Capabilities by Industry: Healthcare
Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Healthcare sector. Our Managing Directors and professionals in North America, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Australia have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading companies in the industry.
In addition to traditional M&A transactions, our team has extensive experience advising on complex partnering and licensing transactions.
Our experience in the Healthcare industry encompasses the following sub-sectors: healthcare services; life science tools; medical devices and services; branded, specialty and generic pharmaceuticals; and biotechnology.
Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this area:
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Genentech, Inc.

Advised Roche Holding Ltd., a world-leading provider of healthcare pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, on its acquisition of the outstanding publicly held interest in Genentech, Inc., a leading biotechnology company

Allergan Generics

Advised Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a leading global pharmaceutical company, on the acquisition of Allergan plc’s Generics business

Forest Laboratories Inc.

Advised Actavis plc, a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing generic, brand and biosimilar products on its acquisition of Forest Laboratories Inc.

Schering AG

Advised Bayer on its public offer for Schering, an international pharmaceuticals group based in Berlin, Germany

Novartis AG’s 36.5% stake in Consumer Health Joint Venture

Advised and acted as sponsor to GlaxoSmithKline plc, the UK’s leading pharmaceutical company, on the buyout of Novartis’ 36.5% stake in their Consumer Health Joint Venture

Alcon, Inc.

Advised the Independent Director Committee of Alcon, Inc., an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, on the sale of Alcon’s outstanding publicly held interest to Novartis AG, a global pharmaceutical company

Warner Chilcott, plc

Advised Actavis, Inc., a global, integrated specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and distributing generic, branded and biosimilar products on its acquisition of Warner Chilcott plc

Coventry Health Care Inc.

Advised Coventry Health Care Inc., a diversified managed health care company that offers a full portfolio of managed care products serving the commercial group and individual, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and Medicaid markets, on its acquisition by Aetna

Applied Biosystems Group

Provided fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of the Applera Corporation on the merger of its Applied Biosystems business, which serves the life science industry, with the Invitrogen Corporation, creating a global leader in biotechnology reagents and systems

Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Advised Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical provider of cardiovascular and respiratory drugs, on its sale to Abbott Laboratories

Assets owned by GlaxoSmithKline plc

Advised GlaxoSmithKline plc, the UK listed international pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare company, on the divestment of Horlicks and other consumer healthcare nutrition brands to Unilever plc, and on the merger of GSK Consumer Healthcare Limited with Hindustan Unilever Limited

Mediclinic International Limited
Advised Mediclinic International, South Africa’s second largest and Switzerland’s largest provider of private hospital services, on the restructuring of its entire balance sheet, including $2.2 billion debt refinancing in Switzerland and a $0.6 billion rights issue in South Africa

Common shares and common share purchase warrants in Canopy Growth

Advised Canopy Growth on a C$5bn investment by Constellation Brands. As consideration for the investment, Constellation received newly issued Canopy common shares and common share purchase warrants

Global collaboration agreement with Genmab A/S

Advised AbbVie, Inc, an NYSE-listed global biopharmaceutical company, on a broad collaboration with Genmab A/S, a leading Danish-listed biotechnology company, to jointly develop and commercialise three next-generation bispecific antibody programs

Concordia International Corp.

Advised an Ad Hoc Group of Cross-over Debtholders on Concordia International’s cross-border Canadian restructuring and recapitalization, including a US$586.5mm common equity private placement, the equitization of ~US$1.7bn of unsecured debt and the partial paydown and exchange of ~US$2.2bn of secured debt

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.

Advised Roche Holding Ltd., a world-leading provider of healthcare pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, on its acquisition of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a US based provider of histopathology diagnostic equipment

Cardinal Health, Inc., Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services division

Provided fairness opinion to the board of directors of Cardinal Health, Inc., a global company serving the health-care industry, on the sale of its Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services business, which provides outsourced services and proprietary technologies to the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries

GI Alliance

Advising the management and majority physician owners of GI Alliance, the largest gastroenterology practice in the United States, on its recapitalization and buyout of minority partner, Waud Capital

Hirslanden Private Hospital Group

Advised Hirslanden Private Hospital Group, Switzerland's largest private hospital group and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediclinic International Plc, on the refinancing of its CHF 2.0 billion senior secured bank debt

MDLIVE

Advising Cigna on the acquisition of MDLIVE, a virtual care delivery platform, by Evernorth, Cigna’s health services portfolio

Theramex

Advising Carlyle, the leading private equity investor, on the acquisition of Theramex, a Women’s health-focused specialty pharmaceutical company . The acquisition was jointly executed with PAI Partners

Siemens Health Services

Advised Cerner Corporation, a leader in healthcare information services, on the acquisition of the assets of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft’s healthcare information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash.

PRISM Vision Group

Advising PRISM Vision Group, a leading medical eye care services company, on its majority stake sale to McKesson Corporation, a diversified healthcare services and distribution leader

Procaps Group

Advised Procaps Group, a leading integrated international healthcare and pharmaceutical company, on its successful business combination with Union Acquisition Corp II (NASDAQ: LATN), a LatAm-focused special purpose acquisition company. Procaps Group now trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol "PROC"

Akorn, Inc.

Advised Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Term Loan Lenders on Akorn’s in-court recapitalization