Search
Greenhill logo
Top Image
Home > Our Business > By Industry > Technology
Technology

Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Technology sector.  Our managing directors and professionals in North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading companies in the industry.

Our experience in the Technology industry encompasses the following sub-sectors: internet; semiconductors; capital equipment; communications infrastructure; healthcare information technology; and outsourced business services.

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

DATE $   COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED   ACQUIROR
23-Aug-2010
Pending
NA LANDesk Software
Advising Emerson Electric Co., a diversified global manufacturing and technology company, on its carve-out and sale of LANDesk Software, a provider of systems, security and IT service management software, to Thoma Bravo
Thoma Bravo
06-Jul-2010
Pending
$231 million Redflex Holdings Limited
Advising Redflex Holdings, an ASX-listed company that owns and operates the world's largest network of digital speed and red-light cameras, on its strategic options in response to an indicative, non-binding and confidential proposal received from Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group Limited
01-Jun-2010
Closed
$109 million AT&T Japan (an AT&T Inc. company)
Advising AT&T Inc., a premier communications holding company, on its sale of the domestic network outsourcing business of AT&T Japan, its Japanese enterprise unit, to Internet Initiative Japan, one of Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions providers
Internet Initiative Japan
12-May-2010
Pending
NA Experian plc
Advising Experian plc, the FTSE100 global information services company, on the sale of certain UK database marketing activities into a newly formed joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
04-Dec-2009
NA Verivox Holding Limited
Advised the shareholders of Verivox Holdings Limited, comprising Independent News & Media plc and the founders and joint CEOs of Verivox, on the sale of 51% in Verivox, Germany’s leading price comparison website for energy and telecommunications services, to Oakley Capital Private Equity
Oakley Capital Private Equity LP
06-Oct-2009
$1.2 billion Avocent Corporation
Advised Emerson Electric Co., a diversified global technology and industrial company, on its acquisition of Avocent Corporation, a manufacturer of software and hardware products
Emerson Electric Co.
06-Oct-2009
$263 milllion ICT Group
Advised ICT Group on its proposed merger with Sykes Enterprises, both leading global providers of outsourced customer contact management solutions and services
Sykes Enterprises
01-May-2009
$65 million euNetworks Group Limited
Advised euNetworks Group Ltd, a Singapore listed operator of a fibre telecommunications network in Europe, on a repurchase at a discount of the majority of its outstanding convertible bonds, financed by a placement and rights issue
 
23-Mar-2009
NA BearingPoint, Inc.
Advised BearingPoint, Inc. on the sale of substantially all of its assets, pursuant to a Section 363 process
  Various
15-Sep-2008
$189 million Fermat International
Advised Moody’s Corporation on its acquisition of Fermat International, a leading provider of risk and performance management software to the global banking sector
Moody’s Corporation
05-Aug-2008
NA BARTEC Group
Advised Capvis, a leading Swiss private equity firm, on its acquisition of the BARTEC Group, a leading European provider of industrial safety technology, from Allianz Capital Partners, the captive private equity arm of Allianz AG, and the Barlian family (founding family)
Capvis
19-Dec-2006
$270 million Brion Technologies, Inc.
Advised ASML Holding N.V., a leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, on its acquisition of Brion Technologies, Inc.
ASML Holding N.V.
08-Aug-2006
$565 million Emdeon Practice Services, Inc.
Advised The Sage Group plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management software solutions
The Sage Group plc
18-Jul-2005
$101 million TeleCity Plc
Advised TeleCity plc on the recommended offer by 3i and Oak Hill Capital
Inhoco 3236 plc (joint venture between 3i and Oak Hill Capital)
29-Aug-2002
$6.2 billion Marconi plc
Advised the official committee of bondholders of Marconi, a leading telecom equipment provider, on the financial restructuring of Marconi's £4 billion of externally held financial indebtedness
 
30-Jul-2001
$117 million Kymata Ltd.
Advised Kymata Ltd, the Scottish manufacturer of optical components, on its sale to Alcatel Optronics of France.
Alcatel Optronics
23-May-2001
$950 million Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
Advised EDS on its acquisition of SDRC, a developer of enterprise-wide product data management software.
EDS Corp
23-May-2001
$170 million Unigraphics Solutions Inc. (14%)
Advised EDS on its acquisition of the outstanding publicly held shares (14%) of Unigraphics Solutions, a provider of product data management software.
EDS Corp
29-Jun-1999
$3.0 billion Alta Vista Company (Compaq Computer Corp.)
Advised Compaq Computer Corporation on the sale of an 83% stake in the Alta Vista Company for a combination of CMGI common equity, preferred stock and a note
CMGI Inc.
16-Jul-1998
$1.5 billion iMCI, MCI’s Internet Business
Advised C&W on the financing of its iMCI acquisition via the largest equity primary placement to date in the London market
Cable and Wireless plc
02-Mar-1998
$400 million Olsy SpA (Olivetti SpA)
Advised Wang on its acquisition of Olsy, the systems and solutions division of Olivetti, for a combination of cash and securities.
Wang Laboratories Inc.
26-Jan-1998
$9.6 billion Digital Equipment Corporation
Advised Compaq on the purchase, for cash and stock, of Digital, a maker of PCs and high performance servers and a provider of enterprise solutions and multi-vendor services. The acquisition is the largest technology transaction to date and creates the second largest enterprise computing company in the world
Compaq Computer Corporation
23-Jun-1997
$4.4 billion Tandem Computers Inc.
Advised Compaq on the purchase, for stock, of Tandem, a maker of fault-tolerant server and hardware products
Compaq Computer Corporation
Print E-mail
Case Study
M&A:
TUI AG
TUI AG
Greenhill advised TUI AG, Europe’s largest tourism company, on its sale of its shipping division Hapag-Lloyd AG, one of the leading global container shipping companies, for $6.
read more »

more case studies »


© 2010 Greenhill & Co., Inc. All rights reserved.