The transactions highlighted below are representative of Greenhill engagements. In addition, the Firm has completed many engagements that were not publicly-disclosed.
Recent Transactions
Sort By
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Safeway Inc.
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised the Board of Directors of Safeway Inc., a leading food and drug retailer, on its acquisition by Albertsons
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Gannett (Apartments.com)
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Gannett Co., Inc., a media and marketing solutions company, on the sale of its stake in the online real estate classifieds service Apartments.com (part of Classified Ventures, LLC) to CoStar Group, a provider of information services to the commercial real estate industry
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Thiele Kaolin Company
Advised Thiele Kaolin Company, a miner and processor of kaolin clay, on a leveraged capitalization and repurchase of a 40% stock interest from Stora Enso Oyj
![Australia Australia flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/australia.gif)
Open Colleges Australia Pty Ltd
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Open Colleges, Australia’s leading privately owned online provider in the high-growth vocational education and training sector, on the sale of a 70% stake (plus exit arrangements for the balance) to Apollo Education Group, Inc., one of North America’s largest private education providers
![Australia Australia flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/australia.gif)
Global Television
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Catalyst Investment Managers on the sale of its portfolio company Global Television, Australia’s largest provider of outsourced broadcasting and video production services, to NEP Inc., a leading provider of total broadcast solutions in the US, UK and Brazil. NEP is majority-owned by private funds managed by Crestview Partners
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
AT&T (Connecticut Wireline Operations)
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised AT&T Inc. on the sale of its wireline operations in the State of Connecticut to Frontier Communications
![Russia Russia flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/russia.gif)
Megapolis Distribution
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Advised Japan Tobacco Inc in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in Megapolis Distribution B.V., Russia’s leading tobacco distributor
![USA/UK U.S.A., U.K. flags](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_uk.gif)
Fresh & Easy (owned by Tesco plc)
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Tesco plc, a listed FTSE 100 retailer, on the sale of a substantive part of Fresh & Easy’s operating business to YFE Holdings, Inc, an affiliate of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC
![United Kingdom United Kingdom flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/uk.gif)
Lucozade & Ribena brands (owned by GSK)
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Advised GlaxoSmithKline, the UK listed international pharmaceutical and consumer company, on the sale of its nutritional drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Aztec (subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.)
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Dentsu Inc., Asia’s largest advertising agency, on the sale of its retail data analytics subsidiary Aztec, to IRI, a global market research company
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Lincoln Benefit Life, a subsidiary of the Allstate Corporation
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised the limited partners of Resolution Life L.P. in the proposed acquisition by its subsidiary, Resolution Life Holdings, Inc., of Lincoln Benefit Life for $600mm
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Healthcare Finance Group, LLC
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised 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
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Yakult Honsha
![France France flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/france.gif)
Advised Danone, a world leading food company, on its business and capital alliance with Yakult Honsha, the largest probiotic dairy product manufacturer in Japan
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
SUPERVALU, Inc.
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised SUPERVALU, a leading food retailer, on the sale of its New Albertsons, Inc. subsidiary to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management L.P. In addition to the sale, Greenhill also advised the Company on a simultaneous equity tender offer by Cerberus for up to a 30% stake in pro forma SUPERVALU
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
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
![New Zealand New Zealand flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/new-zealand_flag_40105.gif)
Champion Flour Limited
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Advised Goodman Fielder, a leading Australian listed food company, on the sale of its New Zealand flour milling business, Champion Flour, to Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
![U.S.A., Guernsey flags](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/guernsey-us_90266.gif)
Investments of AP Alternative Assets, L.P.
![U.S., Bermuda flags](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_bermuda.gif)
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.
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets
![USA/Canada U.S.A., Canada flags](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_canada.gif)
Advised The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group on its acquisition of Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets
![United Kingdom United Kingdom flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/uk.gif)
Phaidon Press Limited
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Advised Phaidon Press Limited (“Phaidon”) and its owner, Richard Schlagman, on the sale of the company to the family of Leon Black. Founded in 1923, Phaidon is a leading branded publishing and media company focused on the visual arts, culture and lifestyle sectors
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
The Hartford’s Individual Life Insurance Business
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
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.
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
The Hartford’s Retirement Plans Group
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
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
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
ITX (Mobile Phone Retailing Business)
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Advised Japan Industrial Partners, a leading private equity firm in Japan, on the acquisition of mobile phone retailing business from ITX, a mobile phones marketer and distributor in Japan
![United Kingdom United Kingdom flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/uk.gif)
Aegis Group plc
![Japan Japan flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/japan.gif)
Advised Aegis Group plc, a leading global media and digital communications agency, on its sale to Dentsu Inc., the leading advertising group in Asia
![Germany Germany flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/germany.gif)
WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
![United States United States flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/usa_0.gif)
Provided fairness opinion to the Executive Management Board of WMF in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer by Finedining Capital GmbH, a holding company in the possession of funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
![Australia Australia flag](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/australia.gif)
Little World Beverages
![Australia, Japan flags](https://www.greenhill.com/sites/default/files/aus-japan_45376.gif)
Advised Lion on the acquisition of Little World Beverages, Australia’s largest listed brewer and one of the country’s leading players in the Craft beer segment