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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01-Jun-05
$1.4 billion
Target:
IIR
Acquiror:
T&F Informa
Advised T&F Informa on the acquisition of IIR, a leading provider of performance improvement solutions and organiser of conferences and exhibitions. The acquisition is to be financed via a rights issue of c.$570mm and a new debt facility
27-Oct-04
$3.0 billion
Target:
Warner Chilcott PLC
Acquiror:
Waren Acquisition Limited
Advised Warner Chilcott on approaches received and on recommended proposed acquisition by Waren Acquisition Limited, a vehicle funded by DLJ Merchant Banking and J.P. Morgan Partners, later joined by Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee Partners
02-Mar-04
$2.1 billion
Target:
Taylor & Francis Group Plc
Acquiror:
Informa Group Plc
Advised Informa Group on its merger with Taylor & Francis. Following the merger, Informa shareholders own 51% of the combined company
23-Oct-03
$3.1 billion
Target:
Debenhams plc
Acquiror:
Baroness Retail (a consortium of CVC, TPG and Merrill Lynch)
Advised the independent committee of the Board of Directors of Debenhams plc, a leading UK department store chain, with regards to the sale of the company
13-Dec-02
$1.5 billion
Target:
Burger King Corp
Acquiror:
Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
(subsidiary of Diageo plc) Advised Diageo plc on sale of Burger King Corporation restaurant system.
30-Oct-02
$588 million
Target:
T&S Stores Plc
Acquiror:
Tesco PLC
Advised Tesco PLC, Britain’s largest retailing group, on its acquisition of T&S Stores plc, a publicly listed convenience store retailer operating in the UK.
16-May-02
$545 million
Target:
Go Fly Ltd
Acquiror:
easyJet plc
(majority owned by 3i plc)
Advised Go Fly, Europe’s No. 3 no-frills airline, on its sale to easyJet. The acquisition created Europe’s largest low cost airline.
19-Apr-01
$10.0 billion
Target:
GKN plc
Acquiror:
Brambles Industries Ltd
(Industrial Services)
Advised Brambles on its merger with the industrial services division of GKN under a dual listed companies structure
25-Mar-01
$9.7 billion
Target:
Cable & Wireless Optus Limited
Acquiror:
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
, 52.5% subsidiary of Cable and Wireless plc Advised C&W on the sale of its 52.5% owned Australian subsidiary, Cable & Wireless Optus, to SingTel
19-Dec-00
$8.2 billion
Target:
Seagram
Acquiror:
Diageo plc and Pernod Ricard
(Spirits Division)
Advised Diageo on its joint agreed bid with Pernod Ricard for Seagram’s spirits business.
17-Jul-00
$10.5 billion
Target:
Diageo plc
Acquiror:
General Mills, Inc.
Advised Diageo on the sale of The Pillsbury Company for $5.1 billion in assumed debt and $5.4 billion in stock to General Mills.
31-Mar-00
$498 million
Target:
Dorling Kindersley plc
Acquiror:
Pearson plc
Advised Dorling Kindersley, a leading and innovative book publisher, on the sale of the company to Pearson in an all cash transaction.
06-Aug-99
$12.8 billion
Target:
One2One
Acquiror:
Deutsche Telekom AG
(joint venture between Cable and Wireless plc and Media One)
Strategic advice to C&W in connection with the sale of One2One, a UK mobile phone operator, 50% owned by C&W and 50% owned by Media One
30-Jul-99
$2.5 billion
Target:
Mirror Group PLC
Acquiror:
Trinity plc
Advised Trinity on its merger with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest newspaper publisher