Capabilities by Region: United States

Greenhill has considerable advisory experience in the United States. Our Managing Directors and professionals have advised clients on transactions involving many of the leading companies in the region and have access to a vast network of corporate relationships throughout United States.

Greenhill established its presence in the United States in January 1996 with the opening of our office in New York. Greenhill further expanded its U.S. presence with the opening of Chicago and San Francisco offices in 2008 and the Houston office in 2009.

For more information on Greenhill’s advisory practice in the United States and our capabilities in the region, please contact Chief Executive Officer Scott Bok or President Kevin Costantino in our New York office.

Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this region:

Recent Transactions

02-Mar-98
$400 million
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Olsy SpA (Olivetti SpA)

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Wang Laboratories Inc.

Advised Wang on its acquisition of Olsy, the systems and solutions division of Olivetti, for a combination of cash and securities.

04-Feb-98
$75 million
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The Ritz-Carlton

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Blackstone Capital Partners

, Boston (Sumitomo Bank)
Advised Sumitomo Bank on the public sale to the Blackstone Group of its promissory note secured by the first mortgage on The Ritz-Carlton, Boston.

26-Jan-98
$9.6 billion
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Digital Equipment Corporation

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Compaq Computer Corporation

Advised Compaq on the purchase, for cash and stock, of Digital, a maker of PCs and high performance servers and a provider of enterprise solutions and multi-vendor services. The acquisition is the largest technology transaction to date and creates the second largest enterprise computing company in the world

16-Jan-98
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Borden Foods International

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Acquiror: 
Nestlé S.A.

Advised Nestlé on its acquisition of Borden Foods International’s businesses, which have sales of more than $400 million.

27-Oct-97
$1.9 billion
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LIN Television Corporation

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Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated

Advised Hicks, Muse on the acquisition of LIN Television, which owns and operates eight network-affiliated television stations, and provides marketing and programming for four additional stations through Local Marketing Agreements

23-Jun-97
$4.4 billion
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Tandem Computers Inc.

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Compaq Computer Corporation

Advised Compaq on the purchase, for stock, of Tandem, a maker of fault-tolerant server and hardware products

09-Jun-97
$540 million
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Robertson Stephens & Company

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Bank America Corporation

Advised Robertson, Stephens & Co. on the sale of 100% of this privately-held securities firm to BankAmerica in a friendly all-cash transaction.

18-Feb-97
$1.1 billion
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Viacom Inc.

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Chancellor Broadcasting

- various radio assets
Advised Chancellor in the purchase of Viacom’s radio assets

18-Feb-97
$1.8 billion
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Chancellor Broadcasting

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Evergreen Media Corp.

Provided a fairness opinion for the merger of Chancellor and Evergreen. The transaction created the largest pure-play radio company in the US

17-Dec-96
$1.3 billion
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Genetics Institute

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American Home Products

Represented the Special Committee to the Board of Directors of Genetics Institute as AHP exercised its option to acquire the remaining 40% of Genetics Institute

20-Sep-96
$3.9 billion
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PanAmSat Corp.

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Hughes Electronics Corp.

Advised Hughes on the acquisition of PanAmSat, creating the world’s premier privately-owned global satellite communications provider

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