|
Dec 2010
|
$8.5bn |
AbitibiBowater Inc. |
Acted as financial advisor to the Company in its cross-border Chapter 11 and CCAA restructuring |
|
Oct 2012
|
€4.5bn |
Actavis |
Advised Actavis and its stakeholders on the sale of the company to Watson Pharmaceuticals to create the 3rd largest generics player globally |
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Jun 2010
|
$34mm |
Adaptec Inc. |
Advised Adaptec on the sale of a majority of its non-cash operating assets to PMC-Sierra |
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Dec 2010
|
$299mm |
AIG |
Advised AIG and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) on ILFC's sale of a portfolio of aircraft to Pembroke Capital Limited, a subsidiary of the Standard Chartered Bank |
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Jun 2009
|
$20.0bn |
AIG |
Advised AIG Global Real Estate ($20 billion AUM) on strategic alternatives |
|
Dec 2010
|
$182.3bn |
AIG |
Served as sole financial advisor to the Company and Board of Directors of AIG in connection with corporate restructuring and global divestiture program |
|
Dec 2010
|
$1.99bn |
AIG |
Advised AIG and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) on ILFC's sale of a portfolio of 53 aircraft to Macquarie Aerospace Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited |
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Nov 2010
|
$15.5bn |
AIG and its Board of Directors |
Blackstone served as independent advisor to AIG, its Board of Directors and the Alico Special Committee on the sale of American Life Insurance Company (Alico) to MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) for $15.5 billion |
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Mar 2004
|
$200mm |
Akamai Technologies |
Advised Akamai on its capital structure and $200 million of convertible subordinated note financing |
|
Nov 2005
|
$3.5bn |
Alamosa |
Advised Alamosa on its $3.5 billion sale to Sprint |
|
Jan 2006
|
$17.4bn |
Albertson's |
Advised Albertson's on its $17.4 billion sale to SUPERVALU, CVS and Cerberus |
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Aug 2002
|
$762mm |
Alestra (for AT&T) |
Negotiated a comprehensive restructuring of AT&T’s Mexican joint venture, including a new equity investment by AT&T and a tender / exchange offer for the company’s bonds |
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Jun 2007
|
$485mm |
ALFA S.A.B de C.V. |
Advised the Company in the acquisition of select assets of TK Aluminum |
|
Jun 2000
|
$3.5bn |
Alliance Capital Management |
Advised Alliance Capital Management on its $3.5 billion acquisition of Sanford C. Bernstein |
|
Dec 2010
|
£250mm |
Alliance Medical |
Advised Alliance Medical on the completion of its consensual restructuring negotiations with lenders |
|
Dec 2012
|
N/A |
Alliant Insurance Services |
Advised Alliant and Blackstone Capital Partners on the sale of the Company to KKR |
|
Aug 2010
|
$2.7bn |
Allscripts |
Advised the Special Committee of Allscripts on its separation from Misys in conjunction with its merger with Eclipsys |
|
Nov 1994
|
N/A |
Aoki Corporation |
Advised Aoki Corporation on the sale of Westin Hotels & Resorts to an investor group that included Goldman Sachs, Starwood Capital, and Nomura Asset Capital Corporation |
|
Jul 2008
|
$3.7bn |
Aquila |
Advised on the $3.7 billion sale of Aquila to Great Plains and Black Hills |
|
Sep 2006
|
$1.0bn |
Aquila |
Advised Aquila on its sale of four utility assets valued at $1.0 billion |
|
Mar 2011
|
N/A |
AREA Property Partners |
Advised AREA on its sale of a 35% stake to National Australia Bank |
|
Mar 2002
|
$3.3bn |
AT&T Canada (for AT&T) |
Advised AT&T during the restructuring of partially owned subsidiary and cross-border service provider AT&T Canada |
|
Jun 2003
|
N/A |
Atalanta / Sosnoff |
Advised the Special Committee of Atalanta / Sosnoff regarding a proposal by the majority shareholder to purchase the remaining minority shareholder interest |
|
Jan 2007
|
N/A |
Atkins Nutritionals |
Advised Atkins Nutritionals on its sale to North Castle Partners |
|
Jan 2007
|
N/A |
Avalon Natural Products |
Advised North Castle Partners on the sale of Avalon Natural Products, its portfolio company, to the Hain Celestial Group |
|
Mar 2003
|
$600mm |
Axtel |
Advised Axtel on its restructuring of $600 million of debt |
|
Nov 2006
|
N/A |
Babcock & Brown |
Advised Babcock & Brown in its investment in Imperial Parking |
|
Jun 2010
|
$1.63bn |
Bain Capital Partners |
Advised Bain Capital Partners on its acquisition of The Dow Chemical Company's Styron Division for $1.63 billion |
|
Sep 2011
|
$5bn |
Bank of America |
Advised Bank of America on its $5 billion sale of preferred stock and warrants to Berkshire Hathaway |
|
Jun 2007
|
A$2bn |
Basis Capital |
Advised to Basis Capital, Australia's largest hedge fund, on its reorganization and negotiations with its creditors |
|
Nov 2011
|
$3bn |
BCP - Emdeon Acquisition |
Advised BCP on the acquisition of Emdeon, a leading healthcare information technology company focused on providing outsourced medical administrative and revenue cycle management services |
|
Nov 2006
|
$39bn |
Blackstone Real Estate Partners |
Advised Blackstone Real Estate Partners on $39 billion acquisition of Equity Office, the largest real estate transaction in history |
|
Oct 2008
|
N/A |
BlueSource |
Advised BlueSource on its sale of an equity stake to Goldman Sachs and its strategic alliance related to the marketing and trading of verified emissions reductions |
|
Sep 2006
|
N/A |
BlueSource |
Advised BlueSource on its sale to First Reserve of a 50% equity interest |
|
Aug 2008
|
$500mm |
BlueSource |
Advised BlueSource on its strategic partnership with Och-Ziff, which has committed up to $500 million for new greenhouse gas reduction projects |
|
Jan 2012
|
N/A |
Board of Directors of SAP AG |
Provided a fairness opinion to the Board of Directors of SAP on the acquisition of software and relevant assets from Datango AG in an all-cash acquisition |
|
Apr 2010
|
$350mm |
Braskem SA |
Advised Braskem on the acquisition of the polypropylene business of Sunoco Chemicals, Inc. for $350 million |
|
Oct 2012
|
$846mm |
Brightpoint |
Advised Brightpoint, a mobile handset distributor and logistics services provider, on its sale to Ingram Micro |
|
Mar 2011
|
N/A |
Brightpoint |
Advised Brightpoint, a provider of mobile device distribution and logistics services, on its strategic investment in Intcomex, Inc., an IT distributor focused solely on Latin America and the Caribbean
|
|
Dec 2010
|
$80mm |
Brightpoint Inc. |
Advised Brightpoint, Inc., a provider of mobile handset distribution and logistics services, on its acquisition of Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistics, L.P., a provider of handset device repair and reverse logistics services |
|
Nov 2010
|
N/A |
BuyVIP S.L. |
Advised BuyVIP.com, the leading Pan-European fashion and lifestyle online buying community, on its sale to Amazon.com |
|
Nov 2003
|
$6.9bn |
Cable & Wireless America |
Acted as financial advisor to the company in its Chapter 11 restructuring, primarily involving the sale of the company |
|
Mar 2004
|
$168mm |
Cable & Wireless North America |
Advised Cable & Wireless North America on its sale to SAVVIS |
|
Jun 2011
|
$115mm |
Canadian Digital Cinema Partnership |
Acted as financial and structuring advisor to Canadian Digital Cinema Partnership, a joint venture between Cineplex Entertainment and Empire Theatres, on its $115mm financing to fund the deployment of digital projection systems for its owners |
|
Jan 2011
|
N/A |
CAS AG |
Advised CAS AG, a leading international provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software solutions for the consumer products industry, to Accenture plc |
|
Feb 2012
|
$410mm |
Catalent Pharma Solutions |
Advised Catalent on its acquisition of Aptuit LLC's Clinical Trail Supplies business |
|
Sep 1998
|
N/A |
Central Parking Corporation |
Advised Central Parking Corporation on its acquisition of Allright Parking, the second largest parking operator in the US |
|
Feb 2007
|
$900mm |
Central Parking Corporation |
Advised Central Parking Corporation on its $900 million sale to a private equity consortium including Kohlberg & Company |
|
Jul 2008
|
€150mm |
CFS |
Fairness opinion provider to the Company and sponsor on their restructuring |
|
Jul 2007
|
£6.6bn |
China Development Bank |
Sole Advisor to China Development Bank on commitment for £6.6 billion strategic minority interest in Barclays |
|
Mar 2009
|
$19.5bn |
Chinalco |
Advised Chinalco on the investment in Rio Tinto |
|
Jul 2010
|
$1.35bn |
Chinalco |
Advised Chinalco on its definitive agreement to jointly develop Simandou Iron Ore Deposit with Rio Tinto |
|
Feb 2006
|
N/A |
Choice One Communications |
Advised Choice One on its merger with CTC Communications and follow-on acquisition of Conversent Communications, forming One Communications |
|
Jan 2011
|
€400mm |
Cinven |
Advised Cinven on the consensual restructuring of Jost with lenders |
|
Nov 2010
|
N/A |
Citi Property Investors |
Advised Citi Property Investors (CPI), the real estate investment management group of Citigroup Inc., on its sale to Apollo Global Management, LLC |
|
Jan 2012
|
$9mm |
ClickSquared |
Advised ClickSquared, a leading provider of cross-channel marketing software and services, on the closing of its Series C financing led by Boston-based Staley Capital |
|
Jul 2005
|
$400mm |
Columbia House Company |
Advised The Columbia House Company in its sale to BMG Direct |
|
Apr 2005
|
$17.6bn |
Comcast Corporation |
Advised Comcast Corporation in its $17.6 billion joint acquisition of Adelphia Communications |
|
Jan 2009
|
N/A |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Advised the Pennsylvania Insurance Department on the valuation and economic impacts of the proposed merger between Blue Cross and Highmark Inc. |
|
Feb 2011
|
$960mm |
Compellent Technologies Inc. |
Advised Compellent Technologies, Inc., a rapidly growing provider of highly-virtualized storage solutions with automated data management features, on its sale to Dell, Inc. |
|
Aug 2012
|
$1,140mm |
Continental Energy Systems |
Advised Continental Energy Systems on its sale to SEMCO Holding Corporation |
|
Sep 2011
|
$2.7bn |
Corral Petroleum |
Advised the ad hoc committee of noteholders of Corral Petroleum Holdings on a $2.7 billion refinancing |
|
Dec 2010
|
N/A |
Coty Inc. |
Advised Coty on its acquisition of Philosophy, Inc. from The Carlyle Group |
|
Nov 2010
|
$280mm |
Crédit Foncier de France |
Advised Crédit Foncier de France on the sale of its 68% stake in Crédit Foncier et Communal d'Alsace et de Lorraine (CFCAL) to Crédit Mutuel Arkéa |
|
Nov 2004
|
$2.5bn |
CrossCountry Energy |
Advised on the sale of CrossCountry Energy to a consortium including Southern Union and General Electric, for $2.5 billion |
|
Dec 2011
|
$200mm |
Davis-Standard |
Advised Davis-Standard and its consortium of owners, led by Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners, on the sale of the Company to ONCAP, the mid-market arm of Canadian-based financial sponsor Onex Partners |
|
Mar 1996
|
N/A |
DeBartolo Realty Corp. |
Advised DeBartolo Realty Corp. on its sale to Simon Property Group (largest real estate transaction in history at the time of transaction) |
|
Dec 2012
|
€4.3bn |
Deutsche Annington |
Advised Deutsche Annington on a scheme of arrangement to refinance CMBS notes issued by German Residential Asset Note Distributor plc. (“GRAND”). GRAND is the securitisation vehicle of Deutsche Annington. |
|
Mar 2010
|
$660mm |
Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC |
Advised DCIP on its financing transactions for the deployment of digital projection systems to nearly 14,000 movie theater screens across North America |
|
Apr 2011
|
$255mm |
DJO Global |
Advised DJO Global on the acquisition of Dr. Comfort |
|
Oct 2008
|
$445mm |
DTN |
Advised DTN on its $445 million sale to Telvent |
|
Jan 2010
|
£192mm |
Duke Street Capital |
Advised Duke Street Capital on the sale of Xafinity Holdings Limited to Advent Group International for approximately £192 million |
|
Nov 2010
|
$7.625bn |
E.ON AG |
Advised E.ON AG on the sale of its U.S. regulated utility operations to PPL Corporation |
|
Aug 2006
|
$565mm |
Emdeon Corporation |
Advised Emdeon on the sale of its Practice Services division to the Sage Group plc for $565 million |
|
Sep 2006
|
$1.5bn |
Emdeon Corporation |
Advised Emdeon on the sale of a 52% interest in its Business Services division to General Atlantic in a transaction valued at $1.5 billion |
|
Apr 2009
|
$400mm |
Emmis Communications |
Advised the Company on its tender offer |
|
Feb 2002
|
N/A |
Enron |
Advised on the sale of Enron Wind’s California assets to FPL Energy and Caithness Energy / Arclight Capital |
|
Dec 2001
|
$63.4bn |
Enron |
Was retained in 2001 to help navigate the firm through one of the largest and most complex bankruptcies in history |
|
Dec 2012
|
$1.0bn |
Equifax |
Advised Equifax on the purchase of certain assets of CSC Credit Services, Inc., the consumer credit services subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation |
|
Jun 2012
|
$880mm |
ERA Mining |
Advised ERA Mining on its sale to Caterpillar via a pre-conditional voluntary offer by Caterpillar for all of the issued shares of ERA via a combination of cash and loan notes valued at HK$6.9bn (US$880mn) |
|
Jul 2008
|
$100mm |
Everbank |
Advised Everbank on its $100 million investment from Sageview Capital |
|
Sep 2001
|
$1.4bn |
Excite@Home (for AT&T) |
Assisted AT&T in the evaluation of purchasing the broadband network assets of bankrupt Excite@Home |
|
Apr 2007
|
$8.0bn |
Extended Stay Hotels |
Advised Extended Stay Hotels on its $8 billion sale to The Lighthouse Group |
|
Jan 2007
|
$211mm |
Fedders Corp. |
Advised the Company on its recapitalization |
|
Aug 2006
|
N/A |
Field Container LLC |
Advised on the sale of the business to Texas Pacific Group and subsequent merger with Smurfit Stone CPD |
|
Aug 2009
|
N/A |
Financial Institution |
Advised a financial institution on the repurchase of TARP warrants |
|
Mar 2009
|
N/A |
Flextronics |
Provided financial and restructuring advisory relating to Nortel |
|
Nov 2007
|
N/A |
Flight Centre |
Advised Flight Centre on the acquisition of Liberty Travel |
|
Aug 2004
|
$190mm |
Florida East Coast Industries |
Advised the Board of Directors of Florida East Coast Industries. Rendered a fairness opinion to the non-DuPont Trust Board members about the Company's purchase of approximately $190 million of Company stock from The Alfred DuPont Testamentary Trust |
|
Dec 2009
|
$103.5mm |
Flying J |
Advised Flying J on the sale of oil and gas assets to El Paso Corp for $103.5 million |
|
Dec 2008
|
$1.3bn |
Flying J Inc. |
Advised the company in its Chapter 11 filing |
|
Jan 2005
|
$15.0bn |
Fox Entertainment Group |
Advised The Special Committee of Fox Entertainment Group in the acquisition by News Corporation of the publicly traded minority shareholder interest |
|
Dec 2006
|
N/A |
Foxwoods Development Company |
Advised on the formation of a joint venture between Foxwoods Development Company and local investor group in pursuit of Pennsylvania Gaming License |
|
Sep 2006
|
$16,000mm |
Freescale Semiconductor |
Advised Blackstone Capital Partners on its $16.2 billion acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor |
|
Feb 2011
|
N/A |
GDF Suez |
Advised GDF Suez on the combination of GDF Suez Energy International with International Power plc |
|
Dec 2011
|
$3.3bn |
GDF Suez |
Advised GDF Suez on its partnership with CIC, including CIC's acquisition of a 30% minority stake in GDF Suez's E&P subsidiary for $3.3bn, as well as GDF Suez's stake in LNG Liquefaction assets in Trinidad and Tobago for $0.9 billion |
|
Jul 2008
|
€93.0bn |
GDF Suez |
Advised Suez on its €93 billion merger with Gaz de France |
|
Oct 2006
|
N/A |
Global Crossing |
Advised Global Crossing on its recapitalization and debt for equity swap with STT, its sale of its Small Business Group to Matrix Telecom and its acquisition of IMPSAT Fiber Networks |
|
Jan 2002
|
$30.2bn |
Global Crossing |
Advised Global Crossing during its Chapter 11 proceedings and negotiated the sale of a 61.5% equity interest to Singapore Technologies Telemedia, its more recent recapitalization and debt for equity swap with STT, its sale of its Small Business Group to Matrix Telecom, and its acquisition of IMPSAT Fiber Networks.
|
|
Dec 2003
|
$250mm |
Global Crossing |
Advised the Special Committee of Global Crossing (“GC”) to evaluate and negotiate an offer by GC’s majority shareholder Singapore Technologies Telemedia (“STT”) to exchange its secured loan into a mandatory convertible preferred stock |
|
Aug 2007
|
$1.4bn |
Global Tower Partners |
Advised Global Tower Partners on its sale to Macquarie for $1.4 billion |
|
Apr 2011
|
$366 mm |
Gold Toe Moretz |
Advised Gold Toe Moretz on its sale to Gildan Activewear |
|
Dec 2006
|
$245mm |
HealthMarkets |
Advised HealthMarkets on structuring the tax-efficient monetization and hedging of $245 million of notes received as consideration in the sales of HealthMarket's Student and Star Insurance Businesses |
|
Jul 2011
|
N/A |
Herff Jones |
Advised Herff Jones on the acquisition of VBR Holdings Corporation, the parent of Varsity Brands, from controlling shareholder Leonard Green & Partners |
|
Dec 1998
|
N/A |
Icon Parking |
Advised Icon Parking on its sale of a 49% equity interest in the company to Whitehall Street Real Estate |
|
Feb 2006
|
$634mm |
Icon Parking |
Advised Icon Parking on its sale to a Maquarie Bank–led consortium |
|
May 2004
|
$34mm |
Imperial Parking |
Advised the Special Committee of Imperial Parking’s Board of Directors to assess the alternatives available to the Company. Resulted in sale of Impark to The Gates Group |
|
Oct 2011
|
N/A |
Imperial Parking Corp |
Advised Imperial Parking Corporation on its sale to Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan |
|
Jun 2005
|
N/A |
Indiana Department of Insurance |
Advised on the holding company merger of Lafayette Life Insurance Company with Western & Southern Financial Group |
|
Apr 2007
|
$800mm |
Interpool |
Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Interpool Inc., on the sale of the Company for approximately $800 million to Chariot Acquisition Holding LLC, an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group |
|
Apr 2012
|
N/A |
Interstate General Media |
Advised Interstate General Media LLC on the acquisition of Philadelphia Media Network, the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com |
|
Aug 2001
|
N/A |
Iowa Insurance Division |
Advised on the demutualization of the Principal Financial Group |
|
Aug 2007
|
N/A |
K2 |
Provided a fairness opinion to K2 on its sale to Jarden Corporation |
|
Jun 2006
|
$64mm |
KCI Konecranes |
Advised the Company on its acquisition of MMH Holdings, Inc. |
|
Apr 2012
|
$4.1bn |
Kerzner International Holdings Limited |
Advised the Company on restructuring of over $4 billion of CMBS and bank debt obligations |
|
Aug 2006
|
$22.0bn |
Kinder Morgan |
Advised the Board of Directors of Kinder Morgan on the $22.0 billion management buyout led by CEO Richard Kinder |
|
Nov 1997
|
N/A |
Kinney Parking |
Advised Kinney Parking on its sale to Central Parking Corporation |
|
Nov 2008
|
N/A |
Klockner Pentaplast |
Advised Klockner Pentaplast on its debt buyback |
|
Jan 2009
|
$215mm |
Kohlberg & Company |
Advised Kohlberg & Co. on its acquisition of Centerplate, Inc. |
|
Jun 2008
|
€1.3bn |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics |
Advised Klöckner Pentaplast on its discussions with creditors and raising of accounts receivable factoring facilities of up to €100 million |
|
Aug 2008
|
$2.6bn |
Kraft |
Advised Kraft on its $2.6 billion tax-free split-off of its Post cereal business and merger with Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (a reverse Morris Trust transaction) |
|
Feb 2006
|
N/A |
Lafarge North America |
Advised the Special Committee of Lafarge North America with respect to tender offer by Lafarge S.A. for the minority shares of Lafarge North America |
|
Aug 2005
|
$1.0bn |
Lafarge North America |
|
|
Jan 2012
|
$1.1bn |
Lee Enterprises Inc. |
Acted as financial adviser to the Company in its Chapter 11 restructuring |
|
Jun 2008
|
N/A |
Leviton |
Advised the Company on pre-buyout of its minority shareholder |
|
Oct 2005
|
$430mm |
Levitz Furniture Inc. |
Blackstone advised Levitz during its 2006 Chapter 11 proceedings, developing a long-term business plan, arranging DIP financing, identifying potential buyers and negotiating the sale of the company |
|
Apr 2012
|
$2,150mm |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
Advised the Los Angeles Dodgers on the sale of the club and its Plan of Reorganization |
|
Apr 2012
|
$625mm |
Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc. |
Acted as financial adviser to the Company in its Chapter 11 restructuring involving a sale of substantially all assets for $2.15 billion |
|
Dec 2010
|
$30mm |
LS9 |
Advised LS9 on its Series D equity financing, which was led by BlackRock and included participation from all existing investors. |
|
Oct 2008
|
N/A |
Maaco Enterprises |
Advised the Company on its sale to Driven Brands |
|
Dec 1994
|
$3.5bn |
Macy's |
Advised Macy's on its sale to Federated Department Stores |
|
Dec 2011
|
$39mm |
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia |
Advised Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on its partnership with J. C. Penney, which invested $38.5 million in the Company as well as entered into a 10-year commercial agreement |
|
Mar 2003
|
$1.3bn |
Maryland Insurance Administration |
Advised the Maryland Insurance Administration on its examination of the proposed conversion and subsequent $1.3 billion acquisition of CareFirst by WellPoint
|
|
Feb 2008
|
$44.6bn |
Microsoft |
Advised Microsoft on its strategic partnership discussions with Yahoo |
|
Apr 2006
|
N/A |
Navigant International |
Advised Navigant International on its sale to Carlson Wagonlit Travel and One Equity Partners |
|
Aug 2005
|
$382mm |
NDC Health Information Services |
Advised on the sale of NDC’s Information Services division to Wolters Kluwer for $382 million |
|
Aug 2005
|
$1.0bn |
NDC Health Information Services |
Advised on the sale of NDC Health Information Services to Per Sé for approximately $1 billion
|
|
Nov 2010
|
N/A |
Nestle |
Advised Nestle on its acquisition of Waggin’ Train, a leading dog snacks business in the U.S. |
|
Mar 2010
|
$3.7bn |
Nestle SA |
Advised Nestle on its $3.7 billion acquisition of Kraft Foods' Frozen Pizza business in an all-cash transaction |
|
Jun 2005
|
N/A |
Net2Phone |
Advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Net2Phone on a minority squeeze-out by IDT |
|
Sep 2005
|
N/A |
New Valley |
Advised the Special Committee of New Valley on Vector’s offer to purchase the remaining minority shareholder interest for stock consideration |
|
Sep 2006
|
N/A |
New York State Insurance Dept. |
Advised on the demutualization of MetLife |
|
Dec 2008
|
$200mm |
NiSource |
Advised NiSource on its $200 million sale of Northern Utilities and Granite State Gas Transmission to Unitil Corporation |
|
Dec 2011
|
N/A |
NitroSecurity |
Advised NitroSecurity, a leading high-performance security information and event management (SIEM) vendor with solutions that protect critical enterprise information and infrastructure, on its sale to McAfee, Inc. |
|
Jul 2012
|
N/A |
Noble Group |
Advised Noble Group on the merger of its 64.5% owned subsidiary, Gloucester Coal, with Yancoal Australia |
|
Nov 2010
|
A$438mm |
Noble Group |
Advised Noble on the disposal of its interests in the Middlemount Coal Project to Gloucester Coal Ltd, its 93% owned subsidiary for a total consideration of A$438mm |
|
Jul 2011
|
A$360mm |
Noble Group (Donaldson Coal) |
Advised Noble Group on the sale of its 100% interest in Donaldson Coal to Gloucester Coal for A$360 million in an all-stock transaction |
|
Apr 2005
|
$300mm |
Noland Company |
Advised the Company in its sale to WinWholesale |
|
Mar 2008
|
€400mm |
Nybron |
Advised the Senior Lenders on Nybron's €400 million restructuring |
|
Apr 2007
|
N/A |
NYPAF |
Advised NYPAF on the proposed conversion of Emblem Health |
|
Sep 2008
|
$2.1bn |
NYPAF |
Advised the New York Public Asset Fund on its hedging and disposition of $2.1 billion of WellPoint Inc. stock |
|
Pending
|
$8.2bn |
NYSE Euronext |
Advising NYSE Euronext on its sale to IntercontinentalExchange |
|
Sep 2009
|
N/A |
Ohio National |
Advised the Special Committee of New Valley on Vector’s offer to purchase the remaining minority shareholder interest for stock consideration |
|
Apr 2011
|
$370mm |
One Communications Corp |
Advised One Communications, a large, privately-held competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) operating primarily in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., on its sale to EarthLink, Inc in a cash and stock transaction |
|
Nov 2010
|
$170mm |
One Communications Corp |
Advised One Communications, a large privately-held competitive local exchange carrier in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., on the sale of its FiberNet business, a facilities-based CLEC with a fiber network in West Virginia and surrounding areas to NTELOS |
|
Jul 2012
|
$179mm |
Opnext, Inc. |
Advised Opnext on its stock-for-stock merger with Oclaro, Inc. in which each Opnext share will be exchanged for 0.42 newly-issued Oclaro shares |
|
Jun 2012
|
$28mm |
OrangeSoda |
Advised OrangeSoda, an internet marketing services company for small businesses, on its sale to Deluxe Corporation |
|
Dec 2008
|
N/A |
Owens Corning Corp. |
Advised Trustees of Owens Corning/Fibreboard Asbestos Trust on strategic alternatives with its holding in Owens Corning Corp. |
|
Dec 2006
|
N/A |
P&G |
Advised P&G on its minority investment in MDVIP, Inc. |
|
Oct 2007
|
N/A |
P&G |
Advised P&G on the sale of it’s European Tissue (Bounty, Charmin) business to SCA |
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Jun 2007
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N/A |
P&G |
Advised P&G on the sale of two of its Wella businesses, Ondal and Tondeo |
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Jan 2007
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N/A |
P&G |
Advised P&G on its acquisition of Doctor’s Dermatological Formula from North Castle Partners |
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Jul 2010
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€320mm |
P&G |
Advised P&G on its acquisition of the Ambi Pur air care brand from Sara Lee Corporation for €320 million |
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Nov 2008
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$3.3bn |
P&G |
Advised P&G on the tax-free split-off of its Folger's Coffee business and merger with J.M. Smucker (a Reverse Morris Trust transaction) |
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Oct 2009
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N/A |
Pacific Crossing |
Advised Pacific Crossing on its sale to NTT Communications |
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Feb 2007
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$1.8bn |
Paetec |
Advised Paetec on its $1.8 billion merger with US LEC which transformed Paetec into a publicly traded company |
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Dec 2009
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N/A |
Paloma Securities |
Advised Paloma Securities on the sale of its global securities lending team and assets used in its securities lending business to BMO Capital Markets |
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Sep 2006
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N/A |
Pepsico |
Advised PepsiCo on the sale of select European food assets |
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Nov 2006
|
$1.7bn |
Per-Sé Technologies |
Advised Per-Sé Technologies on its sale to McKesson for $1.7 billion |
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May 2009
|
N/A |
Pershing Square |
Advisor to Pershing Square on Borders rescue financing and General Growth Properties DIP Financing |
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Nov 2011
|
$1.2bn |
Peugeot |
Advised Peugeot on its 50/50 JV with China Changan Automotive Group |
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Dec 2012
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$75mm |
Physicians Formula |
Advised Physicians Formula on its sale to Markwins International
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Dec 2009
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$1.3bn |
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC |
Advised Pinnacle Foods on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Birds Eye Foods |
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Dec 2010
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N/A |
Pinova Holdings Inc. |
Advised Pinova Holdings, Inc., a specialty chemicals company focused on providing functional ingredients to the food & beverage and adhesives markets, on its acquisition of LyondellBasell Flavors & Fragrances, LLC. Pinova is owned by TorQuest |
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Apr 2005
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$8.4bn |
Premcor |
Advised Premcor on its $8.4 billion sale to Valero |
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Jul 2004
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N/A |
Premera |
Acted as valuation advisor on the proposed conversion and subsequent IPO of Premera |
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May 1998
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N/A |
Premium Standard Farms |
Advised the Board of Managers of Premium Standard Farms on the sale of a majority of the Company to Continental Grain Company |
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May 2006
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$2.9bn |
Prisma Energy |
Advised on the $2.9 billion sale of Prisma Energy to a consortium led by Ashmore Investment Management |
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Dec 2011
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N/A |
PSA Peugeot Citroen |
Advised Peugeot on its entry into the Indian car market via the signing of a State Support Agreement with the Indian State of Gujarat |
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Aug 2009
|
$530mm |
Publicis Groupe |
Advised Publicis on its $530 million acquisition of Razorfish |
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Apr 2008
|
€10.0bn |
Reuters |
Advised Reuters on its sale to Thomson Corporation |
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Jul 2003
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N/A |
Rosenbluth International |
Advised Rosenbluth International on several transactions, including its sale to American Express Travel Related Services |
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Jan 2013
|
N/A |
Sapient |
Advised Sapient Corporation on the acquisition of (m)Phasize, a leader in the fast-growing field of cross-channel marketing analytics |
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Jul 2009
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$51mm |
Sapient |
Advised Sapient on its $51 million acquisition of Nitro Group |
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Aug 2008
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$50mm |
Sapient |
Advised Sapient on its $50 million acquisition of Derivatives Consulting Group |
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Jan 2013
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N/A |
SapientNitro |
Advised SapientNitro, a subsidiary of Sapient Corporation, on the acquisition of iThink, one of the largest independent digital advertising agencies in Brazil
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Nov 2012
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N/A |
SapientNitro |
Advised SapientNitro, a subsidiary of Sapient Corporation, on the acquisition of Second Story, a creative advertising studio specializing in interactive storytelling |
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Jul 2009
|
$1.1bn |
Sea Dragon |
Advised Sea Dragon Offshore Limited on strategic alternatives and the restructuring of its debt |
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May 2012
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$27mm |
Seachange International |
Advised Seachange on the sale of its media services company On Demand Group, which specializes in content aggregation and management of video-on-demand services, to Avail-TVN |
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Feb 2010
|
N/A |
SeaChange International Inc. |
Advised SeaChange, which develops Video-On-Demand systems for pay-TV operators, on its acquisition of VividLogic, Inc, which provides infrastructure software and applications for consumer electronics devices, PCs, and set-top boxes |
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Apr 2010
|
$34mm |
SeaChange International, Inc |
Advised SeaChange International on the sale of its 19.8% stake in Casa Systems, Inc |
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Oct 2011
|
$4.3bn |
Sealed Air |
Advised Sealed Air on the acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Inc. for $4.3 billion in cash and stock |
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Nov 2009
|
$7.5bn |
SemGroup Corporation |
Acted as financial adviser to the Company in its Chapter 11 restructuring of approximately $7.5 billion of liabilities |
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Oct 2010
|
€1bn |
Senior Lenders Steering Committee of Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH |
Advised the senior lenders steering committee comprising Avoca Capital, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group and M&G on the restructuring of Carl Zeiss Vision |
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Oct 2012
|
$220mm |
Servigistics |
Advised Servigistics, and its owner Merlin Equity Partners, on its sale to Parametric Technology Corporation |
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Apr 2005
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$6.2bn |
Sony |
Advised Sony on multiple assignments, including the acquisition of MGM Corp., its music joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group, the sale of its Etak digital mapping business to TeleAtlas and a minority investment in General Instrument |
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Sep 2004
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$5.0bn |
Sony |
Advised Sony-led consortium's acquisition of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Jul 2009
|
N/A |
Sovereign Wealth Fund |
Advised Sovereign Wealth Fund on monetizing investment in financial institution |
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Jul 2001
|
N/A |
State Street |
Advised State Street on its acquisition of Gartmore’s $25 billion AUM index fund business, the acquisition of Bel Air Investment Advisors, the establishment of a retirement services joint venture with Citigroup and the acquisition of Elkins McSherry |
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Mar 2012
|
€206bn |
Steering Committee of the Private Creditor Investor Committee for Greece ("PCIC") |
Advised PCIC on Greece’s €206bn debt restructuring |
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Apr 2009
|
$3.6bn |
Stiefel |
Advised Stiefel on its $3.6 billion sale to GlaxoSmithKline |
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Nov 2011
|
$775mm |
Stolle Machinery |
Advised GSO Capital Partners on its sale of Stolle Machinery to Toyo Seikan Kaisha |
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Dec 2012
|
N/A |
Swiss Watch International |
Advised Swiss Watch International, a leading fully integrated online retailer and multi-channel distributor of watches, accessories and apparel, on its sale to Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. |
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Pending
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$19mm |
Sycamore Networks |
Advised Sycamore Networks on its sale of substantially all of the assets of its operating business to Marlin Equity Partners
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Dec 2012
|
$55.5mm |
Synchronoss Technologies |
Advised Synchronoss Technologies on its acquisition of NewBay Software Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research in Motion |
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Dec 2011
|
$59mm |
Synchronoss Technologies |
Advised Synchronoss on its acquisition of Miyowa, Inc., a privately-held mobile social networking company |
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Jul 2010
|
$75mm |
Synchronoss Technologies Inc. |
Advised Synchronoss Technologies on the acquisition of privately-held FusionOne, Inc., an established leader in mobile content portability and synchronization |
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Dec 2012
|
N/A |
System One |
Advised System One on the sale of a significant equity investment in the Company to MidOcean Partners |
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Dec 2011
|
$1,073mm |
Technip |
Advised Technip on its acquisition of Global Industries |
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Oct 2010
|
$160mm |
Technip |
Advised Technip on its agreement with MISC Berhad and Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), two companies currently controlled by Malaysia’s national oil corporation, PETRONAS, to establish a long-term collaboration |
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Mar 2007
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$183mm |
TeleTech |
Advised TeleTech on its Secondary Offering of 5,000,000 common shares |
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Apr 2012
|
$8mm |
Terascala |
Advised Terascala, a leading provider of highly-scalable ‘Fast Data’ storage software and systems, on its Series B financing of $8mm, led by Intel Capital, with participation from EMC Corporation and existing investor Ascent Ventures |
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Oct 2012
|
$2bn |
TerreStar Corporation |
Acting as financial advisor to the Company in its restructuring of approximately $2 billion of liabilities |
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Sep 2011
|
$1,375mm |
TerreStar Networks |
Advised on the sale of substantially all of the assets of TerreStar Networks Inc. and affiliated debtors pursuant to section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code to DISH Network |
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May 2010
|
€2.0bn |
The Ad Hoc Committee of Corral Petroleum Holdings AB Noteholders |
Corral is the holding company of Preem, Sweden’s largest oil refining and marketing business. Blackstone advised the ad hoc committee of noteholders on the terms of a restructuring |
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Aug 2012
|
N/A |
The Weather Channel Companies |
Advised The Weather Channel Companies on its acquisition of Weather Underground, an operator of an online weather portal |
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Oct 2010
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N/A |
ThingMagic Inc. |
Advised ThingMagic, a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, on its sale to Trimble |
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Dec 2006
|
N/A |
Timken |
Advised the Company in the sale of its Global Automotive Steering business to DriveSol Global Steering |
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Oct 1998
|
N/A |
TravelOne |
Advised TravelOne, the seventh largest corporate travel agency, on its sale to American Express Travel Related Services |
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May 2011
|
$720 mm |
Travelport |
Advised Travelport on the sale of its Gullivers Travel Associates ("GTA") business to Kuoni Reisen |
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Jul 2007
|
$15mm |
Travelport |
Advised Travelport on a range of strategic transactions |
|
May 2004
|
$44mm |
TravelWeb.com |
Advised TravelWeb.com on its sale to Priceline.com |
|
Pending
|
$8.35bn |
Tribune Company |
Advising the senior guaranteed lenders of Tribune who hold approximately $8.35 billion of liabilities during the Company’s Chapter 11 filing |
|
Sep 2011
|
N/A |
Tus Holdings |
Advised Tus on the sale of Tus Oil to MOL as part of its restructuring transaction |
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Jul 2011
|
€400mm |
Tus Holdings |
Advised Tus Holdings on its financial restructuring with all 23 lenders with approximately €400 million of liabilities restructured |
|
Dec 2009
|
N/A |
Ukraine |
Acted as Financial Advisors to the Cabinet of Ministers of the State of Ukraine |
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Mar 2005
|
$81mm |
Ullico |
Advised Ullico on strategic and financial alternatives in connection with its $50 million capital raising transaction and on the divestiture of Zenith Administrators |
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Jun 2005
|
€320mm |
UPM-Kymmene |
Advised the Company in the Sale of Loparex, its specialty release liner paper business, to ABN Amro |
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Aug 2006
|
$500mm |
US Shipping Partners LP |
Advised investor group in structuring a $500 million joint venture with US Shipping Partners LP to finance the construction of Jones Act double-hull refined petroleum product tankers |
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Aug 2006
|
$200mm |
Venture Michigan Fund |
Advised on the structuring of a $200 million financing involving Michigan-authorized Tax Voucher Certificates through the Venture Michigan Fund, a venture capital fund-of-funds managed by Credit Suisse's Customized Fund Investment Group |
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May 2004
|
N/A |
Verizon |
Blackstone advised Verizon on the sale of approximately 707,000 access lines in Hawaii, its Hawaiian directories unit and other assets associated with its Hawaiian division to The Carlyle Group |
|
Mar 2012
|
£2.5bn |
Viridian Group Investments Limited |
Advised the Viridian Group, Ireland's largest independent power business, on its £2.5 billion (c$4.0 billion) refinancing and restructuring. Viridian repaid approximately £2.3 billion of its debt with the proceeds of the disposal of Northern Ireland Electricity to ESB, a high yield note issue and new equity. The group's remaining £0.2 billion of debt was restructured. |
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Oct 2005
|
N/A |
Visteon |
Advised the Special Committee of Visteon on the company’s restructuring with Ford |
|
Pending
|
$4.8bn |
W.R. Grace & Co. |
Acting as financial adviser to the Company in its Chapter 11 restructuring related to its asbestos liabilities |
|
Aug 2012
|
N/A |
Weather Services International |
Advised Weather Services International on the acquisition of Weather Central, LP from E.L. Rothschild |
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Sep 2005
|
N/A |
WellChoice |
Advised the New York Public Asset Fund (62% shareholder) with respect to the sale of WellChoice to WellPoint |
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Dec 2002
|
N/A |
Williams Communications Group |
Advised Williams Communications Group on its sale of a 45% equity interest to Leucadia National Corp. and on the sale of Williams Communications Solutions to Platinum Equity and Williams Communications Canada to TELUS Corp. |
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Aug 2006
|
$50mm |
Winn-Dixie |
Advised Winn-Dixie on the sale of selected manufacturing and retail assets |
|
Sep 2008
|
N/A |
Xanterra Parks & Resorts Inc. |
Advised Xanterra Parks & Resorts on its sale to The Anschutz Company |
|
Nov 2004
|
N/A |
Xcel Energy |
Advised Xcel on its sale of Latin American hydroelectric power assets to an investor group |
|
Jun 1999
|
$9.1bn |
Xcel Energy |
Advised on the $9.1 billion merger of Northern States Power and New Century Energies to form Xcel Energy |
|
Jun 2003
|
$3.5bn |
Xerox Corp. |
In June 2003, Xerox announced the completion of a comprehensive $3.5 billion recapitalization designed to delever its balance sheet and extend maturities. Blackstone served as Xerox’s advisor for the transaction |
|
Feb 2010
|
$8.3bn |
Xerox Corp. |
Advised Xerox on the $8.3 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services |
|
Oct 2001
|
$340mm |
YankeeNets |
Advised YankeeNets and affiliates on multiple transactions, including the purchase of the New Jersey Devils, the formation of the YES Network, and the subsequent sale of its minority stake to Goldman Sachs |