The transactions highlighted below are representative of Greenhill engagements. In addition, the Firm has completed many engagements that were not publicly-disclosed.
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18-Jun-12
$NA
Target:
Pension Trustees of Howden Joinery Group plc
Advised the Pension Trustees of Howden Joinery Group plc in negotiating a revised schedule of deficit reduction payments, and with regards to their security position relative to the Company’s lenders
28-Feb-20
$NA
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Rights to Three Skin Care Brands in Mexico
Acquiror:
Grisi Hnos
Advised GlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”), the UK listed international pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare company, on the divestiture of the Mexico rights to Hinds, Capent and Eclipsol to Mexico-based Grisi Hnos
04-Dec-09
$NA
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Verivox Holding Limited
Acquiror:
Oakley Capital Private Equity LP
Advised the shareholders of Verivox Holdings Limited, comprising Independent News & Media plc and the founders and joint CEOs of Verivox, on the sale of 51% in Verivox, Germany’s leading price comparison website for energy and telecommunications services, to Oakley Capital Private Equity
09-Apr-24
Pending
Undisclosed
Target:
Tegra’s Operating Entities in Honduras, El Salvador, and the U.S.
Acquiror:
SAE-A Trading
Advising Tegra, a premier and leading near and onshore apparel manufacturer for sport, team, and performance apparel, on the sale of its operating entities in Honduras, El Salvador, and the U.S. to SAE-A Trading, a vertically integrated textile and apparel garment manufacturer
14-Nov-16
$NA
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Lion’s Australian Premium Wine Business – Fine Wine Partners
Acquiror:
Accolade Wines
Advised Lion, a leading Australasian food and beverage company wholly owned by Japanese conglomerate Kirin, on the sale of its Australian wine business Fine Wine Partners to Accolade Wines, a portfolio company of CHAMP Private Equity
12-May-10
$NA
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Experian plc
Acquiror:
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
Advised Experian plc, the FTSE100 global information services company, on the sale of certain UK database marketing activities into a newly formed joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
14-Apr-16
$NA
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Frieze Events Ltd. / Frieze Publishing Ltd.
Acquiror:
WME | IMG Global
Advised Frieze, the premier art events and media company, on its strategic investment and partnership with WME IMG Global
02-Oct-13
$NA
Target:
Tesco PLC's Chinese retail operations
Acquiror:
China Resources Enterprise
Advised Tesco PLC on the formation of a joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, a Hong Kong listed, Chinese retailer, to create the leading multi-format retailer in China
31-Jan-20
Undisclosed
Target:
Wildstone
Acquiror:
Digital Colony
Advised Wildstone, a leading aggregation and digitalization company for outdoor billboards, on its sale to Digital Colony, whilst contemporaneously acquiring Insite Poster Group
19-Dec-18
$NA
Target:
Pfizer Inc. Consumer Health Business
Acquiror:
GlaxoSmithKline plc
Advised GlaxoSmithKline plc ("GSK"), the UK listed international pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare company, on the combination of GSK's and Pfizer's Consumer Health businesses to create a world-leading Joint Venture
10-Sep-13
$NA
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Fresh & Easy (owned by Tesco plc)
Acquiror:
YFE Holdings, Inc (affiliate of The Yucaipa Companies, LLC)
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
26-Apr-13
$NA
Target:
Yakult Honsha
Acquiror:
Danone
Advised Danone, a world leading food company, on its business and capital alliance with Yakult Honsha, the largest probiotic dairy product manufacturer in Japan
28-Jan-19
$NA
Target:
The Laundress Inc.
Acquiror:
Unilever plc
Advised The Laundress Inc., a laundry and home cleaning products brand, on its sale to Unilever, a British-Dutch consumer goods company
16-Aug-18
$NA
Target:
Sky plc
Acquiror:
The Walt Disney Company / Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
Acted on behalf of a group of independent shareholders of Sky plc, representing their interests at the Hearings Committee of the UK Takeover Panel and at the Takeover Appeals Board in the context of the Panel’s determination of a Chain Principle Offer price payable by Disney for Sky
09-Dec-13
$NA
Target:
Lazada Group GmbH
Acquiror:
Tesco plc
Advised Tesco plc, a listed FTSE 100 retailer, on its acquisition of a significant minority shareholding in Lazada, the leading online general merchandise retailer in South East Asia
07-Jun-21
Undisclosed
Target:
Rights to General, Right Guard and Dry Idea brands
Acquiror:
N/A
Advised Henkel on its brand divestment program (including the sale of the General, Right Guard and Dry Idea brands)
22-Mar-19
$NA
Target:
Four Pillars Gin
Acquiror:
Lion Beer Australia
Advised Lion, an Australian subsidiary of Kirin, on its acquisition of a strategic stake in Four Pillars Gin, Australia’s leading craft gin distillery
08-Oct-12
$NA
Target:
Phaidon Press Limited
Acquiror:
Leon D. Black family
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
10-Mar-14
$NA
Target:
K-Y brand
Acquiror:
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
Advised Reckitt Benckiser, a leading consumer goods manufacturer, on the acquisition of the global rights to the K-Y brand, a leader in intimate lubricants
02-Oct-17
$NA
Target:
Mãe Terra Produtos Naturais Ltda.
Acquiror:
The Unilever Group
Advised Mãe Terra Produtos Naturais Ltda., Brazil’s leading Natural & Organic food products company, on its sale to The Unilever Group
10-Nov-21
Undisclosed
Target:
Bell's Brewery
Acquiror:
Lion / Kirin
Advised Lion, one of Australasia’s leading beverage companies and a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Kirin Holdings, on the acquisition of Bell’s Brewery, a leading US independent craft brewery
21-May-12
$NA
Target:
Robbins-Gioia Inc.
Acquiror:
Private Investors
Advised Informa plc on the sale of its subsidiary, Robbins-Gioia Inc., to a group of private investors
29-Jul-20
$NA
Target:
Community Fibre Limited
Acquiror:
Warburg Pincus LLC, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners
Advised Warburg Pincus LLC and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in CommunityFibre Limited, a leading full fibre network infrastructure platform in UK
07-Dec-21
Pending
Undisclosed
Target:
Interamericana Trading Corporation and Simpson Motors
Acquiror:
Inchcape plc
Advising Inchcape plc, the leading independent global automotive distributor, on the acquisition of Interamericana Trading Corporation (“ITC”), a leading independent automotive distributor in the Caribbean region, and Simpson Motors, the leading automotive retailer in Barbados, from the Simpson Group
22-Sep-20
$NA
Target:
VX Fiber
Acquiror:
AMP Capital
Advised VX Fiber, an international infrastructure and technology business focused on Fibre-to-the-Home networks, on its sale to the infrastructure fund AMP Capital