Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions

Announcement
         Date
Client/Transaction Value

Mandated



Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Advisor to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. on its pending offer to acquire Airgas, Inc.
$7.0 Billion

Mandated



Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”)
Advisor to the FDIC in connection with ongoing developments in the financial services industry
Undisclosed
Jun-21-2010
Pending



Foodstar
Advisor to Foodstar in connection with its sale to H.J. Heinz Company
$165 Million + Earnout
Jun-09-2010
Pending



Eclipsys
Advisor to Eclipsys in connection with its all-stock merger with Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions
$1.3 Billion
Jun-07-2010
Pending



Marsh & McLennan Companies
Advisor to Marsh & McLennan in connection with its sale of Kroll Inc. to Altegrity, Inc.
$1.1 Billion
May-17-2010
Pending



Man Group plc
Lead financial advisor to Man Group in connection with its acquisition of GLG Partners
$1.7 Billion
Apr-22-2010
Pending



Qwest Communications
Served as lead financial advisor to Qwest’s Board of Directors on its all-stock merger with CenturyLink, creating the third largest telecommunications company in the United States
$22.4 Billion
Mar-24-2010
Closed



Dassault Family
Advisor to the Dassault Family in connection with its acquisition of a 5% stake in Veolia Environnement
€630 Million
Mar-15-2010
Pending



Kingdom Hotel
Advisor to Kingdom Hotel Investments in connection with its sale to Kingdom Holding Company
$1.0 Billion
Mar-12-2010
Pending



Lionsgate Entertainment
Served as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Lionsgate Board of Directors in connection with their evaluation of an unsolicited tender offer from activist investor, Carl Icahn
Undisclosed
Feb-28-2010
Pending



Merck KGaA
Advisor to Merck KGaA in connection with its acquisition of Millipore Corporation
$7.2 Billion
Feb-08-2010
Closed



Warburg Pincus
Advisor to Warburg Pincus in connection with its acquisition of an equity interest in Primerica, Inc. from Citigroup
Undisclosed
Feb-05-2010
Closed



Unibail-Rodamco
Advisor to Unibail-Rodamco in connection with its acquisition of Simon Ivanhoe
€ 715 Million
Dec-18-2009
Pending



Airvana
Advisor to SAC Private Capital Group in connection with its acquisition of Airvana
$530 Million
Dec-08-2009
Closed



Talbots
Advisor to Talbots in connection with its acquisition of BPW Acquisition Corp.
$480 Million
Oct-20-2009
Pending



NFI LuxCo
Advisor to NFI LuxCo in connection with the sale of its Bauwerk Parkett subsidiary to a Swiss company owned jointly by EGS Beteiligungen and Zurmont Madison Private Equity
Undisclosed
Oct-15-2009
Pending



ThyssenKrupp AG
Advisor to ThyssenKrupp in connection with the sale of Blohm + Voss to, and the creation of a new 50/50 naval surface vessel joint-venture with, Abu Dhabi MAR
Undisclosed
Oct-14-2009
Closed



Breakingviews
Advisor to Breakingviews in connection with its sale to Thomson Reuters
Undisclosed
Sep-08-2009
Closed



France Telecom
Advisor to France Telecom in connection with the merger between its Orange UK mobile unit and T-Mobile UK
Undisclosed
Sep-07-2009
Closed



Pacific Century Group
Advisor to Pacific Century Group in connection with its acquisition of a portion of the investment advisory and asset management business of American International Group
$500 Million
Aug-04-2009
Closed



The Pepsi Bottling Group
Advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of The Pepsi Bottling Group in connection with its sale to PepsiCo
$14.8 Billion
Jun-11-2009
Closed



BlackRock
Advisor to BlackRock in connection with its acquisition of Barclays Global Investors
$13.5 Billion
Jun-08-2009
Mandated



Fuel Outdoor Holdings
Advisor to Fuel Outdoor in connection with its acquisition strategy
Undisclosed
May-13-2009
Closed



Sealy Corporation
Advisor to Sealy Corporation in connection with its comprehensive refinancing
$625 Million
Apr-23-2009
Closed



Emesco AB
Advisor to Emesco AB in connection with its sale to Investment AB Kinnevik
$400 Million
Mar-09-2009
Closed



Rohm and Haas Company
Advisor to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as counsel to Rohm and Haas Company in connection with litigation related to the merger between The Dow Chemical Company and Rohm and Haas Company
$18.8 Billion
Nov-17-2008
Closed



Gulf Bank K.S.C.
Advisor to Gulf Bank of Kuwait in connection with its recapitalization plan
$1.4 Billion
Oct-10-2008
Closed



MullinTBG
Advisor to Mullin-TBG Insurance Agency Services in connection with its sale to Prudential Financial
Undisclosed
Oct-03-2008
Closed



Wachovia Corporation
Advisor to Wachovia Corporation in connection with its merger with Wells Fargo & Company
$15.1 Billion
Sep-15-2008
Closed



Ciba Holding
Advisor to Ciba Holding in connection with its merger with BASF SE
$5.5 Billion
Sep-08-2008
Closed



UST
Advisor to UST in connection with its sale to Altria Group
$11.7 Billion
Jul-25-2008
Pending



Inmarsat plc
Advisor to Inmarsat plc in connection with a proposed offer for Inmarsat by the Harbinger Capital Partners Funds and SkyTerra Communications, Inc.
Undisclosed
Jul-15-2008
Pending



Continental AG
Advisor to Continental AG in connection with an unsolicited takeover offer by Schaeffler KG
$35.9 Billion
Jul-09-2008
Closed



WPP Group plc
Advisor to WPP Group plc in connection with its acquisition of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc
$3.0 Billion
Jun-17-2008
Closed



Visiprise
Advisor to Visiprise Inc. in connection with its sale to SAP AG
Undisclosed
Mar-31-2008
Closed



Ore Hill Partners
Advisor to Ore Hill Partners in connection with the sale of a 50% interest to Man Group plc and an acquisition of a 50% interest in Pemba Credit Advisers
Undisclosed
Mar-07-2008



New York State Insurance Department
Advisor to NYSID in connection with a review of the monoline industry
Undisclosed
Jan-21-2008
Mandated



Entities affiliated with Mr. John Fredrikson
Advisor to entities affiliated with John Fredriksen in connection with the evaluation of strategic alternatives his minority stake in TUI AG
Undisclosed
Jan-17-2008
Mandated



C. V. Starr & Co.
Advisor to C. V. Starr & Co. in connection with the evaluation of American International Group
Undisclosed
Jan-15-2008
Closed



Kuwait Investment Authority
Advisor to the Kuwait Investment Authority in connection with its investment in Merrill Lynch & Co
$2.0 Billion
Dec-21-2007
Closed



International SOS
Advisor to International SOS in connection with its capital reorganization
Undisclosed
Dec-13-2007
Closed



Deutsche Lufthansa
Advisor to Deutsche Lufthansa in connection with its acquisition of a minority equity interest in JetBlue Airways
$310 Million
Nov-19-2007
Closed



Olympus Corporation
Advisor to Olympus Corporation in connection with its acquisition of Gyrus Group plc
$2.1 Billion
Oct-06-2007
Closed



Tele2
Advisor to Tele2 in connection with the sale of its Italian and Spanish operations to Vodafone
$1.1 Billion
Aug-15-2007
Closed



The Lamson & Sessions Co.
Advisor to The Lamson & Sessions Co. in connection with its review of strategic alternatives and sale to Thomas & Betts Corp.
$450 Million
Jul-17-2007
Closed



Access Industries
Advisor to Access Industries in connection with its acquisition of Lyondell Chemical Company by its affiliate, Basell
$18.8 Billion
Jun-09-2007
Closed



Antalis, a subsidiary of Sequana Capital
Advisor to Antalis in connection with its acquisition of Map Merchant Group
$520 Million
Jun-29-2007
Closed



Belvedere Winery
Advisor to Belvedere Winery in connection with the sale of the Belvedere vodka trademark in the US to Millennium Import LLC, an affiliate of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Undisclosed
Jun-25-2007
Closed



GLG Partners
Advisor to GLG Partners in connection with its reverse acquisition transaction with Freedom Acquisition Holdings
$3.4 Billion
Jun-19-2007
Closed



BC Partners
Advisor to BC Partners in connection with its acquisition of a majority interest in Intelsat
$16.4 Billion
Jun-09-2007
Closed



Quinlan Private
Advisor to Quinlan Private in connection with its acquisition of the Jurys Inns division of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group
$1.6 Billion
May-15-2007
Closed



Thomson Corp.
Advisor to Thomson Corp. in connection with its recommended acquisition of Reuters Group plc
$18.3 Billion
Apr-17-2007
Closed



OMI Corp.
Advisor to OMI Corp. in connection with its evaluation of strategic alternatives and sale to Teekay Shipping Corp. and TORM
$2.2 Billion
Apr-10-2007
Closed



Unibail Holdings S.A.
Advisor to Unibail Holdings S.A. in connection with its merger of equals with Rodamco Europe N.V.
$19.1 Billion
Mar-27-2007
Closed



The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Advisor to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in connection with the sale of its Engineered Products Division to The Carlyle Group
$1.5 Billion
Mar-07-2007
Closed



Environmental Defense Fund
Advisor to the Environmental Defense Fund in connection with its role as an advocate for environmental interests in the acquisition of TXU Corporation by a consortium of private equity firms
Undisclosed
Mar-03-2007
Closed



Pathmark Stores Inc.
Advisor to Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pathmark Stores in connection with its the sale to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
$1.3 Billion
Jan-24-2007
Closed



Charterhouse Capital Partners
Advisor to Charterhouse Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of The Vivarte Group
$4.6 Billion
Dec-19-2006
Closed



IFIL Group
Advisor to IFIL Group in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Cushman & Wakefield
$1.0 Billion
Nov-30-2006
Closed



Alghanim Industries
Advisor to Alghanim Industries in connection with its acquisition (jointly with Saint-Gobain) of Izocam A.S.
Undisclosed
Oct-11-2006
Closed



The Texas Pacific Group ("TPG")
Advisor to TPG in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Télédiffusion de Franceradio, TV and telecom operators
$6.4 Billion
Aug-26-2006
Closed



Clessidra
Advisor to Clessidra in connection with the sale of its investment in Sisal S.p.A. to Apax Partners and Permira
$1.1 Billion