limited, one of the largest financial services groups in Africa, on the sale of its 45% stake in FirstRand STI Holdings Limited (OUTsurance), South Africa’s leading direct personal lines insurer, to RMB Holdings Limited		RMB Holdings Limited
22-Nov-2010	NA		U.S. Department of the Treasury Advised the United States Department of the Treasury on the management and disposition of its common shares of AIG
12-Nov-2010	NA		Money Controls (subsidiary of Coin Acceptors, Inc.) Advised Coin Acceptors, Inc. (“CoinCo”), a privately-owned US-based manufacturer of payment solutions for the automated point-of-sale industry, on the sale of its UK-based Money Controls subsidiary to Crane Co., a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products		Crane Co.
04-Nov-2010	~$370 million		J. Malucelli Participacao em Seguros E Resseguros S.A Advised Travelers, the largest listed property and casualty insurance company in the U.S., on the acquisition of a ~43% stake in J. Malucelli Participacao em Seguros E Resseguros, the leading surety insurance company in Brazil, through the issue of new common shares (with an option to increase to 49.9% within 18 months)		The Travelers Companies, Inc.
26-Oct-2010	$175 million		Rural Bank Advised Elders, a diversified agricultural company on the sale of its 40% stake in Rural Bank to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, an Australian diversified financial services company		Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
30-Aug-2010	$150 million		Windward Investment Management Advised The Charles Schwab Corporation on its acquisition of Windward Investment Management, an investment advisory firm		The Charles Schwab Corporation
12-Aug-2010	NA		Kohl’s Corporation Private Label Credit Card Business Advised Kohl’s Corporation on a strategic alliance relating to its private label credit card business with Capital One Financial Corporation		Capital One Financial Corporation
28-Jun-2010	$1.3 billion		Guinness Peat Group plc Advised GPG plc, a listed investment company, on potential restructuring alternatives
27-May-2010	$79 million		TOWER Australia Group Limited Advised TOWER Australia, a provider of life insurance, risk, superannuation and retirement solutions, on its non-accelerated, 1 for 7 renounceable entitlement offer
22-Apr-2010	$1.9 billion		Bank of America Corporation Advised AXA Private Equity, a leading European diversified private equity firm, on the acquisition of a portfolio of limited partnership interests in private equity funds from Bank of America		AXA Private Equity
06-Apr-2010	$153 million		Virgin Money Holdings (UK) Limited Advised Virgin Money Holdings (UK) Limited, Virgin Group’s financial services arm, on the structuring of an investment of £100m from WL Ross & Co.		W.L. Ross & Co. LLC
01-Apr-2010	$230 million		Primerica Inc. Advised Primerica Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., on a series of transactions, including the concurrent sale of a minority stake to Warburg Pincus and initial public offering		Warburg Pincus
15-Dec-2009	$4.5 billion		Prudential Financial, Inc. Advised Wells Fargo on the acquisition of Prudential Financial’s noncontrolling interest in their retail brokerage Joint Venture		Wells Fargo & Company
27-Aug-2009	$144 million		NYFIX, Inc. Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NYFIX, Inc., a provider of electronic trading solutions, on its sale to NYSE Euronext		NYSE Euronext
06-Jul-2009	$2.0 billion		PARIS RE Holdings Ltd. Advised PartnerRe Ltd., a leading global reinsurer, providing multi-line reinsurance to insurance companies, on its acquisition of PARIS RE Holdings Ltd., a French-listed, Swiss-based diversified reinsurer		PartnerRe Ltd.
28-May-2009	$107 million		Tristone Capital Global Inc. Advised Tristone Capital Global Inc., an independent advisory firm focused on the global energy sector, on its sale to Macquarie Group		Macquarie Group
18-May-2009	$114 million		Close Brothers Corporate Finance Holdings Ltd. Advised Close Brothers Group plc, an independent financial services group, on the sale of its corporate finance subsidiary to Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd.		Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Ltd.
31-Mar-2009	$1.7 billion		IPC Holdings, Ltd. Advised Validus Holdings, Ltd., a leading Bermuda-based reinsurer, on its offer to acquire IPC Holdings, Ltd.		Validus Holdings, Ltd.
02-Jul-2008	NA		NewSmith Capital Advised NewSmith Capital, an independent investment management group, on a strategic agreement with UniCredit whereby UniCredit will acquire NewSmith’s Financial Products credit advisory business, assume a 5% stake in NewSmith Capital and become an investor in NewSmith funds		UniCredit SpA
14-Apr-2008	$143 million		Clayton Holdings, Inc. Advised Greenfield Partners on its acquisition of Clayton Holdings, a leading due diligence and surveillance provider		Greenfield Partners
07-Mar-2008	$1.5 billion		Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Advised a consortium of leading global financial institutions and investors, including but not limited to Banc of America Securities LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Dresdner Kleinwort Securities LLC; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; and UBS Securities LLC, on its participation in a recapitalization of Ambac Financial Group, Inc.
07-Nov-2007	$652 million		Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Advised Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc, the third largest options market in the U.S. and the nation's oldest stock exchange, on its sale to the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.		The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
02-Oct-2007	$4.6 billion		Nikko Cordial Corporation Advised Nikko Cordial, one of Japan’s largest securities firms, on its share exchange with Citigroup Inc., which resulted in Citigroup’s acquisition of the remaining 32% of Nikko Cordial that it did not already own		Citigroup, Inc.
30-May-2007	$5.3 billion		Ceridian Corporation Acted as sole financial adviser to Ceridian Corporation, an information services provider to the human resource, transportation and retail markets, on its sale to Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fidelity National Financial		Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fidelity National Financial
29-May-2007	$99.1 billion		ABN AMRO Holding NV Advised Fortis on an offer by Fortis, RBS and Santander for ABN AMRO		Fortis SA/NV, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Banco Santander Central Hispano, SA
16-Apr-2007	$25.0 billion		SLM Corporation Advised the Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of SLM Corporation, commonly known as Sallie Mae, on the sale to a consortium consisting of J.C. Flowers, Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase		J.C. Flowers, Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase
22-Dec-2006	$115 million		The 401(K) Company (a subsidiary of Nationwide Financial) Advised The Charles Schwab Corporation on its acquisition of The 401(K) Company from Nationwide Financial. The 401(K) Company is a leading provider of defined contribution retirement administration services		The Charles Schwab Corporation
20-Dec-2006	$424 million		Aton Capital Advised Aton Capital Group, the independent Russian investment bank, on the sale of its Institutional Business to Bank Austria Creditanstalt (part of the UniCredit Group)		Bank Austria Creditanstalt / UniCredit Group
11-Oct-2006	NA		Visa USA Advised Visa USA in its announced plans to merge with Visa Canada and Visa International to form Visa Inc., a new public global corporation
04-Aug-2006	$290 million		Republic Companies Group, Inc. Advised Republic Companies Group, Inc., a regional provider of personal and commercial property and casualty insurance products		Delek Capital Ltd.
19-May-2006	$1.4 billion		London Stock Exchange Group plc (25.1% stake) Advised The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the largest electronic equity securities market in the United States, on the acquisition of a 25.1% stake in London Stock Exchange plc		The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
12-Dec-2005	$83 million		Ibbotson Associates Advised Ibbotson Associates on its sale to Morningstar Inc. for $83 million		Morningstar Inc.
25-Oct-2005	$2.1 billion		BHW Holding AG Advised BHW Holding AG, a retail financial services group, in connection with its sale to Deutsche Postbank AG, Germany’s largest retail bank		Deutsche Postbank AG
17-Oct-2005	$16.8 billion		Refco Acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Refco Inc. in connection with its Chapter 11 proceedings which included the sale of substantially all of the assets of Refco's regulated commodities futures business to Man Financial for $1.2 billion
22-Jun-2005	$198 million		21.5% stake in Rothschilds Continuation Holdings held by Royal & Sun Alliance Advised Royal & Sun Alliance on the sale of its 21.5% shareholding in Rothschilds Continuation Holdings AG to Jardine Strategic Holdings		Jardine Strategic Holdings
20-Apr-2005	$1.4 billion		Archipelago Holdings Inc Provided financial advisory services and a fairness opinion to Archipelago Holdings, Inc. in its definitive merger agreement with the NYSE to create the NYSE Group, Inc		New York Stock Exchange
21-Mar-2003	$6.1 billion		Conseco, Inc. Advised the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Conseco, Inc., a life insurance and annuities company, on the financial restructuring of the Company’s $6 billion of externally held financial indebtedness
31-Jan-2003			Charles Schwab Europe Advised The Charles Schwab Corporation on the sale of its British pound sterling brokerage business, to Barclays PLC.		Barclays PLC
22-Sep-2000	$750 million		AerFi Group plc Advised AerFi on its sale to debis AirFinance .		debis AirFinance (subsidiary of Daimler Chrysler AG)
12-Mar-1999	$3.1 billion		M&G Group plc Advised M&G Group on the sale of the company for cash to Prudential, the United Kingdom’s largest life insurer and fund manager.		Prudential Corp. plc
09-Jun-1997	$540 million		Robertson Stephens & Company Advised Robertson, Stephens & Co. on the sale of 100% of this privately-held securities firm to BankAmerica in a friendly all-cash transaction.		Bank America Corporation