Transaction: Secondary Sale of Limited Partnership Interests in Private Equity Buyout Funds and Direct Stakes in Companies
Seller: Citigroup
Buyer: AXA Private Equity
Portfolio Size: $1.7 billion
Date Announced: June 8, 2011

Greenhill served as exclusive financial advisor to AXA Private Equity, a leading European diversified private equity firm, on its acquisition of a $1.7 billion portfolio of limited partnership interests in private equity buyout funds and a portfolio of direct stakes in companies from Citigroup. Following on from AXA Private Equity's $1.9 billion acquisition of private equity funds from Bank of America in April 2010, this transaction continues AXA Private Equity's secondary funds strategy to offer liquidity to large institutions looking to monetize their private equity investments and represents one of the largest ever private equity secondary transactions.