The transactions highlighted below are representative of Greenhill engagements. In addition, the Firm has completed many engagements that were not publicly-disclosed.
Recent Transactions
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11-Dec-12
$51.6 billion
Target:
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
01-Nov-12
$1.9 billion
Target:
JDA Software
Acquiror:
RedPrairie
Advised RedPrairie on the acquisition of JDA Software, a leading provider of supply chain management software
30-Oct-12
$834 million
Target:
Investments of AP Alternative Assets, L.P.
Acquiror:
Athene Holding Ltd.
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.
23-Oct-12
$5.7 billion
Target:
Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets
Acquiror:
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group
Advised The Toronto-Dominion Bank Group on its acquisition of Target Corporation’s REDcard credit card assets
17-Oct-12
$2.6 billion
Target:
Cymer, Inc.
Acquiror:
ASML Holding NV
Advised ASML Holding NV, a leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, on its acquisition of Cymer, Inc., a leading supplier of lithography light sources used by chipmakers to manufacture advanced semiconductor devices
27-Sep-12
$1.5 billion
Target:
The Hartford’s Individual Life Insurance Business
Acquiror:
Prudential Financial, Inc.
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.
19-Sep-12
$130 million
Target:
Ramtron International Corporation
Acquiror:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
Advised Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, a leading provider of mixed-signal and programmable solutions worldwide, on its unsolicited acquisition of Ramtron International Corporation, a leading provider of ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) devices
04-Sep-12
$600 million
Target:
The Hartford’s Retirement Plans Group
Acquiror:
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
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
27-Aug-12
$1.1 billion
Target:
Deltek, Inc.
Acquiror:
Thoma Bravo, LLC
Advised Deltek, Inc., the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors, on its acquisition by Thoma Bravo, LLC
30-Jul-12
$150 million
Target:
Alpine Access, Inc.
Acquiror:
SYKES Enterprises, Inc.
Advised SYKES Enterprises, a leading global provider of outsourced customer contact management solutions and services, on its acquisition of Alpine Access, a leader in at-Home customer contact management solutions and services
09-Jul-12
$4.7 billion
Target:
ASML Holding NV (minority stake)
Acquiror:
Customers including Intel Corporation, TSMC and Samsung Electronics
Advised the Supervisory Board of ASML on the establishment of a Customer Co-Investment Program including the issue of 23% equity stake and $1.7 billion of R&D funding
27-Apr-12
$NA
Target:
Merlin Securities LLC
Acquiror:
Wells Fargo & Company
Advised Merlin Securities LLC, a leading prime brokerage company in the US, on its sale to Wells Fargo
13-Dec-11
$345 million
Target:
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
Advised Cabot Microelectronics Corporation on its new capital management initiative, including a leveraged recapitalization via a special dividend
17-Nov-11
$1.5 billion
Target:
Northern Rock
Acquiror:
Virgin Money
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
16-Sep-11
$NA
Target:
Mako Global Derivatives Executive LLP
Acquiror:
Mako Executive Directors and Staff
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
08-Jun-11
$1.7 billion
Target:
Citigroup (selected private equity assets)
Acquiror:
AXA Private Equity
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
11-Apr-11
~$198 million
Target:
HSBC Afore (subsidiary of HSBC Holdings Plc)
Acquiror:
Principal Financial Group, Inc.
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
21-Mar-11
$NA
Target:
Close Brothers Cayman Limited
Acquiror:
Intertrust Group Holdings SA
Advised Close Brothers plc, an independent financial services group, on the sale of its Cayman based offshore business to Intertrust Group Holdings SA
01-Mar-11
$128 million
Target:
Tyndall Investments
Acquiror:
Nikko Asset Management
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
07-Feb-11
$548 million
Target:
Wesco Financial Corporation
Acquiror:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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
29-Dec-10
$1.8 billion
Target:
TOWER Australia Group Limited
Acquiror:
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, 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
07-Dec-10
$500 million
Target:
Medicity, Inc.
Acquiror:
Aetna Inc.
Advised Aetna Inc. on its acquisition of Medicity, Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions to enable the secure access and exchange of healthcare information
01-Dec-10
$NA
Target:
Planar Solutions, LLC
Acquiror:
FUJIFILM Corporation
Advised Wacker Chemie AG on the sale of Wacker Chemical Corporation’s 50% equity stake in Planar Solutions LLC, a dedicated CMP slurry manufacturer, to its JV partner, FUJIFILM Corporation
22-Nov-10
$NA
Target:
US 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-10
$NA
Target:
Money Controls (subsidiary of Coin Acceptors, Inc.)
Acquiror:
Crane Co.
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