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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13-May-14
$80 million
Target:
Publications International, Ltd. Children’s Division
Acquiror:
Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing and Media Corporation Limited
Advised Publications International, a leading consumer book publisher, on the sale of its Children’s Division to Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing and Media Corporation Limited
15-Apr-14
$NA
Target:
MGM Hakkasan Hospitality
Advised MGM Resorts International on the formation of a joint venture hotel management company with the Hakkasan Group called MGM Hakkasan Hospitality that will design, develop and manage luxury non-gaming hotels worldwide
08-Apr-14
$NA
Target:
ARTnews
Acquiror:
Skate Capital Corp.
Advised ARTnews, the world's oldest and most widely circulated art magazine, on its sale to Skate Capital Corp., a private art and media industry investment vehicle
03-Mar-14
$3.6 billion
Target:
hibu plc (formerly Yell Group plc)
Advised hibu, a full service provider of digital and print marketing services for SMEs and owner of print directory brands Yellow Pages (UK), Yellowbook (US) and Paginas Amarillas (Spain), on the comprehensive restructuring of its £2.2 billion balance sheet debt
03-Mar-14
$585 million
Target:
Gannett (Apartments.com)
Acquiror:
CoStar Group
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
18-Dec-13
$NA
Target:
Global Television
Acquiror:
NEP Group Inc.
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
18-Dec-13
$141 million
Target:
Open Colleges Australia Pty Ltd
Acquiror:
Apollo Education Group, Inc.
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
17-Dec-13
$2.0 billion
Target:
AT&T (Connecticut Wireline Operations)
Acquiror:
Frontier Communications Corp.
Advised AT&T Inc. on the sale of its wireline operations in the State of Connecticut to Frontier Communications
04-Sep-13
$NA
Target:
Aztec (subsidiary of Dentsu Inc.)
Acquiror:
IRI
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
01-Apr-13
$NA
Target:
Morgans Hotel Group
Advised the Special Transaction Committee of the Board of Morgans Hotel Group on the transfer of its ownership interests in Delano South Beach and The Light Group to The Yucaipa Companies in exchange for the cancellation of certain securities held by Yucaipa (debt, preferred stock and warrants) together with a $100 million rights offering backstopped by Yucaipa
26-Nov-12
$16 billion
Target:
Archstone Enterprise LP
Acquiror:
AvalonBay Communities & Equity Residential
Advised AvalonBay on its joint acquisition with Equity Residential of the assets and liabilities of Archstone Enterprise LP, an owner of high-quality apartment communities in major markets in the United States, from Lehman Brothers Holdings
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
13-Aug-12
$32 million
Target:
Journal Communications, Inc.
Advised the Board of Directors of Journal Communications, Inc., a diversified media company with newspaper and broadcasting interests, in connection with the repurchase of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of its Class C Common Stock from successors to the Company’s founding family
12-Jul-12
$5.0 billion
Target:
Aegis Group plc
Acquiror:
Dentsu Inc.
Advised Aegis Group plc, a leading global media and digital communications agency, on its sale to Dentsu Inc., the leading advertising group in Asia
28-Jun-12
$275 million
Target:
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group
Advised Village Roadshow Entertainment Group on its $275 million mezzanine and equity capital raise from a group of investors
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
16-May-12
$1.5 billion
Target:
Peninsula Gaming, LLC
Acquiror:
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Advised Boyd Gaming Corporation, a leading gaming operator in Nevada, the Midwest and South, on the acquisition of Peninsula Gaming, a casino operator of five properties in Kansas, Iowa and Louisiana
27-Jul-11
$850 million
Target:
The Synovate Group
Acquiror:
Ipsos S.A.
Advised Aegis Group plc on the sale of The Synovate Group, a leading global provider of custom market research, to Ipsos S.A.
16-Jun-11
$288 million
Target:
Imperial Palace Casino Resort and Spa
Acquiror:
Boyd Gaming Corporation
Advised Boyd Gaming Corporation, a leading gaming operator in Nevada, the Midwest and South, on the acquisition of Imperial Palace Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi
20-Dec-10
$370 million
Target:
One Communications Corp.
Acquiror:
EarthLink
Advised EarthLink, a provider of IP services to consumers and businesses, on its acquisition of One Communications, an integrated telecommunications solutions provider
02-Dec-10
$NA
Target:
IAC / InterActiveCorp.
Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of IAC, a leading Internet company, on the repurchase of all IAC shares owned by Liberty Media in exchange for a combination of cash and two operating businesses, Evite and Gifts.com
09-Nov-10
$27.0 billion
Target:
General Growth Properties Inc.
Advised the 2006 Credit Facility Lenders, the largest class of unsecured debt with claims in excess of $2.8 billion, in connection with the Chapter 11 proceedings of mall REIT GGP, which resulted in cash payoff of the facilities in full
01-Oct-10
$516 million
Target:
ITC^DeltaCom
Acquiror:
EarthLink
Advised EarthLink, a provider of IP services to consumers and businesses on its acquisition of ITC^DeltaCom, a leading provider of telecommunications and technology services to businesses and other communications companies
18-Jun-10
$361.1 million
Target:
USEN Corporation
Acquiror:
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
Advised USEN Corporation, a diversified media company, on the sale of Intelligence Ltd., its 100% owned human resources staffing subsidiary
10-Jun-10
$580 million
Target:
Tishman Speyer Washington D.C. Portfolio
Advised term loan and credit facility lenders to the Tishman Speyer partnership holding a portfolio of 28 office buildings in Washington D.C. and the surrounding area on a restructuring which resulted in payoff of the facilities in full