Centerview Partners

Biohaven Pharmaceutical HoldingCompany Ltd.

Announced: May 10, 2022
Value: $12.2 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Biohaven on its sale to Pfizer

Intelsat S.A.

Announced: February 1, 2022
Value: $8 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive investment banker to a group of ad hoc lenders throughout Intelsat's chapter 11 proceedings, including a refinancing of existing secured debt and DIP facilities

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.

Announced: February 14, 2022
Value: $5.9 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of Cornerstone's Board of Directors on the sale of shares to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice that CD&R did not already own

R1 RCM Inc.

Announced: January 10, 2022
Value: $4.1 billion
Status: Pending

Lead financial advisor to R1 on its acquisition of Cloudmed

Informa plc

Announced: February 10, 2022
Value: £1.9 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Informa on the divestiture of its Pharma Intelligence business to Warburg Pincus

Resideo Technologies, Inc.

Announced: February 7, 2022
Value: $593 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Resideo on its acquisition of First Alert, Inc. from Newell Brands Inc.

Oscar Health, Inc.

Announced: January 27, 2022
Value: $305 million
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Oscar on its exploration of strategic financing alternatives and sole placement agent on a private placement of convertible senior notes led by Dragoneer Investment Group

PTC Inc

Announced: April 20, 2022
Value: $280 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to PTC on its acquisition of Intland Software

Checkmate Pharmaceuticals

Announced: April 19, 2022
Value: $250 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Checkmate on its sale to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Announced: March 9, 2022
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Vauban on its purchase of equity in Paprec Group

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Announced: February 24, 2022
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Kimberly-Clark on its acquisition of a majority stake in Thinx, Inc.

Recipharm AB

Announced: February 18, 2022
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Recipharm on its acquisition of Vibalogics

Recipharm AB

Announced: February 18, 2022
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Recipharm on its acquisition of Arranta Bio

Resonant Inc.

Announced: February 14, 2022
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Resonant on its purchase by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Ole Smoky Distillery

Announced: February 11, 2022
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ole Smoky on its sale to Apax Partners

Thirty Madison

Announced: February 9, 2022
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Thirty Madison on its merger with Nurx

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Announced: February 7, 2022
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Jacobs on its acquisition of StreetLight Data, Inc.

Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman

Announced: June 5, 2021
Value: $34 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to a partnership comprised of funds managed by Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman on their majority investment in Medline Industries

Canadian National Railway Co.

Announced: May 21, 2021
Value: $33.6 billion
Status: Terminated

Financial advisor to CN on its combination with Kansas City Southern

Cerner Corporation

Announced: December 20, 2021
Value: $29 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Cerner on its sale to Oracle Corporation

Global Infrastructure Partners Inc.

Announced: June 29, 2021
Value: €10.4 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to GIP on its participation in a consortium making a binding contractual commitment to purchase new Suez from Suez and Veolia

ICON plc

Announced: February 24, 2021
Value: $12 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to ICON on its acquisition of PRA Health Sciences

Vifor Pharma AG

Announced: December 14, 2021
Value: $11.7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Vifor Pharma on its sale to CSL

Acceleron Pharma Inc.

Announced: September 30, 2021
Value: $11.5 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Acceleron on its sale to Merck

Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: October 11, 2021
Value: $11 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Emerson on the combination of its industrial software with AspenTech

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC

Announced: February 3, 2021
Value: $7.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to GW Pharmaceuticals on its sale to Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer

Announced: December 13, 2021
Value: $6.7 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Pfizer on its acquisition of Arena Pharmaceuticals

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

Announced: January 6, 2021
Value: $6.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial adviser to Walgreens Boots Alliance on the sale of its Alliance Healthcare businesses to AmerisourceBergen

NEOGEN Corporation

Announced: December 14, 2021
Value: $5.3 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to NEOGEN on its tax-free Reverse Morris Trust combination with 3M's Food Safety business

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

Announced: August 5, 2021
Value: $5.2 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Cornerstone on its sale to Clearlake

Cantel Medical Corp.

Announced: January 12, 2021
Value: $4.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Cantel on its sale to STERIS plc

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Announced: August 9, 2021
Value: $4.53 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Sanderson Farms on its sale to Cargill and Continental Grain

Qualcomm Incorporated

Announced: October 4, 2021
Value: $4.5 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Qualcomm on its acquisition of Veoneer's Arriver division from SSW Partners

Dave, Inc.

Announced: June 7, 2021
Value: $4 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Dave on its combination with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital

Purolite Corporation

Announced: October 28, 2021
Value: $3.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Purolite on its sale to Ecolab Inc.

Aggreko plc

Announced: March 5, 2021
Value: £2.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Aggreko on its sale to a consortium comprised of TDR Capital and I Squared Capital

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: November 18, 2021
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Pending

Lead financial advisor to Dicerna on its sale to Novo Nordisk

PepsiCo, Inc.

Announced: August 3, 2021
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to PepsiCo on the sale of Tropicana & Naked Juice Brands to PAI Partners while retaining 39% Stake

Translate Bio, Inc.

Announced: August 3, 2021
Value: $3.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Translate Bio on its sale to Sanofi SA

CAI International, Inc.

Announced: June 17, 2021
Value: $2.9 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to CAI on its sale to Mitsubishi HC Capital

Twilio Inc.

Announced: August 16, 2021
Value: $2.85 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Twilio in connection with the sale of Syniverse to M#-Brigade Acquisition II Corporation

GTT Communications, Inc.

Announced: September 2, 2021
Value: $2.8 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor and investment banker on behalf of the AdHoc Group of Senior Unsecured Notes issued by GTT in connection with GTT's entry into a Restructuring Support Agreement

Vericast

Announced: August 31, 2021
Value: $2.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Vericast on a series of refinancing transactions of First and Second Lien Senior securities

DentaQuest, LLC

Announced: October 3, 2021
Value: $2.475 billion
Status: Pending

Lead financial advisor to DentaQuest on its sale to Sun Life

Perrigo Company plc

Announced: September 8, 2021
Value: €1.8 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo on its acquisition of Héra SAS from funds affiliated with Astorg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

Announced: December 14, 2021
Value: $2.3 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to RRD on its sale to Chatham Asset Management and advisor on its activist defense

Trillium Therapeutics

Announced: August 23, 2021
Value: $2.3 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Trillium on its sale to Pfizer

Ventas Inc.

Announced: June 28, 2021
Value: $2.3 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Ventas on its acquisition of New Senior Investment Group

Summit Utilities, Inc.

Announced: April 29, 2021
Value: $2.15 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Summit on its acquisition of CenterPoint Energy's Arkansas and Oklahoma natural gas LDC assets

Duke Energy Corporation

Announced: January 28, 2021
Value: $2.05 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Duke Energy on the sale of a minority interest in Duke Energy Indiana to GIC, the Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund

Moody’s Corporation

Announced: August 5, 2021
Value: $2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Moody’s on its acquisition of Risk Management Solutions from Daily Mail and General Trust plc

Vividion Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: August 5, 2021
Value: Up to $2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Vividion Therapeutics on its sale to Bayer AG

Mondelez International

Announced: May 26, 2021
Value: $2 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Mondelez on its acquisition of Chipita S.A.

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

Announced: December 27, 2021
Value: $1.925 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to FactSet on its acquisition of CUSIP Global Services from S&P Global

Sanofi

Announced: September 8, 2021
Value: $1.9 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Sanofi on its acquisition of Kadmon Holdings, Inc

Pandion Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: February 25, 2021
Value: $1.85 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pandion on its sale to Merck

Vertiv Holdings Co.

Announced: September 8, 2021
Value: $1.8 billion
Status: Pending

Lead financial advisor to Vertiv on its acquisition of E&I Engineering Group

TransUnion

Announced: October 26, 2021
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to TransUnion on the sale of TransUnion Healthcare business to nThrive, Inc., with backing by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.

Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Announced: June 2, 2021
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Constellation on its sale to MorphoSys

Stanley Black & Decker

Announced: August 17, 2021
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Stanley on its acquisition of the remaining 80% of MTD Holdings

Perrigo Company plc

Announced: March 1, 2021
Value: $1.55 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo on the sale of its Generic Prescription Pharmaceuticals business to Altaris

Gyroscope Therapeutics Holdings plc

Announced: December 22, 2021
Value: $1.5 billion
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Gyroscope on its sale to Novartis

Valtech

Announced: July 13, 2021
Value: $1.4 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to shareholders in connection with Valtech's sale to BC Partners

Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: December 20, 2021
Value: $1.225 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Amunix Pharmaceuticals on its sale to Sanofi

Honeywell International, Inc.

Announced: January 11, 2021
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Honeywell in connection with the resolution of claims with Garrett Motion Inc. in connection with its court-supervised Chapter 11 proceedings

Avantor, Inc.

Announced: April 12, 2021
Value: €890 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Avantor on its acquisition of Ritter GmbH

Aegion Corporation

Announced: April 14, 2021
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Aegion on its sale to an affiliate of New Mountain Capital

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

Announced: January 4, 2021
Value: $1.04 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Dentsply Sirona on its acquisition of Byte

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Announced: October 13, 2021
Value: $1 billion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to an Ad Hoc group of lenders in connection with Riverbed's Restructuring Support Agreement

Catalent, Inc.

Announced: September 30, 2021
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Catalent on its acquisition of Bettera

Splunk Inc.

Announced: June 22, 2021
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Splunk on Silver Lake's purchase of convertible notes

Blackstone

Announced: May 12, 2021
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of a 66-property portfolio of multifamily housing properties in San Diego from the Conrad Prebys Foundation

Shields Health Solutions

Announced: September 21, 2021
Value: $970 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Shields and WCAS on the sale of 71% majority to Walgreens Boots Alliance

Arvelle Therapeutics

Announced: January 4, 2021
Value: $960 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Arvelle on its sale to Angelini Pharma

Springstone, Inc.

Announced: June 15, 2021
Value: $950 million
Status: Pending

Lead financial advisor to Springstone, LLC, a leading provider of behavioral health services in the United States backed Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, on its sale to Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Janus Henderson Group plc

Announced: February 4, 2021
Value: $900 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Janus Henderson in connection with the secondary offering of shares held by Dai-Ichi Life Holdings

Avantor, Inc.

Announced: September 13, 2021
Value: $875 million
Status: Closed

Co-manager on Avantor's offering of common stock

Twilio Inc.

Announced: March 1, 2021
Value: Up to $750 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Twilio on its partnership with Syniverse

Christian Louboutin S.A.

Announced: March 8, 2021
Value: €541 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Christian Louboutin on its sale of a minority stake to Exor

The Howard Hughes Corporation

Announced: October 19, 2021
Value: $600 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Howard Hughes on its acquisition of Douglas Ranch from JDM Partners and El Dorado Holdings

Church & Dwight

Announced: November 29, 2021
Value: $580 million
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Church & Dwight on its acquisition of the TheraBreath brand

DuPont

Announced: February 1, 2021
Value: $510 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to DuPont on the sale of its Clean Technologies business to an international private equity consortium consisting of BroadPeak Global LP, Asia Green Fund and The Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company

Investment Metrics, LLC

Announced: November 3, 2021
Value: $500 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Investment Metrics on its sale to Confluence Technologies, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital and TA Associates.

Bloom Energy Corporation

Announced: October 25, 2021
Value: $500 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Bloom Energy on SK Group's affiliate SK ecoplant's strategic investment in Bloom Energy

Sanifit Therapeutics S.A.

Announced: November 22, 2021
Value: Up to €375 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Sanifit on its sale to Vifor Pharma

Lengo Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: November 29, 2021
Value: Up to $465 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Lengo on its sale to Blueprint Medicines

Trinseo

Announced: July 20, 2021
Value: $445 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Trinseo on its acquisition of Aristech Surfaces

Daily Mail and General Trust plc

Announced: February 18, 2021
Value: $410 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial adviser to DMGT on the sale of Hobsons, its EdTech business, in two separate transactions to PowerSchool and EAB

Clear Secure, Inc.

Announced: June 30, 2021
Value: $409 million
Status: Closed

Passive co-Manager on Clear Secure's initial public offering

IPC Systems, Inc.

Announced: October 1, 2021
Value: $400 million
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to the Ad Hoc group of First Lien Lenders to IPC in connection with IPC's comprehensive out-of-court recapitalization and refinancing of its balance sheet

American Eagle Outfitters

Announced: November 2, 2021
Value: $350 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to American Eagle Outfitters on its acquisition of Quiet Logistics

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company

Announced: March 29, 2021
Value: $349 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on the divestiture of HMH Books & Media, its consumer publishing segment, to News Corp

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Announced: December 24, 2021
Value: £200 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Reckitt on the sale of its E45 brand and related sub-brands to Karo Pharma

I Squared Capital Advisors, LLC

Announced: August 17, 2021
Value: $310 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to I Squared and Atlantic Power Corporation on the sale of Atlantic's upstate New York hydroelectric business comprised of the Curtis Palmer hydroelectric generating units to Innergex Renewable Energy and Hydro-Québec

R1 RCM Inc.

Announced: May 4, 2021
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to R1 RCM on its acquisition of VisitPay

Honeywell International Inc.

Announced: January 25, 2021
Value: $230 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Honeywell on the sale of its lifestyle and performance footwear business (Original Muck Boot, XTRATUF, Ranger, NEOS and Servus) to Rocky Brands, Inc.

Mixpanel, Inc.

Announced: November 16, 2021
Value: $200 million
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Mixpanel on its Series C growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities

Immunovant, Inc.

Announced: August 2, 2021
Value: $200 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the special committee of the Board of Directors of Immunovant on its $200mm equity investment from Roivant Sciences Ltd.

Tradeweb Markets Inc.

Announced: February 2, 2021
Value: $190 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Tradeweb on its acquisition of Nasdaq's U.S. fixed income electronic trading platform

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

Announced: November 4, 2021
Value: $78 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Blue Apron on its equity capital raise

World Programming Ltd.

Announced: December 15, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to World Programming on its sale to Altair

Factorial Energy

Announced: November 30, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Factorial both with respect to its capital raise and its strategic partnership agreements with Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis

Kohlberg & Company, LLC

Announced: November 30, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Kohlberg on its recapitalization of Trinity Life Sciences

Christie's Inc.

Announced: November 17, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Christie's on the sale of its Christie's International Real Estate business to @properties

Duke Energy Corporation

Announced: November 15, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Duke on its cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management

Goli Nutrition Inc.

Announced: October 21, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Goli on VMG Partners' strategic equity investment

Wellframe Inc.

Announced: October 19, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Wellframe on its sale to HealthEdge Software

Arctos Medical

Announced: September 21, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Arctos on its sale to Novartis

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

Announced: July 20, 2021
Value: Up to $800mm
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to PacBio on its acquisition of Omniome

ServiceMax, Inc.

Announced: July 15, 2021
Value: $1.4 bliion
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to ServiceMax on its combination with Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company and its accompanying acquisition of LiquidFrameworks

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: May 14, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cisco on its acquisition of Kenna Security

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.

Announced: May 12, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Adverum on its 2021 shareholder vote

Landmark Health, LLC

Announced: April 23, 2021
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Landmark Health on its sale to UnitedHealth Group

Kohl's Corporation

Announced: April 14, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Kohl's in its settlement agreement with Macellum Advisors, Ancora, Legion Partners and 4010 Capital

Leeds Equity Partners

Announced: March 31, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Leeds Equity Partners and BARBRI on BARBRI’s sale to Francisco Partners

Triple Lift, Inc.

Announced: March 29, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to TripleLift on its receipt of a majority investment from Vista Equity Partners

Exelon Corporation

Announced: February 24, 2021
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Exelon on the separation of its utility and competitive energy businesses

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Announced: February 24, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to RB on its acquisition of the Biofreeze and TheraPearl Brands from Performance Health

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

Announced: February 24, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to RB on its sale of Scholl to Yellow Wood Partners

MedRisk, Inc.

Announced: February 23, 2021
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to MedRisk and Carlyle on Caryle's sale of MedRisk to CVC Capital Partners

Amphenol Corporation

Announced: January 19, 2021
Status: Pending

Exclusive financial advisor to Amphenol on the sale of the MTS Test & Simulation business to Illinois Tool Works following the closing of Amphenol's acquisition of MTS Systems Corporation

R1 RCM Inc.

Announced: January 6, 2021

Financial advisor to R1 RCM on its conversion agreement with Ascension and TowerBrook

Mondelez International

Announced: January 5, 2021
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to Mondelez on its acquisition of Hu Products

AstraZeneca plc

Announced: December 12, 2020
Value: $39 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to AstraZeneca on its acquisition of Alexion

PG&E Corporation

Announced: July 1, 2020
Value: $25.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor and investment banker to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “UCC”) which included indenture trustees, trade creditors, contract counterparties, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1245 and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in connection with PG&E's chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization

Immunomedics, Inc.

Announced: September 13, 2020
Value: $21 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Immunomedics on its sale to Gilead Sciences

MyoKardia, Inc.

Announced: October 5, 2020
Value: $13.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to MyoKardia on its sale to Bristol Myers Squibb

MultiPlan

Announced: July 13, 2020
Value: $11 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to MultiPlan and Hellman & Friedman on Multiplan's combination with Churchill Capital Corp III

Grubhub Holdings Inc.

Announced: June 10, 2020
Value: $7.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Grubhub on its combination with Just Eat Takeaway.com

Eaton Vance Corp.

Announced: October 8, 2020
Value: $7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Eaton Vance on its sale to Morgan Stanley

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: August 19, 2020
Value: $6.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Momenta on its sale to Johnson & Johnson

Forty Seven, Inc.

Announced: March 2, 2020
Value: $4.9 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Forty Seven on its sale to Gilead

Waste Management, Inc.

Announced: June 24, 2020
Value: $4.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Waste Management on its acquisition of Advanced Disposal

PepsiCo, Inc.

Announced: March 11, 2020
Value: $4.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to PepsiCo on its acquisition of Rockstar

Anixter International Inc.

Announced: January 13, 2020
Value: $4.5 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Anixter on its sale to WESCO

Engie SA

Announced: October 6, 2020
Value: €3.4 billion

Advisor to the board of Engie on the disposal of its 29.9% stake in Suez

Principia Biopharma Inc.

Announced: August 17, 2020
Value: $3.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Principia on its sale to Sanofi

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Announced: November 2, 2020
Value: $3.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Endurance on its sale to Clearlake Capital Group L.P.

McDermott International, Inc.

Announced: January 21, 2020
Value: $3.0 billion

Financial advisor to an ad hoc group of secured lenders under McDermott’s $2.2bn term loan facility and $800mm funded superpriority term loan facility in connection with McDermott's fully consensual prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring

VelosBio, Inc.

Announced: November 5, 2020
Value: $2.75 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to VelosBio on its sale to Merck

Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC

Announced: June 9, 2020
Value: $2.35 billion

Financial advisor to the Ad Hoc group of Term Loan Lenders under Serta Simmons' $1.9 billion First Lien Term Loan and $450 million Second Lien Term Loan

Sasol Ltd.

Announced: October 2, 2020
Value: $2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Sasol on the sale of a 50% stake in its Lake Charles Chemicals Project Base Chemicals business to LyondellBasell Industries NV

Eidos Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: October 5, 2020
Value: $1.9 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the special committee of the board of directors of Eidos Therapeutics on its sale to BridgeBio Pharma

Pionyr Immunotherapeutics Inc.

Announced: June 23, 2020
Value: Up to $1.74 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pionyr on its transaction with Gilead Sciences

Amphenol Corporation

Announced: December 9, 2020
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Amphenol on its acquisition of MTS Systems

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

Announced: December 2, 2020
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to LPL Financial on its acquisition of Waddell & Reed's Wealth Management Business, and entrance into a long-term partnership with Macquarie

Versant Health

Announced: September 17, 2020
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Versant on Versant's sale to MetLife, Inc.

Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: August 27, 2020
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Emerson on its acquisition of Open Systems International

Covia Holdings Corporation

Announced: June 30, 2020
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to an ad hoc group of Term Loan lenders under Covia's Term Loan facility in connection with its restructuring support agreement and voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: May 5, 2020
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Portola on its sale to Alexion

Trinseo SA

Announced: December 14, 2020
Value: €1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Strategic advisor to Trinseo on its acquisition of Arkema's PMMA business

Mediawan, S.A.

Announced: June 22, 2020
Value: ~€1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mediawan on the constitution of Mediawan Alliance, pan-European leader in content production, regrouping Mediawan, Lagardère Studios, Good Mood, Groupe Troisième Oeil and holding a minority stake contributed by KKR in Leonine Studios

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

Announced: February 24, 2020
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cornerstone on its acquisition of Saba

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Announced: September 3, 2020
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Kimberly-Clark on its acquisition of Softex Indonesia

Unisys Corporation

Announced: February 6, 2020
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Unisys on the sale of its U.S. Federal business to Science Applications International Corp.

Prevail Therapeutics Inc.

Announced: December 15, 2020
Value: Up to $1.0 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Prevail on its sale to Eli Lilly

Intelsat S.A.

Announced: May 14, 2020
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to an ad hoc group of secured creditors in connection with Intelsat's filing of chapter 11 with a debtor-in-possession credit facility

AVX Corporation

Announced: February 21, 2020
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of AVX on the sale to Kyocera of the outstanding shares of AVX not already owned by Kyocera

US Foods Holding Corp.

Announced: March 6, 2020
Value: $970 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to US Foods on its acquisition of Smart Foodservice

Waste Management, Inc.

Announced: June 24, 2020
Value: $864 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Waste Management on the divestiture of combined Waste Management and Advanced Disposal assets to GFL Environmental

PTC Inc

Announced: December 14, 2020
Value: $715 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to PTC on its acquisition of Arena Solutions

Utex Industries, Inc.

Announced: October 6, 2020
Value: $700 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the an ad hoc group of first lien lenders in connection with UTEX Industries' prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring plan

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.

Announced: October 19, 2020
Value: $658 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to BioSpecifics on its sale to Endo International

Pope Resources

Announced: January 15, 2020
Value: $656 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pope Resources on its sale to Rayonier Inc.

Anglo American plc

Announced: January 8, 2020
Value: £405 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Anglo American on its proposed acquisition of Sirius Minerals plc

Diageo plc

Announced: August 17, 2020
Value: $610 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Diageo on its acquisition of Aviation American Gin through the acquisition of Aviation Gin LLC and Davos Brands Holdings LLC

McDermott International, Inc.

Announced: November 18, 2020
Value: $560 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to McDermott on its new capital raise to fund future growth

US Foods Holding Corp.

Announced: April 21, 2020
Value: $500 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to US Foods on its placement of convertible preferred stock with KKR

Bread

Announced: October 29, 2020
Value: $450 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Bread on its sale to Alliance Data Systems

MolMed S.p.A.

Announced: March 17, 2020
Value: €240 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to MolMed on AGC, Inc.'s voluntary tender offer for shares of MolMed

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Announced: October 14, 2020
Value: Up to $304 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Astellas on its acquisition of Iota Biosciences

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

Announced: February 12, 2020
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to AngloGold Ashanti on the sale of its remaining South African gold producing assets and related liabilities to Harmony Gold Mining Company

Perrigo Company plc

Announced: June 19, 2020
Value: £155 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo on its divestiture of its Rosemont Pharmaceuticals business to Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP

R1 RCM Inc.

Announced: January 13, 2020
Value: $190 million
Status: Closed

Strategic advisor to R1 RCM on its acquisition of SCI Solutions

The Trade Desk, Inc.

Announced: December 22, 2020
Status: Closed

Independent financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of The Trade Desk regarding shareholder proposals related to Trade Desk's dual class structure

Ardian

Announced: December 18, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ardian on its acquisition of a majority stake in AD Education

McGraw-Hill Companies Inc

Announced: December 15, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to an ad hoc group of McGraw Hill's First Lien Term Loan Lenders on its balance sheet recapitalization and debt maturity extension

The Wellness Pet Food Holdings Company, Inc.

Announced: November 18, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to WellPet on its sale to Clearlake

Nexi S.p.A.

Announced: November 2, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Nexi on its merger with Nets A/S

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Announced: October 29, 2020

Financial advisor to Sanderson Farms on an unsolicited proposal from Durational Capital Management

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

Announced: October 19, 2020
Status: Closed

Provided financial advisory services with respect to Blue Apron's entry into a credit facility with Blue Torch Finance LLC

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

Announced: October 19, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cboe on its acquisition of BIDS Trading

ProPharma Group, Inc.

Announced: September 22, 2020
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to ProPharma on its sale to Odyssey Investment Partners

J. Jill, Inc.

Announced: September 2, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor and investment banker to J. Jill on its Transaction Support Agreement with over 70% of term loan lenders and a majority of equity shareholders

Kohlberg & Company, LLC

Announced: August 24, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Kohlberg consortium on its majority stake in PCI Pharma Services

Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

Announced: August 5, 2020
Status: Closed

Provided financial advisory services with respect to Blue Apron's public offering of Class A Common Stock

Evergy, Inc.

Announced: August 5, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Evergy's Strategic Operations and Review Committee on its 'Sustainability Transformation Plan'

InnovAge

Announced: July 27, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to InnovAge and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on an equity investment in InnovAge from Apax Partners

Ventas Inc.

Announced: July 27, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ventas on a series of agreements, including an amended master lease agreement, with Brookdale Senior Living

Perrigo Company plc

Announced: June 17, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo on its minority investment and exclusive supply agreement with Kazmira LLC

Commvault Systems, Inc.

Announced: June 8, 2020
Status: Pending

Financial advisor to Commvault on its agreement with Starboard Value, including three new director appointments

R1 RCM Inc.

Announced: June 3, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to R1 RCM on its purchase of Cerner's RevWorks

Blackhawk Mining LLC

Announced: June 1, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Blackhawk on its sale to Sev.en Energy AG

New Mountain Capital

Announced: May 20, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to New Mountain Capital on the sale of 20% of Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software) to Panasonic Corporation

Metaswitch Networks Ltd.

Announced: May 14, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Metaswitch on its sale to Microsoft Corporation

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

Announced: May 14, 2020
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ultra Petroleum on its entering into a Restructuring Support Agreement and filing for a pre-arranged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Mondelez International

Announced: February 25, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mondelez on its acquisition of Give & Go

Era Group Inc.

Announced: January 24, 2020
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Era on its all-stock merger with Bristow Group Inc.

CBS Corporation

Announced: August 13, 2019
Value: $48 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of CBS’s Board of Directors on the CBS and Viacom all-stock merger forming ViacomCBS Inc.

FIS

Announced: March 18, 2019
Value: $43 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to FIS on its acquisition of Worldpay

Thomson Reuters

Announced: August 1, 2019
Value: $27 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Thomson Reuters, together with private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone, on the sale of Refinitiv to the London Stock Exchange Group plc

Mylan N.V.

Announced: July 29, 2019
Value: $25 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Mylan on its combination with Upjohn in an all-stock Reverse Morris Trust transaction

Tiffany & Co.

Announced: November 25, 2019
Value: $17 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Tiffany on its sale to LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

Array Biopharma Inc.

Announced: June 17, 2019
Value: $11.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Array Biopharma on its sale to Pfizer

Apergy Corporation

Announced: December 18, 2019
Value: $7.4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Apergy on its combination with Ecolab's Upstream Energy business, Nalco Champion, in an all-stock, tax-free Reverse Morris Trust transaction

Riverstone Holdings LLC

Announced: November 5, 2019
Value: $6.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pattern Energy Group Holdings 2 LP (P2) and Riverstone Holdings in connection with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Riverstone Holdings combination of Pattern Energy and P2 into an integrated renewable energy company

Auris Health, Inc.

Announced: February 13, 2019
Value: Up to $5.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Auris Health on its sale to Johnson & Johnson

Hasbro, Inc.

Announced: August 22, 2019
Value: £3.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Hasbro on its acquisition of Entertainment One Ltd.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Announced: July 14, 2019
Value: $5.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Gilead on its 10-year global R&D collaboration with Galapagos NV

Spark Therapeutics, Inc

Announced: February 25, 2019
Value: $4.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Spark on its sale to Roche Holding AG

Anixter International Inc.

Announced: October 30, 2019
Value: $4.3 billion
Status: Terminated

Lead financial advisor to Anixter on its sale to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC

Acosta Inc.

Announced: November 8, 2019
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to an ad-hoc group of Acosta's lenders around its conversion of $3 billion of long--term debt into equity, and a commitment of $250 million in new equity

Xperi Corporation

Announced: December 19, 2019
Value: $3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Xperi on its combination with TiVo in an all-stock transaction

Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: December 2, 2019
Value: $3.0 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Audentes on its sale to Astellas

Exact Sciences Corporation

Announced: July 29, 2019
Value: $2.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Exact Sciences on its acquisition of Genomic Health

ArQule, Inc.

Announced: December 9, 2019
Value: $2.7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to ArQule on its sale to Merck & Co.

Cision Ltd.

Announced: October 15, 2019
Value: $2.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cision on its sale to an affiliate of Platinum Equity

Synthorx, Inc.

Announced: December 9, 2019
Value: $2.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Synthorx on its sale to Sanofi

Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: October 10, 2019
Value: $2.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ra Pharma on its sale to UCB S.A.

Campbell Soup Company

Announced: August 2, 2019
Value: $2.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Campbell on the sale of Arnott's and certain Campbell's international operations to KKR

Peloton Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: May 21, 2019
Value: Up to $2.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Peloton on its sale to Merck

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: September 16, 2019
Value: $1.95 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Alder on its sale to Lundbeck

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

Announced: January 29, 2019
Value: Up to $1.9 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Neurocrine on its strategic collaboration with Voyager Therapeutics

Coty Inc.

Announced: March 18, 2019
Value: $1.75 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive independent financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Coty in connection with JAB's tender offer

McDermott International, Inc.

Announced: October 21, 2019
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to an ad-hoc lender group of McDermott's term loan on an agreement for up to $1.7 billion of new financing

PepsiCo Inc.

Announced: July 19, 2019
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to PepsiCo on its acquisition of Pioneer Food Group Ltd.

Harry’s Inc.

Announced: May 9, 2019
Value: $1.4 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Exclusive financial advisor to Harry's on its combination with Edgewell Personal Care Company

Ipsen

Announced: February 25, 2019
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ipsen on its acquisition of Clementia Pharmaceuticals

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: October 16, 2019
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Achillion on its sale to Alexion

Catalent, Inc.

Announced: April 15, 2019
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Catalent on its acquisition of Paragon Bioservices from NewSpring Health Capital and Camden Partners, financed in part by $650 million of a new series of convertible preferred stock issued to Leonard Green & Partners

Ocado Group plc

Announced: February 27, 2019
Value: £750 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ocado on its joint venture with Marks and Spencer Group plc

Blackhawk Mining LLC

Announced: July 19, 2019
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Investment banker and financial advisor to Blackhawk on its RSA and Chapter 11 filing

I Squared Capital Advisors, LLC

Announced: June 25, 2019
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to I Squared and Cube Hydro Partners on the sale of Cube Hydro to Ontario Power Generation

Smart & Final Stores, Inc.

Announced: April 16, 2019
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Smart & Final Strategic Review Committee on its sale to Apollo Management

One Call Care Management, Inc.

Announced: October 25, 2019
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive investment banker to One Call on its recapitalization

The Simply Good Foods Company

Announced: August 21, 2019
Value: $1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Simply Good Foods on its acquisition of Quest Nutrition, LLC

Nightstar Therapeutics plc

Announced: March 4, 2019
Value: $877 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Nightstar on its sale to Biogen

Axioma Inc.

Announced: April 9, 2019
Value: $850 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Axioma on its combination with Deutsche Börse index businesses and a minority equity investment from General Atlantic

Perrigo Company plc

Announced: May 9, 2019
Value: $750 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Perrigo on its acquisition of Ranir LLC

Western Union Company

Announced: February 28, 2019
Value: $750 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Western Union on its sale of Speedpay to ACI Worldwide

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

Announced: January 2, 2019
Value: $600 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Omega on its acquisition of MedEquities Realty Trust

Campbell Soup Company

Announced: April 12, 2019
Value: $510 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Campbell on its divestiture of Bolthouse Farms to Butterfly Equity

Daily Mail and General Trust plc

Announced: August 26, 2019
Value: $364 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to DMGT on the sale of Genscape to Verisk

Campbell Soup Company

Announced: July 12, 2019
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Campbell on its sale of Kelsen Group to an affiliate of Ferrero SpA

Humana Inc.

Announced: December 16, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Humana on its acquisition of Enclara Pharmacia

E*TRADE Financial Corporation

Announced: December 9, 2019
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to E*TRADE on its acquisition of Gradifi

WIRB-Copernicus Group

Announced: November 14, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to WCG on its recapitalization with an investor group led by Leonard Green & Partners, in partnership with Arsenal Capital Partners and Novo Holdings

SunPower Corporation

Announced: November 11, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the special committee of independent directors of SunPower on its separation into two publicly-traded companies -- SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies

AT&T Inc.

Announced: October 28, 2019

Advised AT&T on its discussions with shareholder activist Elliott Management

Cloud Peak Energy Inc.

Announced: October 24, 2019
Status: Completed

Exclusive investment banker in Cloud Peak's chapter 11 restructuring, including the sale of substantially all of Cloud Peak's assets to Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC

Hudson's Bay Company

Announced: October 21, 2019
Status: Closed

Special advisor to the Special Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company Board of Directors with regards to the proposal from a group of majority HBC shareholders to take the company private

Thomson Reuters

Announced: October 4, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) from Lloyds Development Capital

Daniele Inc

Announced: September 3, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Daniele on its sale to Entrepreneurial Equity Partners, LLC

Shields Health Solutions

Announced: July 31, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Shields Health on equity investments made by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Walgreens

Thomson Reuters

Announced: July 18, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of HighQ

Moody's Corp.

Announced: July 16, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Moody's on the sale of its Moody's Analytics Knowledge Services (MAKS) to Equistone Partners Europe Ltd.

Thomson Reuters

Announced: June 21, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Thomson Reuters on its acquisition of Capital Confirmation Inc. (also known as Confirmation.com), a Great Hill Partners portfolio company

Beacon Health Options

Announced: June 6, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Beacon on its sale to Anthem, Inc.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals

Announced: May 23, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Santhera Pharmaceuticals on its out-licensing of Raxone in LHON to Chiesi Farmaceutici

The Hain Celestial Group Inc.

Announced: May 9, 2019
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Hain on the sale all of its equity interest in Hain Pure Protein to Aterian Investment Partners

Neovia Logistics Services, LLC

Announced: April 3, 2019
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Neovia on its out-of-court recapitalization and refinancing of its balance sheet

Sungard Availability Services

Announced: April 2, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive investment banker to Sungard on its restructuring support agreement with a group of lenders and noteholders, and its contemplated Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

Amer Sports Corporation

Announced: March 15, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Amer Sports on the strategic review of its Cycling business and on its intended divestiture of Mavic S.A.S. to Regent

CTI Foods LLC

Announced: March 11, 2019
Status: Closed

Investment banker to CTI Foods on its restructuring support agreement with members of an ad hoc group of lenders and voluntary Chapter 11 filing

Qualcomm Incorporated

Announced: February 11, 2019
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Qualcomm on its sale of Qualcomm Life, Inc. to Francisco Partners

Sprint Corporation

Announced: April 29, 2018
Value: $146 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Independent Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors of Sprint on its merger with T-Mobile

21st Century Fox, Inc.

Announced: June 20, 2018
Value: $85 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to 21st Century Fox on its sale to The Walt Disney Company, as well as the spin off, immediately prior to the sale, of Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network to its shareholders

Express Scripts

Announced: March 8, 2018
Value: $67 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Express Scripts on its sale to Cigna

Thomson Reuters

Announced: January 30, 2018
Value: $20 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Thomson Reuters on its strategic partnership with, and sale of a 55% majority stake in its Financial & Risk business to, Blackstone

21st Century Fox, Inc.

Announced: September 26, 2018
Value: £11.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Fox on the sale of its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast

Johnson Controls Inc.

Announced: November 13, 2018
Value: $13.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to JCI on the sale of its Power Solutions business to Brookfield Business Partners

Conagra Brands

Announced: June 27, 2018
Value: $10.9 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Conagra on the acquisition of Pinnacle Foods

AveXis, Inc

Announced: April 9, 2018
Value: $8.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to AveXis, Inc. on its sale to Novartis AG

Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.

Announced: February 23, 2018
Value: $8.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Blue Buffalo on its sale to General Mills

Informa PLC

Announced: January 30, 2018
Value: ~£3.9 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Informa plc on its proposed combination with UBM plc

Merck

Announced: March 7, 2018
Value: Up to $5.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Merck on its worldwide strategic collaboration with Eisai Co., Ltd., including co-development and co-commercialization of Lenvima

athenahealth, Inc.

Announced: November 12, 2018
Value: $5.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to athenahealth on its sale to Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital

Tesaro, Inc.

Announced: December 3, 2018
Value: $5.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Tesaro on its sale to GlaxoSmithKline

Merck

Announced: December 14, 2018
Value: €3.25 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Merck on its acquisition of Antelliq Group from funds advised by BC Partners

Pandora Media

Announced: September 24, 2018
Value: $3.5 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Pandora on its sale to SiriusXM

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Announced: October 21, 2018
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Jacobs on the sale of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources business to WorleyParsons Limited

PepsiCo Inc.

Announced: August 20, 2018
Value: $3.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to PepsiCo on its acquisition of SodaStream

Convergys

Announced: June 28, 2018
Value: $2.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Convergys on its sale to SYNNEX Corporation

Summit Partners

Announced: April 21, 2018
Value: $2.15 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Summit Partners as leader of an investment consortium purchase of Fresenius Medical Care's subsidiary, Sound Inpatient Physicians

Endocyte, Inc.

Announced: October 18, 2018
Value: $2.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Endocyte on its sale to Novartis AG

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: September 10, 2018
Value: $2.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Rentals on its acquisition of BlueLine Rental

US Foods Holding Corp.

Announced: July 30, 2018
Value: $1.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to US Foods on its acquisition of Services Group of America's Food Group of Companies

ARMO BioSciences, Inc.

Announced: May 10, 2018
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to ARMO BioSciences, Inc. on its sale to Eli Lilly and Company

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

Announced: November 1, 2018
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Terminated

Exclusive financial advisor to PacBio on its sale to Illumina, Inc.

Syntimmune, Inc.

Announced: September 26, 2018
Value: Up to $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Syntimmune on its sale to Alexion

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Announced: September 13, 2018
Value: €740 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Aspen on the divestiture of its Global Nutritionals Business to the Lactalis Group

Westmoreland Coal Company

Announced: October 9, 2018
Value: $780 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive investment banker to Westmoreland Coal Company in its chapter 11 restructuring

U.S. Silica

Announced: March 23, 2018
Value: $750 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to U.S. Silica on its acquisition of EP Minerals, a Golden Gate Capital portfolio company

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: July 2, 2018
Value: $715 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to United Rentals on its acquisition of BakerCorp

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

Announced: January 5, 2018
Value: €520 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Takeda on its acquisition of TiGenix NV

Diageo plc

Announced: November 12, 2018
Value: $550 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Diageo on the sale of nineteen brands to Sazerac

Mondelez International

Announced: May 6, 2018
Value: $500 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mondelez on its acquisition of Tate's Bake Shop from The Riverside Company and other shareholders, including Tate's founder

SiriusDecisions

Announced: November 27, 2018
Value: $245 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to SiriusDecisions on its sale to Forrester Research

Stanley Black & Decker

Announced: September 12, 2018
Value: $234 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Stanley Black & Decker's acquisition of a 20% stake in MTD Products, as well as an option to acquire the remaining 80%

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Announced: October 2, 2018
Value: CAD$215 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Maple Leaf Foods on its acquisition of VIAU Foods

Andersen Corporation

Announced: August 28, 2018
Value: $190 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Andersen on its sale of its Silver Line Division to Ply Gem

Capital One Financial Corp.

Announced: January 25, 2018
Value: $170 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Capital One on the sale of its self-directed online brokerage business to E*TRADE Financial Corporation

MINDBODY, Inc.

Announced: March 12, 2018
Value: $150 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to MINDBODY on its acquisition of Booker Software

Azoff Music Management

Announced: October 8, 2018
Value: $125 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Azoff Music Management on its acquisition of The Madison Square Garden Company's 50% interest in Azoff MSG Entertainment

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: December 19, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Pfizer on its joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline to create a global consumer healthcare company

Conagra Brands

Announced: December 18, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Conagra on its divestiture of Wesson to Richardson International

Host Analytics, Inc.

Announced: December 13, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Host Analytics on its sale to Vector Capital

Catalina Marketing Corporation

Announced: December 12, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Catalina on its Restructuring Support Agreement and voluntary Chapter 11 petition

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: December 12, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Synergy on its voluntary Chapter 11 process and proposed sale of its business assets to Bausch Health

Santhera Pharmaceuticals

Announced: November 20, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Santhera on its agreement to acquire an option from Idorsia for an exclusive sub-license of Vamorolone

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: October 23, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pfizer on its asset contribution agreement with Cerevel Therapeutics

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

Announced: October 17, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ultra Petroleum on its exchange agreement with supporting noteholders

Honeywell International Inc.

Announced: October 1, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Honeywell on its spinoff of Garrett Motion Inc.

Genoa Healthcare, LLC

Announced: September 28, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Genoa Healthcare on its sale to OptumRx

Movado Group, Inc.

Announced: August 15, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Movado on its purchase of MVMT Watches

Chobani, LLC

Announced: June 28, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Chobani on securing a minority investment from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (“HOOPP”)

General Electric Co.

Announced: June 26, 2018
Status: Closed

Advising GE on its announced separation of GE Healthcare and Baker Hughes GE

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company

Announced: May 2, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to RRD on the sale of the Print Logistics component of its RRD Logistics business to LSC Communications

Birchbox, Inc.

Announced: May 1, 2018
Status: Closed

Advised Birchbox on its sale to Viking Global

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: May 1, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Cisco on the sale of its Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business to Permira

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: May 1, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ironwood on its spin-off of Cyclerion

Henry Schein, Inc.

Announced: April 23, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Henry Schein on the spin off and merger of its animal health business with Vets First Choice in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction

Dover Corporation

Announced: April 18, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Dover on its spin off of Apergy

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: April 4, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pfizer on its asset contribution agreement with Allogene Therapeutics

Lipman Produce, Inc.

Announced: March 14, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Lipman on its acquisition of Huron Produce

American Greetings Corp.

Announced: February 13, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to American greetings on its sale of a 60% ownership stake to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Openlink Financial LLC

Announced: February 2, 2018
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Openlink on its sale to ION Investment Group

Mondelez International

Announced: January 29, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Mondelez on its stake in Keurig Green Mountain in connection with the merger between Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Global Brokerage, Inc.

Announced: January 22, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to an ad hoc group of holders of Convertible Notes in connection with Global Brokerage's prepackaged plan of reorganization

Weld North LLC

Announced: January 4, 2018
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Weld North Education, a portfolio company of KKR, on the sale of a majority stake to Silver Lake

Qualcomm Incorporated

Announced: November 6, 2017
Value: $150 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to Qualcomm on Broadcom's unsolicited offer for the company

Unilever

Announced: February 17, 2017
Value: $143 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to Unilever on The Kraft Heinz Company's potential offer for all the shares of Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V.

British American Tobacco plc

Announced: January 17, 2017
Value: $97 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to British American Tobacco on its merger with Reynolds American

CVS Health Corporation

Announced: December 3, 2017
Value: $77 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Board of Directors of CVS Health on its acquisition of Aetna

Seagate Technology plc

Announced: September 28, 2017
Value: $18 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Seagate on its $1.25 billion investment commitment and long-term supply agreement as part of the Bain Capital-led consortium’s acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation from the Toshiba Corporation

Kite Pharma, Inc.

Announced: August 28, 2017
Value: $11.9 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Kite Pharma, Inc. on its sale to Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Vantiv, Inc.

Announced: August 9, 2017
Value: $10 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Vantiv on its acquisition of Worldpay Group plc

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD)

Announced: April 28, 2017
Value: $9 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to PPD on a recapitalization by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman and affiliates of the The Carlyle Group, as well as an expansion of ownership to include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and an affiliate of GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund

INC Research Holdings, Inc.

Announced: May 10, 2017
Value: $7.4 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to INC Research on its all-stock, merger of equals transaction

TerraForm Power, Inc.

Announced: March 7, 2017
Value: $6.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to TerraForm Power on its sale of a 51% stake to Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.

CB&I

Announced: December 18, 2017
Value: $6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to CB&I on its combination with McDermott International

Avaya Inc.

Announced: October 24, 2017
Value: $5.7 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor and investment banker to Avaya Inc. in its chapter 11 plan of reorganization

West Corporation

Announced: May 9, 2017
Value: $5.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to West on its sale to funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management

Entercom Communications Corp.

Announced: February 2, 2017
Value: $4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Entercom on its merger with CBS Corporation's radio business in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: January 24, 2017
Value: $3.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cisco on its acquisition of AppDynamics

CEB Inc.

Announced: January 5, 2017
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to CEB on its sale to Gartner

HSN, Inc.

Announced: July 6, 2017
Value: $2.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of HSNi on its acquisition by Liberty Interactive Corporation

Air Methods Corporation

Announced: March 14, 2017
Value: $2.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Air Methods on its acquisition by American Securities LLC

Williams Partners L.P.

Announced: April 17, 2017
Value: $2.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Williams on the sale of certain assets to, and associated agreements with, NOVA Chemicals

Johnson Controls Inc.

Announced: March 16, 2017
Value: $2.0 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Johnson Controls on the sale of its Scott Safety business to 3M

Galenica AG

Announced: March 14, 2017
Value: CHF1.95 billion
Status: Closed

Independent financial advisor to Galenica in the IPO of Galenica Santé

Permira Advisers

Announced: August 7, 2017
Value: $1.9 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Permira on the sale of its majority stake in Netafim, Ltd., to Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V.

DuPage Medical Group, Ltd.

Announced: August 16, 2017
Value: $1.45 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to DuPage Medical Group on the strategic investment by Ares Management

Iron Mountain Inc.

Announced: December 11, 2017
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Iron Mountain on its acquisition of IO Data Centers US Operations

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: August 17, 2017
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Rentals on its acquisition of Neff

NeuroDerm Ltd.

Announced: July 24, 2017
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to NeuroDerm on its sale to Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation

Diageo plc

Announced: June 21, 2017
Value: Up to $1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Diageo on its acquisition of Casamigos

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: January 25, 2017
Value: $965 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Rentals on its acquisition of NES Rentals from Diamond Castle Holdings

EQT VII Fund

Announced: July 11, 2017
Value: $850 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to EQT on its acquisition of Certara

Itron, Inc.

Announced: September 18, 2017
Value: $830 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Itron on its acquisition of Silver Spring Networks

Bioverativ Inc.

Announced: May 23, 2017
Value: Up to $825 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Bioverativ on its acquisition of True North Therapeutics

Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC

Announced: August 3, 2017
Value: $820 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc group of second lien noteholders in Vanguard's Chapter 11 filing and emergence

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

Announced: January 9, 2017
Value: $820 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Valeant on its sale of Dendreon to Sanpower Group Co., Ltd.

North Island

Announced: April 20, 2017
Value: $625 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to North Island on its investment in Virtu Financial in connection with Virtu's purchase of KCG Holdings

Target Corp.

Announced: December 13, 2017
Value: $550 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Target on its acquisition of Shipt, Inc.

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

Announced: May 26, 2017
Value: ~$500 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Implats on its dual tranche offering of ZAR3,250 million and $250 million Convertible Bonds due 2022

Pandora Media

Announced: June 9, 2017
Value: $480 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Pandora on SiriusXM’s preferred equity investment and Pandora’s ongoing review of strategic alternatives

FIS

Announced: May 23, 2017
Value: $477 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to FIS on the sale of a majority ownership stake of 60% in its Capco business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, establishing Capco as an independent company

Richelieu Foods Inc.

Announced: November 2, 2017
Value: $435 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Richelieu on its sale to Freiberger, a subsidiary of the Südzucker Group

Axalta Coating Systems, LLC

Announced: April 12, 2017
Value: $420 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Axalta on its agreement with Valspar Corporation and Sherwin-Williams to acquire the assets related to Valspar's North American Industrial Wood Coatings business

CSL Limited

Announced: June 13, 2017
Value: $352 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to CSL on its acquisition of an 80% stake in Ruide from Humanwell

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

Announced: November 8, 2017
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cornerstone on the strategic investment by Silver Lake Partners and LinkedIn

Conagra Brands

Announced: May 30, 2017
Value: $285 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Conagra on its divestiture of the Wesson oil brand to The J.M. Smucker Company

Pandora Media

Announced: June 9, 2017
Value: $200 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Pandora on sale of its Ticketfly business to Eventbrite

China Regenerative Medicine International-Led Consortium

Announced: July 17, 2017
Value: $190 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the CRMI-led consortium on their acquisition of Obagi Medical Products from Valeant

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

Announced: October 3, 2017
Value: $151 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ultragenyx on its acquisition of Dimension Therapeutics

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Announced: February 21, 2017
Value: $140 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Maple Leaf Foods on its acquisition of Lightlife Foods, Inc., from Brynwood Partners VI L.P.

Avaya Inc.

Announced: March 7, 2017
Value: $100 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Avaya on its sale of its networking business to Extreme Networks in a section 363 auction process

Cytokinetics, Inc.

Announced: February 2, 2017
Value: $100 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Cytokinetics, Inc on its sale of a portion of its royalty interest in omecamtiv mecarbil to Royalty Pharma

Movado Group, Inc.

Announced: July 5, 2017
Value: £60 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Movado on its acquisition of JLB Brands Ltd., owner of the Olivia Burton Brand

MedRisk, Inc.

Announced: December 18, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to MedRisk on its sale of a majority stake to The Carlyle Group

KIND LLC

Announced: November 29, 2017
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to KIND on its strategic partnership with Mars, including Mars taking a minority stake

Express Scripts

Announced: November 27, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Express Scripts on the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, United BioSource (UBC), to Avista Capital Partners

Fortive Corporation

Announced: October 31, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Fortive on its acquisition of Industrial Scientific

Anthem, Inc.

Announced: October 24, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Anthem on its acquisition of America's 1st Choice

Healthsun Health Plans, Inc.

Announced: September 20, 2017
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to HealthSun on its sale to Anthem

Send Word Now

Announced: June 5, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Send Word Now on its sale to Emergency Communications Network, a Veritas portfolio company

Zhonghong Group

Announced: March 24, 2017
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Zhonghong Group on its acquisition of Blackstone's ~21% interest in SeaWorld

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Announced: February 8, 2017
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cognizant in connection with its cooperation agreement reached with Elliott Management

SABMiller plc

Announced: July 29, 2016
Value: £79 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to SABMiller on its sale to AB InBev

21st Century Fox, Inc.

Announced: December 15, 2016
Value: £31.6 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to 21st Century Fox on its proposed all-cash acquisition of the shares of Sky plc that it does not already own

Qualcomm Incorporated

Announced: October 27, 2016
Value: $49 billion
Status: Terminated

Financial advisor to the Qualcomm Board on the acquisition of NXP Semiconductors

General Electric Company

Announced: October 31, 2016
Value: $32 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to GE on its combination of its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes to create a new, publicly-traded company – "New" Baker Hughes – in a cash and stock transaction

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Announced: July 11, 2016
Value: $17.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation on the merger with Caesars Acquisition Company

Johnson Controls Inc.

Announced: January 25, 2016
Value: $16.5 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Johnson Controls in its merger with Tyco

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: August 22, 2016
Value: $14 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Pfizer on its acquisition of Medivation

TerraForm Power, Inc.

Announced: April 21, 2016
Value: $12.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committees of the Boards of Directors of TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global on various strategic issues related to SunEdison’s chapter 11 restructuring

Mylan N.V.

Announced: February 10, 2016
Value: $10 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mylan on its acquisition of Meda

Peabody Energy Corporation

Announced: April 13, 2016
Value: $8.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of first lien lenders in Peabody’s chapter 11 restructuring

Henderson Group plc

Announced: October 3, 2016
Value: $6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial adviser to Henderson on the merger with Janus Capital Group

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: May 16, 2016
Value: $5.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Pfizer on its acquisition of Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Announced: July 30, 2016
Value: $4.4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation on the sale of Playtika, the social/mobile gaming business of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

SandRidge Energy, Inc.

Announced: October 4, 2016
Value: $4.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of holders of SandRidge's second lien notes around SandRidge's chapter 11 reorganization.

Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: August 2, 2016
Value: $4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Emerson on its divestiture of its Network Power business to Platinum Equity

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Announced: April 28, 2016
Value: $3.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to DreamWorks on its sale to Comcast

EverBank Financial Corp

Announced: August 8, 2016
Value: $2.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to EverBank on its sale to TIAA

Diamond Resorts International, Inc.

Announced: June 29, 2016
Value: $2.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to the Strategic Review Committee of Diamond Resorts on its acquisition by affiliates of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management

Informa PLC

Announced: September 15, 2016
Value: £1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Informa on its acquisition of Penton Information Services, funded through a combination of debt and equity, including a £715 million Rights Issue

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.

Announced: October 21, 2016
Value: $1.9 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of cross-over holders of second and third lien notes around Midstates' restructuring and recapitalization and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Tobira Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: September 20, 2016
Value: Up to $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Tobira Therapeutics, Inc. on its sale to Allergan plc

Molycorp, Inc.

Announced: August 31, 2016
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to first lien lender in Molycorp’s chapter 11 restructuring

Relypsa, Inc.

Announced: July 21, 2016
Value: $1.53 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Relypsa, Inc. on its sale to Galenica Group.

Permira

Announced: July 1, 2016
Value: $1.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Permira on the sale of its portfolio company Intelligrated to Honeywell International

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation

Announced: May 9, 2016
Value: $1.4 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of Magnum Hunter senior unsecured noteholders in connection with Magnum Hunter's pre-arranged restructuring under chapter 11

Emerson Electric Co.

Announced: August 2, 2016
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Emerson on its divestiture of its Leroy Somer and Control Techniques businesses to Nidec Corporation

Atlas Resource Partners, LP

Announced: September 2, 2016
Value: $1.0 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of Atlas Resource Partners' senior unsecured noteholders in connection with Atlas Resource's pre-arranged restructuring under chapter 11

Performance Sports Group Ltd.

Announced: October 31, 2016
Value: $961 million
Status: Closed

Independent financial advisor to the special committee of the board of directors of PSG on its "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement with an investor group led by Sagard Capital and Fairfax Financial for $575 million, as well as on a commitment for $386 million in new debtor-in-possession financing

DTS, Inc.

Announced: September 20, 2016
Value: $940 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to DTS on its sale to Tessera Technologies

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp.

Announced: September 12, 2016
Value: $801 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Raptor on its sale to Horizon Pharma

Aspect Software, Inc.

Announced: May 26, 2016
Value: $800 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc committee of cross-holders of Aspect's first lien term loan and second lien notes in connection with Aspect's pre-arranged restructuring under chapter 11

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

Announced: June 9, 2016
Value: $770 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to Aspen on its commercialisation agreement with AstraZeneca for rights to its global anaesthetics portfolio of seven established medicines outside of the US

Ventas Inc.

Announced: November 14, 2016
Value: $700 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ventas on its agreement with Kindred Healthcare Inc. either for the sale of all 36 skilled nursing facilities owned by Ventas and operated by Kindred or the renewal of the current lease on all unpurchased skilled nursing facilities through 2025 at the current rent level

UCG Holdings LP

Announced: January 11, 2016
Value: $650 million
Status: Closed

Sole advisor to UCG on the sale of Oil Price Information Service to IHS

Crowne Group, LLC

Announced: May 26, 2016
Value: $525 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Crowne on the refinancing of its capital structure including the funding of a new $425 million term loan and amendment of its $100 million ABL revolver

Honeywell International Inc.

Announced: February 4, 2016
Value: $480 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Honeywell on its acquisition of Xtralis from Pacific Equity Partners and Blum Capital Partners

XenoPort, Inc.

Announced: May 23, 2016
Value: $467 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to XenoPort on its sale to Arbor Pharmaceuticals

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

Announced: January 7, 2016
Value: $459 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Clear Channel Outdoor on its sale of certain U.S. outdoor advertising assets to Lamar Advertising

Seventy Seven Energy Inc.

Announced: August 1, 2016
Value: $400 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the steering committee of lenders under Seventy Seven's first lien term loan as part of a prepackaged restructuring and recapitalization and emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy

Cloud Peak Energy Inc.

Announced: October 13, 2016
Value: $381 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cloud Peak Energy on its secured credit facility amendment and an exchange of unsecured notes for a combination of new second lien secured notes and cash

Honeywell International, Inc.

Announced: August 12, 2016
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Honeywell on its sale of its Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. business to KBR, Inc.

CEB

Announced: April 4, 2016
Value: $275 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to CEB on its acquisition of Evanta Ventures

Hexion Inc.

Announced: March 21, 2016
Value: $226 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Hexion, an Apollo portfolio company, on the sale of Hexion's Performance Adhesives, Powder Coatings, Additives & Acrylics Coatings and Monomers business to Synthomer plc

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

Announced: January 21, 2016
Value: $107 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Clear Channel Outdoor on its sale of certain U.S. outdoor advertising assets to independent operators

Burton's Biscuit Co.

Announced: August 12, 2016
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Burton's on the sale of its Cadbury biscuit license to Mondelez International

J.P. Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund

Announced: August 8, 2016
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to J.P. Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund on its portfolio company Summit Utilities purchase of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation

Unilever

Announced: July 20, 2016
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Unilever on its acquisition of Dollar Shave Club

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

Announced: June 16, 2016
Status: Closed

Sole financial advisor to Elizabeth Arden on its sale to Revlon

Honeywell International Inc.

Announced: May 12, 2016
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Honeywell on its spin off of its Resins and Chemicals business into a standalone, publicly traded company named AdvanSix Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Announced: January 29, 2016
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Xerox on the separation of its Document Technology and Business Process Outsourcing businesses into two independent public companies

Pfizer Inc.

Announced: November 23, 2015
Value: $160 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to Pfizer on its combination with Allergan

Time Warner Cable

Announced: May 26, 2015
Value: $78.7 billion
Status: Closed

Strategic advisor to Time Warner Cable on its merger with Charter Communications

Dell Inc.

Announced: October 12, 2015
Value: $67 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Dell on its purchase of EMC

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

Announced: March 25, 2015
Value: $58 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Kraft on its merger with Heinz

Mylan N.V.

Announced: April 21, 2015
Value: $41.0 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to Mylan on its defense against Teva Pharmaceutical

General Electric Company

Announced: April 10, 2015
Value: $35 billion
Status: Closed

Advised GE on its planned disposition of approximately $200 billion of GE Capital assets to become a more focused industrial and technology company and de-designate as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI)

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

Announced: March 4, 2015
Value: $21 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Pharmacyclics on its sale to AbbVie

Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

Announced: December 14, 2015
Value: $20.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Newell Rubbermaid on its acquisition of Jarden

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

Announced: February 22, 2015
Value: $15.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Salix on its sale to Valeant Pharmaceuticals

Procter & Gamble Company

Announced: July 9, 2015
Value: $15 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Procter & Gamble on the merger of its Beauty business with Coty

Mondelez International

Announced: December 7, 2015
Value: $14.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mondelez for the acquisition of Keurig Green Mountain by a JAB Holding Company-led investor group

Omnicare, Inc.

Announced: May 21, 2015
Value: $12.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Omnicare on its sale to CVS Health

Fidelity National Information Services

Announced: August 12, 2015
Value: $9.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to FIS on its acquisition of SunGard from a private equity consortium

Receptos, Inc.

Announced: July 14, 2015
Value: $7.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Receptos on its sale to Celgene

Dyax Corp.

Announced: November 2, 2015
Value: Up to $6.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Dyax on its sale to Shire

Solera Holdings, Inc.

Announced: September 14, 2015
Value: $6.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Solera on its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners

Big Heart Pet Brands

Announced: February 3, 2015
Value: $5.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Big Heart Pet Brands on its sale to the J.M. Smucker Company

Thoratec Corp

Announced: July 22, 2015
Value: 3.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Thoratec on its sale to St. Jude Medical

Iglo Foods Holdings Limited

Announced: April 20, 2015
Value: €2.6 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Permira on the sale of Iglo Group to Nomad Holdings

Ventas Inc.

Announced: April 6, 2015
Value: $3.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ventas in the spin-off of most of its post-acute/skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) portfolio into an independent, publicly traded REIT

TE Connectivity Ltd.

Announced: January 28, 2015
Value: $3.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to TE Connectivity on its sale of its Broadband Network Solutions business unit to CommScope

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Announced: November 2, 2015
Value: $2.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to ConAgra on the sale of its private label business to TreeHouse Foods

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Announced: July 28, 2015
Value: $2.65 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Hikma on its acquisition of Roxane Laboratories from Boehringer Ingelheim

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.

Announced: May 21, 2015
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to an ad hoc committee of unsecured noteholders of Midstates Petroleum in connection with concurrent debt financing and exchange transactions

Endeavour International Corporation

Announced: August 3, 2015
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the ad hoc group of UK term loan lenders on global settlement with first priority noteholders to (i) sell UK assets and (ii) complete restructuring $1.1bn of indebtedness

Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: March 30, 2015
Value: $1.1 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Hyperion on its sale to Horizon Pharma

3M Company

Announced: February 23, 2015
Value: $1.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to 3M on its acquisition of Polypore's Separations Media business

Findus Group

Announced: August 13, 2015
Value: £512 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Findus Group on the sale of its continental European frozen food business to Nomad Foods

Patriot Coal Corporation

Announced: October 28, 2015
Value: $800 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to Patriot Coal in its chapter 11 restructuring with approximately $800 million of prepetition financial indebtedness and over $1 billion in non-financial liabilities. The engagement included raising $100 million in debtor-in-possession financing and approximately $250 million in new money funded by existing creditors. The engagement culminated in the completion of two highly structured and inter-related sale transactions: (i) the majority of Patriot’s operating assets to Blackhawk Mining, LLC; and (ii) the remainder of Patriot’s assets and over $400 million in liabilities to Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund, Inc.

Diageo Plc

Announced: October 7, 2015
Value: $780 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Diageo on the sale of its interest in Desnoes & Geddes and in Guinness Anchor Berhad to Heineken and its acquisition of additional shares in Guinness Ghana Breweries from Heineken

Mylan Inc.

Announced: February 2, 2015
Value: $750 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Mylan on its acquisition of Famy Care Ltd

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: June 30, 2015
Value: $635 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cisco on its acquisition of OpenDNS

Avon Products, Inc.

Announced: December 17, 2015
Value: $605 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Avon on its two-part transaction and strategic partnership with Cerberus Capital Management involving a minority investment in Avon Products through the purchase of convertible preferred equity and the separation of Avon North America into a privately-held company

Dendreon Corporation

Announced: February 20, 2015
Value: $495 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors on the sale of Dendreon to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

Announced: September 3, 2015
Value: ZAR 4.0 billion
Status: Closed

Independent financial advisor to Implats on its intention to raise up to ZAR 4.0 billion through the sale of new Implats shares via a fully-underwritten accelerated bookbuild process

RR Donnelley & Sons Company

Announced: February 5, 2015
Value: $261 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to R.R. Donnelley on its acquisition of Courier Corporation

Mondelez International, Inc.

Announced: February 27, 2015
Value: ¥27 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mondelez on the sale of its 50% interest in Ajinomoto General Foods to Ajinomoto

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: May 19, 2015
Value: $225 million+
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Achillion on its worldwide license and collaboration arrangement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, regarding HCV assets

Hubbell Incorporated

Announced: August 24, 2015
Value: $200 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to the Board of Directors of Hubbell on its plan to reclassify their common stock eliminating its existing two-class structure

Senior Housing Properties Trust

Announced: June 8, 2015
Value: $173 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to a Special Committee of SNH's Independent Trustees on its acquisition of a 17% economic ownership of REIT Management & Research LLC as part of consortium transaction

DTS Inc.

Announced: September 2, 2015
Value: $172 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to DTS on its acquisition of iBiquity

Qualcomm Incorporated

Announced: December 16, 2015
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors on Qualcomm's corporate and financial structure

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Announced: November 18, 2015
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to ConAgra Foods on its separation into two independent public companies, Conagra Brands and Lamb Weston

Cisco Systems and Ericsson

Announced: November 9, 2015
Status: Closed

Advisor to both Cisco and Ericsson on their global business and technology strategic partnership

RCS Capital Corporation

Announced: August 6, 2015
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of RCS Capital around a series of strategic initiatives

RR Donnelley & Sons Company

Announced: August 4, 2015
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to R.R. Donnelley on its planned separation into three independent publicly-traded companies

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Announced: July 24, 2015
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Johnson Controls on the spin-off of its Automotive Experience business, Adient

Panasonic Corporation

Announced: March 16, 2015
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Panasonic on its acquisition of ITC Global

AstraZeneca plc

Announced: April 28, 2014
Value: £69.4 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Advisor to AstraZeneca on Pfizer's unsolicited offer for the company

Time Warner Cable

Announced: February 13, 2014
Value: $69.7 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Strategic advisor to Time Warner Cable on its merger with Comcast

Energy Future Holdings

Announced: April 29, 2014
Value: $42 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Committee of EFIH Senior Toggle Noteholders in connection with Energy Future Holdings’ Chapter 11 restructuring with aggregate indebtedness of approximately $42 billion

Lorillard, Inc.

Announced: July 15, 2014
Value: $27.4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Lorillard on its sale to Reynolds American and the related divestiture of certain Lorillard assets to Imperial Tobacco

Beam Inc.

Announced: January 13, 2014
Value: $16 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Beam on its acquisition by Suntory Holdings

Alliance Boots GmbH

Announced: August 6, 2014
Value: $15.3 billion step 2
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Alliance Boots in the second step of the unique two-step transaction with Walgreens announced in 2012

General Electric Company

Announced: April 30, 2014
Value: $13.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to GE on its acquisition of Alstom’s Thermal, Renewables and Grid businesses, the largest acquisition in GE's history

InterMune, Inc.

Announced: August 24, 2014
Value: $8.9 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to InterMune on its sale to Roche

The Hillshire Brands Company

Announced: June 9, 2014
Value: $8.55 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Hillshire Brands on Tyson Foods' unilateral binding offer

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: April 7, 2014
Value: $5.8 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Questcor on its merger with Mallinckrodt

Edison Mission Energy

Announced: March 24, 2014
Value: $5.4 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the owner-lessors of certain key assets of Edison Mission Energy in its Chapter 11 restructuring, culminating in a sale of substantially all assets to NRG Energy

Mylan Inc.

Announced: July 14, 2014
Value: $5.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Mylan on its acquisition of Abbott's Non-U.S. Developed Markets Specialty and Branded Generics Business

MICROS Systems, Inc.

Announced: June 23, 2014
Value: $5.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to MICROS on its acquisition by Oracle

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: June 9, 2014
Value: $3.85 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Idenix on its acquisition by Merck

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: December 2, 2014
Value: $3.5 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Avanir on its sale to Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation

Announced: September 15, 2014
Value: $2.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cognizant on its acquisition of TriZetto

Ventas, Inc.

Announced: June 2, 2014
Value: $2.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ventas in its acquisition of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Announced: March 3, 2014
Value: $2.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment on the divestiture of four casinos and a 50% stake in the management fee stream for these properties to Caesars Growth Partners

Waste Management, Inc.

Announced: July 29, 2014
Value: $1.9 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Waste Management on the sale of its Wheelabrator Technologies business to Energy Capital Partners

TE Connectivity Ltd.

Announced: June 18, 2014
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to TE Connectivity on its acquisition of Measurement Specialties, Inc.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Announced: February 12, 2014
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Maple Leaf Foods on the sale of Canada Bread to Grupo Bimbo

Smith & Nephew plc

Announced: February 3, 2014
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Smith & Nephew on its acquisition of ArthroCare

MACH Gen LLC

Announced: March 4, 2014
Value: $1.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Committee of second-lien lenders of MACH Gen in connection with its Chapter 11 restructuring with aggregate indebtedness of approximately $1.6 billion

PHH Corporation

Announced: June 2, 2014
Value: $1.4 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to PHH on the sale of its fleet management business, PHH Arval, to Element Financial

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: February 11, 2014
Value: $1.3 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cadence on its sale to Mallinckrodt

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V.

Announced: August 18, 2014
Value: $1.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Sensata Technologies on its purchase of Schrader International from Madison Dearborn Partners

All3Media Limited

Announced: May 8, 2014
Value: £550 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to All3Media on its sale to a 50:50 joint venture between Discovery Communications and Liberty Global

Convergys Corporation

Announced: January 6, 2014
Value: $820 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Convergys on the acquisition of Stream Global Services

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: March 9, 2014
Value: $780 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Rentals on its purchase of National Pump & Compressor and associated other businesses

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

Announced: July 21, 2014
Value: $690 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to CBS Outdoor on its acquisition of certain outdoor advertising assets from Van Wagner Communications, LLC

Verint Systems Inc.

Announced: June 13, 2014
Value: $600 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Verint on its capital raise, comprised of equity and senior convertible notes

GeNeuro SA

Announced: December 2, 2014
Value: Up to $455 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to GeNeuro in its strategic partnership with Servier to develop and market its lead drug candidate GNbAC1 in Multiple Sclerosis

Endeavour International Corporation

Announced: October 1, 2014
Value: $440 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to select existing lenders of Endeavour in connection with its senior secured first lien term loan facility due January 2017

News Corporation

Announced: May 2, 2014
Value: $420 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to News Corp on its acquisition of Harlequin Enterprises

Informa PLC

Announced: November 18, 2014
Value: $375 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Informa on its 100% cash acquisition of Hanley Wood Exhibitions (funded by placement of share capital)

Ambit Biosciences Corporation

Announced: September 28, 2014
Value: $315 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ambit Biosciences on its sale to Daiichi Sankyo

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Announced: May 28, 2014
Value: $300 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Hikma on its acquisition of Bedford Laboratories

BioAlliance Pharma SA

Announced: April 16, 2014
Value: €230 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to BioAlliance on its merger with Topotarget

CSL Limited

Announced: October 26, 2014
Value: $275 million
Status: Closed

Sole Advisor to CSL on its acquisition of Novartis’ influenza vaccine business

The Hillshire Brands Company

Announced: April 21, 2014
Value: $165 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Hillshire on its acquisition of Van’s Natural Foods

Harry & David Holdings, Inc.

Announced: September 2, 2014
Value: $143 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Harry & David on its sale to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

Altria Group Inc.

Announced: February 3, 2014
Value: $130 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Altria on its acquisition of Green Smoke

United Biscuits

Announced: November 3, 2014
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Biscuits on its sale by Blackstone and PAI Partners to Yildiz Holding

JDS Uniphase Corporation

Announced: September 10, 2014
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to JDS Uniphase on the spin-off of its Communication and Commercial Optical Product segment into Lumentum Holdings

Mondelez International

Announced: May 7, 2014
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Mondelez International in the formation of a global coffee joint venture with D.E Master Blenders 1753

H.J. Heinz

Announced: February 14, 2013
Value: $28 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Heinz on its sale to an investor consortium consisting of 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway

Silver Lake Partners

Announced: February 5, 2013
Value: $25 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Silver Lake Partners in connection with its $24.9 billion acquisition of Dell Inc.

General Electric Company

Announced: February 12, 2013
Value: $18 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to GE on the sale of its remaining 49% interest in NBCUniversal to Comcast

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: August 25, 2013
Value: $10.4 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Onyx Pharmaceuticals on its sale to Amgen

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

Announced: July 25, 2013
Value: $8.2 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of Activision Blizzard in connection with the $5.8bn repurchase of the majority of Vivendi’s control stake in the Company, and the simultaneous $2.3bn acquisition of Vivendi’s shares in Activision Blizzard by a CEO led investor group

Alliance Boots GmbH

Announced: March 19, 2013
Value: $3.3 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Alliance Boots in connection with the minority equity stake option and long-term strategic relationship between Alliance Boots, Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen

Biogen Idec Inc.

Announced: February 6, 2013
Value: $3.25+ billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Biogen Idec on its acquisition of full rights and control of TYSABRI® from Elan Corporation for $3.25 billion upfront plus future contingent payments

Algeta ASA

Announced: December 19, 2013
Value: $2.9 billion
Status: Closed

Rendered a fairness opinion to the Algeta ASA Board of Directors in support of its recommendation of a sale to Bayer AG

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: July 23, 2013
Value: $2.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cisco on its acquisition of Sourcefire

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Announced: April 29, 2013
Value: $2.25 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to JCPenney in connection with raising a $2.25 billion senior secured term loan

Del Monte Foods

Announced: October 10, 2013
Value: $1.7 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Del Monte Foods on the sale of its Consumer Products business to Del Monte Pacific.

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: January 22, 2013
Value: $958 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to MAP Pharmaceuticals on its sale to Allergan

Trius Therapeutics, Inc.

Announced: July 30, 2013
Value: Up to $818 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Trius Therapeutics on its sale to Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Optimer Pharmaceuticals

Announced: July 30, 2013
Value: Up to $801 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Optimer Pharmaceuticals on its sale to Cubist Pharmaceuticals

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: April 29, 2013
Value: $585 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Auxilium Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition of Actient Holdings LLC

Les Laboratoires Servier

Announced: September 24, 2013
Value: $483 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Servier on its acquisition of the 49% minority stake in EGIS Pharmaceuticals

Philip Morris International Inc.

Announced: July 12, 2013
Value: $343 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Philip Morris International in the formation of a joint venture with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation to privatize Medicago

Almirall, S.A.

Announced: December 17, 2013
Value: $328 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Almirall on its purchase of Aqua Pharmaceuticals, LLC

Fifth and Pacific Companies, Inc.

Announced: December 10, 2013
Value: $225 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Fifth & Pacific on the sale of Lucky Brand Jeans to Leonard Green & Partners

Fifth and Pacific Companies, Inc.

Announced: October 7, 2013
Value: $195 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Fifth & Pacific on the sale of the intellectual property of the Juicy Couture brand to Authentic Brands Group

Aegion Corporation

Announced: June 24, 2013
Value: $150 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Aegion in its acquisition of Brinderson, L.P.

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.

Announced: May 29, 2013
Value: $100 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to IDT on the sale of its PCIe Enterprise Flash Controller business and related PCIe intellectual property assets to PMC-Sierra

Entrust Inc.

Announced: December 17, 2013
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Entrust in its sale to Datacard Group

Residential Capital LLC

Announced: December 17, 2013
Status: Closed

Successful confirmation of ResCap’s Plan with nearly unanimous creditor support

Jennerex, Inc.

Announced: November 26, 2013
Value: Up to ~$150mm
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Jennerex on its sale to SillaJen

Capital One Financial Corp.

Announced: August 16, 2013
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Capital One Financial on its acquisition of Beech Street Capital

Avon Products, Inc.

Announced: July 2, 2013
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Avon on its divestiture of its Silpada sterling silver jewelry business to Rhinestone Holdings, Inc.

Theravance, Inc.

Announced: April 25, 2013
Status: Closed

Advisor to Theravance on its intention to pursue a separation of its late-stage partnered respiratory assets and biopharmaceutical operations into two distinct publicly traded companies

Ares Life Sciences

Announced: March 8, 2013
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ares Life Sciences on its acquisition of GREER Laboratories, Inc

Napier Park Global Capital

Announced: March 1, 2013
Status: Closed

Advisor to Napier Park Global Capital (formerly Citi Capital Advisors) on its spinout from Citigroup

International Airlines Group

Status: Closed

Advisor to International Airlines Group in its evaluation of strategic alternatives with respect to its interest in AMR Corp.’s chapter 11 restructuring

News Corporation

Announced: June 28, 2012
Value: $9.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to News Corp. on its separation of its publishing and media and entertainment businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies

Residential Capital LLC

Announced: May 14, 2012
Value: $15.3 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to ResCap in its chapter 11 restructuring with $15.3 billion of indebtedness, an engagement which has included raising $1.7bn in debtor-in-possession financing and conducting two concurrent asset sales including: (i) ResCap’s Servicing and Origination Platform for $3.0bn; and (ii) a portfolio of domestic whole loans for $1.5bn

Clearwire Corporation

Announced: December 17, 2012
Value: $14 billion (Total EV)
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of Clearwire in connection with Sprint’s acquisition of the approximately 50% of Clearwire it did not own

Avon Products Inc.

Announced: April 2, 2012
Value: $12.9 billion
Status: Withdrawn

Financial advisor to Avon in its defense in Coty's unsolicited offer for the company

Pfizer, Inc.

Announced: April 23, 2012
Value: $11.85 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Pfizer on the sale of its Pediatric Nutrition Business to Nestlé

ConAgra Foods Inc.

Announced: November 27, 2012
Value: $6.8 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to ConAgra on its acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings

Alliance Boots GmbH

Announced: June 19, 2012
Value: $6.7 billion step 1, $30 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Alliance Boots in a unique two-step transaction with Walgreens to create the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Announced: March 15, 2012
Value: $5.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Cisco on its acquisition of NDS Group

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

Announced: December 21, 2012
Value: $2.8 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ameristar Casinos on its sale to Pinnacle Entertainment

Alcatel-Lucent SA

Announced: December 14, 2012
Value: €2.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial Advisor to Alcatel-Lucent SA in connection with raising a €2.0bn multi-tranche, senior secured credit facility

DS Waters of America, Inc.

Announced: April 19, 2012
Value: $900 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to the Group Lenders of DS Waters of America in connection with its out-of-court restructuring with aggregate indebtedness of approximately $900 million

MEI Conlux Holdings, Inc.

Announced: December 21, 2012
Value: $820 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Bain Capital on its sale of MEI Conlux Holdings (US), Inc. and its affiliate MEI Conlux Holdings (Japan), Inc. on its sale to Crane Co.

Culligan International Company

Announced: June 28, 2012
Value: $770 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to second-lien lenders of Culligan International Company in connection with its out-of-court restructuring with aggregate indebtedness of approximately $770 million

Duff & Phelps Corporation

Announced: December 30, 2012
Value: $666 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Duff & Phelps on its sale to a private investor consortium consisting of The Carlyle Group, Stone Point Capital LLC, Pictet & Cie and Edmond de Rothschild Group

X-Rite, Incorporated

Announced: April 10, 2012
Value: $625 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to X-Rite in its sale to Danaher

Beam Inc.

Announced: April 23, 2012
Value: $605 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Beam in its acquisition of the Pinnacle Vodka and Calico Jack rum brands from White Rock Distilleries

Haemonetics Corp.

Announced: April 29, 2012
Value: $551 million
Status: Closed

Advisor to Haemonetics and rendered a fairness opinion to Haemonetics Board of Directors in connection with the acquisition of Pall Corp's blood collection, filtration and processing product lines

Convergys Corporation

Announced: March 22, 2012
Value: $449 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Convergys on the sale of its Information Management business to NEC

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Announced: February 17, 2012
Value: $330 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to DreamWorks Animation in the formation of a joint venture with China Media Capital, Shanghai Media Group and SAIL to establish a China-focused family entertainment company

ConAgra Foods Inc.

Announced: July 30, 2012
Value: $265 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to ConAgra on its acquisition of the Bertolli and P.F. Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals businesses

Ventas, Inc.

Announced: December 24, 2012
Value: $242 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ventas on its acquisition of certain assets, including a substantial minority stake in Atria Senior Living, Inc., from Lazard Frères Real Estate Investors

DTS, Inc.

Announced: April 17, 2012
Value: $148 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to DTS on its acquisition of SRS Labs

Itron, Inc.

Announced: February 15, 2012
Value: $100 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to Itron on its acquisition of SmartSynch

THQ Inc.

Announced: December 19, 2012
Status: Closed

Advisor to THQ in its chapter 11 restructuring, an engagement which has included raising debtor-in-possession financing and acting as exclusive financial advisor to THQ in its §363 sale process

KP Snacks

Announced: December 5, 2012
Status: Closed

Advisor to KP Snacks, United Biscuits' snacks unit, on its sale to Intersnack Group

SonicWALL, Inc

Announced: March 13, 2012
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to SonicWALL on its sale to Dell

RealGravity Inc.

Announced: January 31, 2012
Status: Closed

Advisor to RealGravity on its sale to Scripps Networks Interactive

Kraft Foods Inc.

Announced: August 4, 2011
Value: $27 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Kraft Foods on the spin-off its North American grocery business

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.

Announced: August 15, 2011
Value: $12.5 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Motorola Mobility in its sale to Google

Capital One Financial Corp.

Announced: June 16, 2011
Value: $9.0 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Capital One Financial on its acquisition of ING Direct USA from ING Groep NV

Ventas, Inc.

Announced: February 28, 2011
Value: $7.4 billion
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Ventas on its acquisition of Nationwide Health Properties. Rendered a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of Ventas

United Rentals, Inc.

Announced: December 16, 2011
Value: $4.2 billion
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to United Rentals on its acquisition of RSC Holdings, Inc.

Capital One Financial Corp.

Announced: August 10, 2011
Value: $2.6 billion
Status: Closed

Financial Advisor to Capital One Financial on its acquisition of HSBC’s domestic credit card business, including approximately $30bn of credit card receivables

Fortune Brands, Inc.

Announced: August 25, 2011
Value: $2.0 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to the Board and Management of Fortune Brands, Inc. on its spin-off of Fortune Brands Home & Security

Fortune Brands, Inc.

Announced: May 20, 2011
Value: $1.2 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Fortune Brands in the sale of Acushnet Company, its golf business that includes the Titleist and Footjoy brands, to a group led by Fila Korea Ltd. and Mirae Asset Private Equity

American Century Companies Inc.

Announced: July 15, 2011
Value: $848 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to American Century Investments on its sale of a 41% economic stake to Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Ventas, Inc.

Announced: December 27, 2011
Value: $760 - $770 million
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Ventas on its acquisition of Cogdell Spencer.

News Corporation

Announced: February 21, 2011
Value: £415 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to News Corporation on the acquisition of Shine Group

Estate of Craig H. Neilsen

Announced: February 28, 2011
Value: $458 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to the Estate of Craig H. Neilsen in the sale of a majority of its shareholdings in Ameristar to the Company in a leveraged repurchase transaction

Oakleaf Global Holdings

Announced: July 28, 2011
Value: $425 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Oakleaf Global Holdings on its sale to Waste Management

Convergys Corporation

Announced: June 2, 2011
Value: $320 million
Status: Closed

Rendered a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of Convergys Corporation on the sale of its stake in Cincinnati SMSA and Cincinnati SMSA Tower Holdings to AT&T

BigBand Networks

Announced: October 11, 2011
Value: $172 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to BigBand Networks on its sale to ARRIS Group

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

Announced: October 3, 2011
Value: $153 million
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Hikma on its acquisition of 63.9% interest in Promopharm and tender offer for remaining 36.1%

Dendreon Corporation

Announced: December 6, 2011
Value: $125 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive financial advisor to Dendreon Corporation on its sale of its royalty interest in Merck & Co. Inc.’s Victrelis (boceprevir)

Copal Partners

Announced: November 14, 2011
Status: Closed

Financial advisor to Copal Partners on the sale of a majority stake to Moody’s Corporation

McCain Capital Corporation

Announced: July 22, 2011
Status: Closed

Advised on corporate matters and capital structure

Legendary East Ltd.

Announced: June 9, 2011
Value: Not disclosed
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to Legendary East on its formation as a Hong Kong-based partnership among Legendary Entertainment, Huayi Brothers and a group of investors

Motorola, Inc.

Announced: November 30, 2010
Value: $10 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to the Board of Motorola, Inc. on its spin-off of Motorola Mobility

PepsiCo Inc.

Announced: December 2, 2010
Value: $5.4 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to PepsiCo on the acquisition of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Announced: May 17, 2010
Value: $4.0 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to OSI Pharmaceuticals in its defense and subsequent sale to Astellas Pharma

NBTY, Inc.

Announced: July 15, 2010
Value: $3.8 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to NBTY on its sale to Carlyle Group

Kraft Foods Inc.

Announced: January 5, 2010
Value: $3.7 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Kraft Foods on the sale of the assets of its North American pizza business to Nestlé

Ventas, Inc.

Announced: October 22, 2010
Value: $3.1 billion
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Ventas on the acquisition of real estate assets of Atria Senior Living Group

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.

Announced: December 23, 2010
Value: $1.5 billion
Status: Closed

Advisor to Jo-Ann Stores on its announced sale to Leonard Green & Partners

Motorola, Inc.

Announced: July 19, 2010
Value: $975 million
Status: Closed

Lead financial advisor to Motorola on the sale of wireless networks infrastructure assets to Nokia Siemens Networks

Facet Biotech Corporation

Announced: March 9, 2010
Value: $722 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to Facet Biotech on both the public defense and sale of the company and rendered the fairness opinion to Facet’s board of directors

SonicWALL, Inc.

Announced: June 2, 2010
Value: $717 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to SonicWALL on its sale to an investor group led by Thoma Bravo, LLC

Avon Products, Inc.

Announced: July 12, 2010
Value: $650 million
Status: Closed

Exclusive advisor to Avon on its acquisition of Silpada Designs, Inc.

Ares Life Sciences

Announced: October 28, 2010
Value: $500 million
Status

Transactions

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