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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 and Continental Europe 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.

Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this area:

DATE $   COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED   ACQUIROR
30-Aug-2010
Pending
$150 million Windward Investment Management
Advising The Charles Schwab Corporation on its acquisition of Windward Investment Management, an investment advisory firm
The Charles Schwab Corporation
12-Aug-2010
Pending
NA Kohl’s Corporation Private Label Credit Card Business
Advising 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
Pending
$1.3 billion Guinness Peat Group plc
Advising GPG plc, a listed investment company, on potential restructuring alternatives
 
27-May-2010
Pending
$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
Closed
$1.9 billion Bank of America Corporation
Advising 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
Advising 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 proposed 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 proposed 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
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