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2006 Recent Transactions - Advisory


Announcement DateStatus2006 Transactions Transaction Value (millions)
Dec 29, 2006 Closed Advised Dow Jones on the divestiture of its 23.5% stake in Economia to majority owner Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH $20
Dec 18, 2006 Closed Advised PSP Investments on its purchase of 36% equity stake in Telesat Canada $2,842
Dec 17, 2006 Closed Advised Realogy on its LBO by Apollo Management $6,962
Dec 15, 2006 Closed Advised The Copley Press, Inc. on the sale of its Los Angeles newspaper operations to MediaNews Group, Inc. NA
Nov 2, 2006 Closed Advised private equity firm Silver Lake Partners on its sale of Instinet to Nomura Holdings NA
Nov 1, 2006 Closed Advised CVS on its all-stock acquisition of Caremark $25,092
Oct 18, 2006 Closed Advised Dow Jones on the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Factiva $160
Oct 17, 2006 Closed Advised Level 3 on its acquisition of Broadwing Corp $1,214
Sep 25, 2006 Closed Advised UCB S.A. on the acquisition of Schwarz Pharma AG $5,600
Sep 18, 2006 Closed Advised Commonwealth Telephone in its sale to Citizens Communications $1,109
Sep 14, 2006 Closed Advised IntercontinentalExchange in its acquisition of the New York Board of Trade $1,067
Sep 12, 2006 Closed Advised AT&T in its acquisition of Usinternetworking $300
Aug 31, 2006 Closed Advised Monster Worldwide in the sale of its recruitment advertisement agency TMP Worldwide $45
Aug 4, 2006 Closed Advised Orbital Data in its sale to Citrix Systems $50
Jul 27, 2006 Closed Advised Time Warner Telecom in its acquisition of Xspedius Communications $532
Jul 18, 2006 Closed Advised Winternals Software in its sale to Microsoft NA
Jul 13, 2006 Closed Advised CVS in its acquisition of MinuteClinic NA
Jun 30, 2006 Closed Advised Cendant in the sale of Travelport to The Blackstone Group, as part of Cendant's breakup into three companies $4,300
Jun 30, 2006 Closed Advised Bank of New York in the sale of an interest in its agency execution businesses $441
Jun 14, 2006 Closed Advised Credit Suisse in the sale of its Winterthur insurance unit to AXA $9,989
May 5, 2006 Closed Advised Mpower in its sale to Telepacific Communications $194
Apr 3, 2006 Closed Advised General Motors in its sale of a 51% interest in GMAC $7,853
Mar 28, 2006 Closed Advised TA Associates in its acquisition of eSecLending NA
Mar 15, 2006 Closed Advised Hearst in its acquisition of a 20% stake in Fitch $592
Mar 5, 2006 Closed Advised AT&T in its acquisition of BellSouth $89,432
Feb 13, 2006 Closed Advised Swiss Re in its divestiture of Fox-Pitt Kelton NA
Feb 8, 2006 Closed Advised Nuance in its acquisition of Dictaphone $357
Jan 24, 2006 Closed Advised Hotspot in its all-cash sale to Knight Capital $78
Jan 22, 2006 Closed Advised CVS in its acquisition of selected assets of Albertsons $17,368
Jan 16, 2006 Closed Advised VNU in its sale to a private equity consortium $11,287
Jan 13, 2006 Closed Advised Tyco in its split-up into three publicly traded companies NA