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2016

Annual Report

Founded 1996Greenhill
is a UniqUe investment  
BankinG Firm

advisinG Clients is OUr Only BUsiness
• No INvestINg, tradINg, LeNdINg or UNderwrItINg

• No ProdUcts to seLL / No coNfLIcts

We advise On a Wide ranGe OF matters
• M&a, fINaNcINg, restrUctUrINg aNd caPItaL raIsINg

We have sUBstantial teams  
in all majOr markets
• North aMerIca, eUroPe, aUstraLIa, asIa aNd soUth aMerIca

• MaNagINg dIrectors average ~25 years of exPerIeNce

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histOry OF Greenhill

Founded as a M&A firm in New York

1996

1998

Opens London office to serve European 
clients and facilitate cross-border work

Establishes office in Frankfurt

2000

2001

Establishes Financial Restructuring practice

Completes initial public offering

2004

2005

Establishes office in Dallas

Establishes office in Toronto

2006

Establishes offices in San Francisco  
and Chicago

2008

Enters Capital Advisory business

Establishes office in Tokyo

Establishes office in Houston

2009

Launches Real Estate Capital Advisory practice

2010

Expands to Australia with acquisition  
of Caliburn

Establishes office in Hong Kong

2011

2012

Establishes office in Stockholm

Establishes office in São Paulo

2013

2015

Expands Capital Advisory capabilities  
through acquisition of Cogent Partners

20th anniversary of the Firm

2016

Note: In addition to the above history of its advisory business, Greenhill was in the private equity investment business from 2000-2009

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Fastest GrOWinG  
advisOry Firm in 2016

2016 Advisory Revenue % Increase 

Greenhill	

Evercore 

PJT 

Credit Suisse 

Houlihan Lokey 

Morgan Stanley 

Moelis 

Jefferies 

Lazard 

JP Morgan 

UBS 

Citigroup 

Deutsche Bank 

Goldman Sachs 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch 

29%

27%

23%

15%

15%

13%

11%

3%

2%

(1%)

(4%)

(9%)

(15%)

(16%)

(16%)

Note: Foreign revenues converted to USD using average period exchange rate
Source: Company filings and releases

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letter tO OUr Clients,
 stOCkhOlders and COlleaGUes

Greenhill is a leading independent 

advisory firm. Our objective is to 
provide high quality, unconflicted 
advice to corporations, partnerships, institutions 
and governments globally on a wide range of 
transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, 
restructuring, financing, capital raising and other 
strategic transactions. Over 21 years we have 
built significant scale, with more than 70 client-
facing Managing Directors now in place, as well 
as a large, highly skilled group of professionals 
supporting them. We have also built significant 
global reach with 14 offices across 9 countries. 
Typically, nearly half of our revenue comes from 
clients outside the United States.

2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2016 was an outstanding year for our Firm  
in all respects. Our consistent goal over time  
has been to provide our stockholders with 
prudent growth, robust profitability and strong 
return of capital. We accomplished all three of 
those objectives in 2016 despite volatile markets, 
reduced M&A activity globally, a strong dollar 
that diminished the value of advisory fees  
in other currencies, and the outcome of the  
Brexit referendum.

Our 29% increase in advisory revenue was 
the best reported by any firm in our industry, 
whether a large lending bank or an independent 
advisory firm like ours. In fact, the entire group of 
publicly traded firms with which we compete for 
advisory work reported essentially no change in 
aggregate advisory revenue for the year. Our 2016 
revenue performance continues a long history of 
strong performance in both absolute and relative 
terms. Using the full 17 years of data available 

on our Firm and key competitors, our advisory 
revenue grew 3.9 times over that period – triple 
the growth of the largest advisory firm (Goldman 
Sachs) and roughly double the growth of the largest 
independent advisory firm (Lazard). We achieved 
that outperformance, both in 2016 and over time, 
through a mix of new clients that are added every 
year and longstanding clients who have come to 
us repeatedly for advice on important strategic 
transactions. You can find case studies of some  
of our most significant transactions of the year 
throughout this annual report.

Strong revenue growth, coupled with continued 
discipline on expenses, allowed us to achieve a 26% 
pre-tax profit margin in 2016. This marked the 7th 
time in the past 10 years we achieved at least a 25% 
pre-tax margin. By comparison, on a GAAP basis, 
only one of our independent advisory peers has ever 
reported a pre-tax margin of 25% or more. Through a 
combination of impressive revenue growth and our 
high profit margin, our net income and our earnings 
per share each more than doubled in 2016 from 2015.

As has always been the case with Greenhill, high 
profitability translated into strong cash flow, 
which translated into a strong return of capital to 
stockholders. In every year since our 2004 initial 
public offering, we have returned more than  
100% of our net income to stockholders through  
a combination of dividends and share repurchases, 
and 2016 was no exception. This year we 
repurchased 1.2 million shares or share equivalents 
in addition to paying our substantial dividend.

In addition to seeking to produce strong financial 
results each year, we seek to continually expand  
the longer term potential of our Firm.  

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In 2016, we recruited 6 Managing Directors 
from other firms, adding to our capabilities in 
Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom 
and in the energy and chemicals sectors in 
the United States. Internal promotions of 
“homegrown” talent have become another 
important means of expanding our team of 
senior bankers. In addition, 2016 was the first 
full calendar year we owned Cogent Partners, 
a leading global advisor to pension funds and 
other institutional investors on the secondary 
market for alternative assets. The Greenhill 
Cogent team now represents a core part of 
our business globally, and we increasingly 
find opportunities for synergies between that 
business and our other advisory businesses.

we believe a “pro-business” government should 
lead to more transaction activity in the U.S., and 
European deal activity should begin to recover  
from a year that was negatively impacted by the 
Brexit vote. Regardless of what happens with 
transaction activity in the near term, we see 
significant opportunities to expand the long 
term capabilities of our Firm in 2017. Our strong 
outperformance relative to peers in 2016 will help 
in that regard, as will the continuing challenges 
faced by many large banks. We continually look 
to expand our business in three ways: geographic 
reach, industry sector coverage and the range of 
advisory services offered. We will look to capitalize 
on the momentum we built in 2016 by recruiting 
additional talent that will enhance our capabilities 
in most or all of those ways.

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2017
2017 promises to be an interesting year in many 
respects, with potentially significant changes 
coming in regard to U.S. tax policy, the regulation 
of many industries and trade policy. In general, 

In closing, we are grateful to our clients, 
employees and stockholders for making 2016 
another year of progress in building our Firm.  
We look forward to 2017.

Robert F. Greenhill
Founder and Chairman

Scott L. Bok
Chief Executive Officer

FinanCial hiGhliGhts

in $ millions, except per share amounts 
 and number of employees 

Total revenues 
Pre-tax income 
  Pre-tax income margin 
Net income 

As of or for the Year Ended December 31,

  2012 

 2013 

 2014 

 2015 

 2016

  $ 285.1  
$ 70.5 
   25% 

$ 42.1 

 $ 287.2  
$ 71.2 
  25% 
$ 46.7 

 $ 275.2  
$ 67.5 
  25% 

$ 43.4 

$ 261.6 
$ 43.3 

  17% 

$ 25.6 

$ 335.5
$ 87.9
  26%

$ 60.8

Earnings per share 

$ 1.38 

$ 1.55 

$ 1.43 

$ 0.82 

$ 1.89

Cash and   cash equivalents 
Total debt 
Stockholders’ equity 

$ 50.3 
 29.1 
 302.2 

$ 42.7 
  30.8 
 276.7 

$ 50.9 
 35.6 
 255.5 

$ 70.0 
 73.6 
 283.4 

$ 98.3
 80.9
 291.2

Employees 

  324 

  319 

  304 

  350 

  356

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nOrth & sOUth ameriCa

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Industrials 

Technology 

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intO tWO PUBliC 
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internet OF thinGs 
BUsiness

$550 million

tax-Free 
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tOrOntO
2006

ChiCaGO
2008

sale tO 

C$1.4 billion

Healthcare 

FinanCinG  
advisOry 

$223 million

Industrials 

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1996

dallas
2005

sãO PaUlO
2013

aCqUisitiOn OF

metaldyne PerFOrmanCe 
GrOUP inC.

san FranCisCO
2008

$3.3 billion*

Financial  
Technology 

COmBinatiOn With 
Brazilian OPeratiOns OF 

GrOUPe UP 

hOUstOn
2009

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Industrials 

Financial  
Services  

Technology  

Retail 

U.s. BanCOrP

sale OF 50.1% stake in 

dO Brasil 

tO

aCqUisitiOn OF

hOst eUrOPe GrOUP

stOne PaGamentOs 

$1.8 billion*

aCqUisitiOn OF  

rexam 

$8.4 billion

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sale OF

tO

$1.4 billion

Energy 

FinanCinG  
advisOry 

$500 million

Industrials 

aCqUisitiOn OF valves & 
COntrOls BUsiness OF 

Pentair 

$3.2 billion*

Healthcare 

merGer With

aeGeriOn 
PharmaCeUtiCals

$414 million

*Pending

 
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Healthcare

Gaming

Industrials 

Consumer

merGer With Certain 
BUsinesses OF

Gala COral limited

sale tO 

aCqUisitiOn OF 

$5.6 billion

$942 million

aCqUisitiOn OF

GeneriCs 

$40.5 billion

Waste 
Management

merGer With 

$628 million*

Industrials 

aCqUisitiOn OF 
sUBsidiaries and 
aFFiliates OF

emPresas indUmOtOra s.a.

$290 million

Telecommunications

aCqUisitiOn OF 36% 
eCOnOmiC interest in 

$105 million

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Retail

Industrials

Consumer

Technology

sale OF 

dOBBies Garden Centres 
tO an investOr GrOUP  
led By midlOthian 
CaPital Partners and 
hattinGtOn CaPital 
$310 million

lOndOn
1998

FrankFUrt
2000

stOCkhOlm
2012

aCqUisitiOn OF the 
GlOBal FiltratiOn 
OPeratiOns OF 

aCqUisitiOn OF

aCqUisitiOn OF a 
POrtFOliO OF  
Carrier-neUtral 
eUrOPean data Centers

FrOm eqUinix 

$748 million

$874 million

Energy

sale OF 

italian sOlar Pv 
POrtFOliO

tO

UltOr s.P.a. 

$346 million

Media

sale OF 

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CheqUers CaPital

Healthcare 

GlOBal COllaBOratiOn 
With

*Pending

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asia-PaCiFiC

Infrastructure

Media

Business Services

Consumer

Peer revieW  
and strateGiC advisOry

FOr the

Western sydney  
airPOrt

aCqUisitiOns OF 

Franklin WeB and  
aiW PrintinG 

A$116 million

navis CaPital 

sale OF 

sale tO 

tO 

PaCiFiC eqUity Partners

msx internatiOnal 

A$306 million

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Consumer

Financial Services

Healthcare

Industrials

sale OF its aUstralian 
Wine BUsiness tO 

aCCOlade Wines 

COmPetitive tender  
OF the aUstralian 
seCUrities and  
investments  
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BUsiness

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aCtivism

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2008

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2011

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2010

melBOUrne
2010

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merGers & aCqUisitiOns

Greenhill’s M&A team advises clients on 

mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-
offs, takeover defense, activist shareholder 

response and a variety of other strategic financial 
matters. We are typically the sole or lead financial 
advisor on a transaction, but are capable of playing 
a variety of roles, such as advisor to a company or 
board of directors, advisor to a special committee 
of a board of directors and/or providing fairness 
opinions on transactions. The Firm’s independence 
(i.e., its lack of principal activities, research, lending 
or underwriting businesses or willingness to work 
with activist investors) makes it an ideal advisor 
where the transaction scenario includes real or 
perceived conflicts of interest, reliance on a large 
financing transaction, negotiations with private 
equity funds or the involvement of an activist 
hedge fund. The Firm has specialists in nearly 
every significant industry sector, and those sector 
specialists work alongside transaction specialists 

to provide clients with the best possible advice. As 
a result of the Firm’s broad global footprint and its 
collegial culture, a significant portion of its business 
each year involves cross-border transactions, where 
Greenhill colleagues work seamlessly across offices 
to provide clients with the full range of expertise 
they require.

M&A was more muted in 2016 despite the number  
of transactions announced remaining roughly in line 
with 2015. The volume of announced transactions 
declined 18% with “mega transactions” becoming 
less pronounced. Further, the volume of completed 
M&A transactions in 2016 declined 2% as many 
larger transactions set to close were delayed due 
to lengthy regulatory review or were terminated. 
Corporate spin-offs and other types of M&A-related 
reorganizations remain at the forefront. For 2017, we 
believe a number of market and geopolitical factors 
will support a strong year for global M&A.

GLOBAL M&A VOLUME, 1989-2009*
GlOBal COmPleted m&a vOlUme, 1996-2016

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REPRESENTATIVE M&A 
TRANSACTIONS DURING 2016

Ball

Greenhill acted as lead financial advisor to Ball Corporation (“Ball”) on its $8.4 billion 
acquisition of Rexam plc (“Rexam”). Ball is a leading manufacturer of metal packaging 
products for the global beverage, food, personal care and household products industries 
and provides systems and technologies for the aerospace industry. This cross-border, 
cash and stock transaction created a leading global metal packaging manufacturer that 
is geographically diversified and well positioned to serve its combined customer base. 
Greenhill also provided a fairness opinion to Ball’s Board of Directors in connection 
with its $3.4 billion divestiture of select metal beverage can assets, support locations  
and functions in Europe, Brazil and the United States to Ardagh Group, in order to 
satisfy certain regulatory requirements related to its acquisition of Rexam.

emersOn

Greenhill is acting as sole financial advisor to Emerson Electric Co. (“Emerson”), 
a leading global manufacturer of diversified industrial products and provider of 
automation and commercial & residential solutions, on its announced $3.15 billion 
acquisition of the Valves & Controls business of Pentair plc. By adding a highly 
complementary portfolio of valves and related products to Emerson’s existing platform, 
this strategic acquisition is expected to expand Emerson’s market position and enable it  
to offer enhanced solutions for customers around the world.

sUPervalU

Greenhill advised SUPERVALU INC. (“SUPERVALU”), one of the largest grocery wholesalers 
and retailers in the U.S., on its sale of Save-A-Lot to Onex Corporation (“Onex”) for $1.365 
billion in cash subject to customary adjustments. In connection with the sale, SUPERVALU 
and Save-A-Lot entered into a five year professional services agreement. The sale of Save-
A-Lot will provide SUPERVALU with a stronger balance sheet that will allow it to further 
build on its core strengths and growth opportunities. Greenhill has been working with 
SUPERVALU for several years, including advising the Company in 2013 on the divestiture  
of its New Albertson’s subsidiary for $3.3 billion to entities affiliated with Cerberus.

teva 

Greenhill advised Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (“Teva”) on its $40.5 billion acquisition 
of Actavis Generics from Allergan plc, which was completed in August 2016 and created a 
leader in the branded generics industry. 

As part of securing regulatory approval for the transaction, Greenhill acted as sole financial 
adviser to Teva with respect to more than 15 separate regulatory divestments mandated by 
the FTC in the United States and the EC in Europe including, among others, the sale of assets 
and operations of Actavis UK & Ireland to Intas Pharmaceuticals for $775 million, the sale 
of a portfolio of generic products to Mayne Pharma Group for $652 million and the sale of a 
separate portfolio of generic products to Impax Laboratories for $586 million. 

Whistler

Greenhill acted as sole financial advisor to Whistler Blackcomb Holdings (“Whistler 
Blackcomb”), operator of North America’s largest and most visited four-season 
mountain resort, on its C$1.4 billion strategic combination with Vail Resorts, a leading 
global mountain resort operator. Combining Whistler Blackcomb with Vail Resorts’ 
geographically diversified portfolio of iconic resorts provides Whistler Blackcomb 
with greater resources to support its current operations and growth plans, increased 
marketing exposure and improved customer diversity through the extension of  
Vail Resorts’ successful season pass programs.

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FinanCinG advisOry &  
restrUCtUrinG

Financing Advisory & Restructuring 

encompasses a wide range of activities  
within Greenhill. One important aspect 

of this is classic debt restructuring, whether 
done through a court process such as Chapter 11 
bankruptcy or in a negotiated transaction outside of 
court oversight. Greenhill has a team of specialists 
globally who advise debtors, creditors and other 
constituents in such situations. Separately, the 
Firm also advises on a variety of other financing 
matters, including debt financing, equity financing, 
and spin-off transactions. In addition, the Firm 
advises on initial public offering (IPO) transactions 
and other extraordinary equity capital markets 
transactions, such as advising the United States 
Treasury on its large shareholding in AIG during 
the financial crisis. Clients value independent 
counsel from an advisor who does not stand to 
earn substantial underwriting or placement fees 

and does not have conflicts that arise from in-house 
lending and asset management activities.

Traditional restructuring activity accelerated  
meaningfully during 2016 as falling energy and  
commodity prices, combined with greater volatility in 
the capital markets, resulted in liquidity and covenant 
pressure for a wide range of borrowers. As part of 
this heightened activity, Greenhill was involved in 
some of the largest and most complex restructurings 
globally. With credit markets less supportive of the 
riskiest borrowers, and uncertainty surrounding 
many industries given competition and an evolving 
regulatory framework, we expect 2017 will continue  
to see a higher level of restructuring activity relative 
to the last several years. Similarly, the success of many 
recent spin-off transactions and the current strength of 
the equity markets suggest that this will also continue 
to be an area of meaningful activity in 2017.

Global High Yield Defaults, 1989-2008*
GlOBal COrPOrate deFaUlts, 1996-2016

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Source: Standard & Poor’s

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REPRESENTATIVE FINANCING  
ADVISORY & RESTRUCTURING  
TRANSACTIONS DURING 2016

alCOa

Greenhill acted as financial advisor to Alcoa Inc. (“Alcoa”) on its separation into  
two independent, publicly-traded companies. The separation launched two 
industry-leading, Fortune 500 companies. One is focused on the manufacture of high 
performance, multi-material, value-added parts for critical industries, most notably 
the aerospace market. The other is a cost-competitive industry leader in all aspects 
of the upstream production of aluminum. Alcoa’s separation is the culmination of 
a successful, multi-year transformation, which Alcoa executed in part through the 
recently completed acquisitions of RTI International Metals, TITAL GmbH and Firth 
Rixson. Greenhill also advised Alcoa on each of these critical acquisitions.

aPex

Greenhill advised Apex International Energy Management (“Apex”), a newly  
formed oil and gas venture focused on the Middle East and North Africa regions,  
in the private equity fund-raising process with multiple energy-focused financial  
sponsors, ultimately resulting in an initial $500 million capital commitment  
from Warburg Pincus. 

aralez

Greenhill advised Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Aralez”), a global specialty 
pharmaceutical company, in connection with the financing of its acquisition of 
the U.S. rights to the cardiovascular drug Toprol-XL (metoprolol succinate) and its 
Authorized Generic from AstraZeneca. 

neW enterPrise stOne & lime 

Greenhill advised New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. (“New Enterprise  
Stone & Lime”) on $555 million of secured financings, including a new  
$450 million senior secured term loan and substantial amendments to its  
existing $105 million ABL revolver.

teGna

Greenhill is acting as financial advisor to TEGNA Inc. (“TEGNA”), a major broadcasting 
and digital marketing services company, on the planned spin-off of Cars.com into a 
separate, publicly traded company through a tax-free spin-off to shareholders. The 
spin-off of Cars.com will create two independent publicly traded companies: TEGNA, 
the largest independent broadcast station group among major network affiliates, 
and Cars.com, a top online destination in the automotive marketplace. Over the 
last few years, Greenhill has advised TEGNA and its predecessor Gannett on several 
transactions, including a major broadcasting acquisition, the acquisition of Cars.com, 
and the spin-off of the company’s publishing business.

texas COmPetitive eleCtriC hOldinGs 

texas 
COmPetitive 
eleCtriC 
hOldinGs

Greenhill acted as the financial advisor to Texas Competitive Electric Holdings and  
its subsidiaries (“TCEH”) at the direction of its independent director in connection 
with its and Energy Future Holdings’ Chapter 11 proceedings. TCEH is Texas’ largest 
power generator and competitive retail electricity provider. In connection with the 
plan, TCEH has spun out from Energy Future Holdings and emerged in October 2016. 

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CaPital advisOry

Primary CaPital raisinG

seCOndary transaCtiOn advisOry

Greenhill’s Primary Capital Advisory team 

advises general partnerships focused on  
real estate and other real assets on capital 

raising from pension funds, endowments, sovereign 
wealth funds and other institutional investors 
worldwide. Greenhill provides clients with 
comprehensive global marketing efforts and access  
to a diversified global institutional investor base.

In 2016, the fund raising environment continued  
to be relatively strong despite higher valuations, 
increased competition for deal flow and geopolitical 
volatility. Investors proceeded with more caution 
than in years past, and the trend of fund manager 
consolidation caused more capital to be diverted 
to fewer funds. The Firm’s dialogue with global 
institutional investors suggests that investing 
appetite remains positive in 2017, particularly  
as funds continue to deliver strong returns  
and record distributions to investor portfolios.  
Going forward, real estate and infrastructure  
are expected to play an important role in  
generating returns for investors in an increasingly  
low return environment.

Greenhill’s Secondary Advisory team, formerly 

known as Cogent Partners, is a global leader in 
advising institutional investors on utilizing the 

secondary market to actively manage their alternative 
asset portfolios. Since inception in 2002, Greenhill’s 
secondary advisory professionals have advised on 
over 8,900 limited partnership interests, representing 
approximately $175 billion in commitments. Greenhill’s 
secondary advisory professionals also work closely  
with general partners seeking to access the secondary 
market to restructure or recapitalize funds or selectively 
generate liquidity for limited partners. 

While the secondary market retracted modestly in 
2016, with estimated transaction volume of $37 billion 
compared with $40 billion in 2015, it was Greenhill’s 
busiest year ever in terms of number of transactions.  
The Firm’s client base in 2016 consisted of high-quality 
general partners and institutional investors such as 
endowments, foundations, pensions, financial institutions 
and sovereign wealth funds, which was representative 
of the composition of the secondary market as a whole, 
where investors of all types are increasingly using the 
market as an active portfolio management tool.

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REPRESENTATIVE PRIMARY  
CAPITAL ADVISORY TRANSACTION 
CLIENTS DURING 2016

areim

Founded in 2003, Areim Real Estate Innovation (“Areim”) currently manages three Nordic-
focused real estate funds with a total equity base of SEK 9.1 billion (US$979 million) on 
behalf of global institutional investors. Areim’s vertically integrated platform includes 30 
professionals in acquisitions, asset management, development and leasing, operating out 
of local offices in Sweden and Finland. Since inception, Areim has acquired, developed 
and managed properties and advised on over 40 transactions worth approximately SEK 50 
billion (US$5.4 billion). In December 2016, Areim closed its latest Nordic value-added real 
estate fund, Areim Fund III, with SEK 4.2 billion (US$450 million) in commitments. The 
Fund will leverage Areim’s significant local operating experience and vertically integrated 
platform to pursue real estate investments in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.

CaBOt

Cabot Properties (“Cabot”) is a leading investor, developer and operator of industrial 
properties throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Formed in 1986, Cabot 
has invested $7 billion in industrial real estate, managing and operating over 3,500 
tenants in 160 million square feet. In June 2016, Cabot closed its first discretionary core 
fund, Cabot Industrial Core Fund, with $443 million in capital commitments. The Fund 
will leverage Cabot’s leading vertically integrated platform and 30 years of industrial 
real estate investment experience to acquire and manage core industrial properties 
throughout the United States.

davis

The Davis Companies (“Davis”) is an integrated real estate investment, development and 
management firm, headquartered in Boston and founded in 1976, that has invested  
more than $4 billion in gross asset value through real estate equity, debt and fixed-income 
securities. Davis currently owns a real estate portfolio of approximately 12 million  
square feet across the Eastern United States. The Company closed its third discretionary 
co-mingled investment vehicle, Davis Investment Ventures Fund III, in December 2016 
with $512 million in total commitments.

divCOWest

DivcoWest is the equity investment platform of DivCore Real Estate Asset Management,  
a real estate investment firm with a total of $9.8 billion of assets under management across 
debt and equity focused investment platforms. DivcoWest was established in 1993 and has 
acquired more than 37 million square feet of commercial space located in growth-oriented 
markets across the United States. In March 2014, DivcoWest closed its latest real estate fund, 
DivcoWest Fund IV, with over $976 million in capital commitments, to acquire commercial 
properties primarily in technology-related markets throughout the U.S.

PatrOn

Established in 1999, Patron Capital Partners (“Patron”) pursues opportunistic and value-
oriented investments in property and property-related assets, loans and corporate entities, 
predominantly in Western Europe. Since its founding, Patron has raised over €3.4 billion 
of equity from over 100 primarily institutional investors including sovereign wealth 
funds, corporate pension plans and endowments across five funds and co-investment 
pools. With its main advisory offices in the UK and Luxembourg and additional offices 
in Germany, Spain and Italy, Patron’s funds are managed by one of the largest and most 
experienced teams in Europe, comprised of 76 people with expertise in acquisitions, asset 
management, development, finance and operations across both regions and sections. 

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indUstry seCtOr exPerienCe

General indUstrials

• Aerospace & Defense
• Capital Goods
• Diversified Industrials
• Packaging
• Transportation

healthCare

• Healthcare Services
• Life Science Tools
• Medical Devices & Services
• Pharmaceuticals & Biotech

metals & mininG

• Metals & Materials
• Mining Services
• Processing Equipment
• Steel & Mining

real estate & inFrastrUCtUre

• Airports, Ports, Parking & Toll Roads
• Gaming, Lodging, Leisure & Timeshare
• REITs 
• Real Estate Operating Companies
• Water, Wastewater, Energy & Pipelines

teChnOlOGy 

• Consulting & IT Services
• Enterprise Software & Security
• Internet
• Networking
• Semiconductors, Capital Equipment & 
Materials

teleCOm

• Cable
• Mobile Devices
• Wireless & Full Service Telcos 
• Wireline

ChemiCals

• Specialty Chemicals
• Agrochemicals
• Engineered Plastics

COmmUniCatiOns & media

• Advertising & Marketing Services
• Business-to-Business (“B2B”) Media
• Consumer Media & Education
• Professional Publishing & Information 
Services

COnsUmer GOOds & retail

• Durables & Discretionary
• Food & Beverage
• Grocery
• Restaurants
• Retailers

enerGy & Utilities

• Electric & Gas Utilities
• Exploration & Production
• Midstream Energy
• Oilfield Services

FinanCial serviCes 

• Asset Management
• Banking & Brokerage
• Insurance 

FinanCial teChnOlOGy

• Credit Cards & Lending
• Loyalty, Data & Analytics
• Marketplaces & Exchanges
• Payments & Processing

FOrest PrOdUCts

• Paperboard & Wood Products
• Pulp & Paper
• Timber

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Firm manaGement

 Scott L. Bok
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bok joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 1997 and was 
named Chief Executive Officer  
in 2007. Before joining Greenhill,  
Mr. Bok was a Managing Director  
in the M&A and restructuring department of Morgan  
Stanley in New York and London. Prior to his 10 years  
at Morgan Stanley, he practiced M&A and securities  
law in New York with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

David A. Wyles
President
Mr. Wyles joined the Firm’s  
London office in 1998 and  
focuses on advising European 
clients. He was previously  
with Baring Brothers  

International Limited, Coopers & Lybrand’s  
management consultancy division and the  
weapon and communications systems arm of  
the British Royal Navy.

Robert F. Greenhill
Founder and Chairman
Mr. Greenhill founded Greenhill 
& Co. in 1996. He was previously 
Chairman and Chief Executive 
Officer of Smith Barney Inc. 
from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, 

he spent 30 years with Morgan Stanley Group Inc., 
where he was President, Vice Chairman and Head of 
Investment Banking; founded and directed Morgan 
Stanley’s M&A group; and oversaw the establishment 
of Morgan Stanley’s private equity group. 

Kevin M. Costantino
President
Mr. Costantino joined the 
Firm’s New York office in 2005 
and later worked in the Firm’s 
Chicago and Sydney offices.  
Mr. Costantino began his career 
practicing corporate and securities law at Wachtell, 
Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer and  
Chief Financial Officer 
Mr. Rodriguez joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 2000 and  
is responsible for financial,  
administrative and regulatory  

matters within Greenhill. He previously spent 13 
years with a major consumer packaging goods 
manufacturer, Silgan Holdings, where he was  
Vice President of Finance and Controller. Formerly,  
he worked at Ernst & Young.

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James Babski
First and Last Name
Co-Head of Financial Technology 
Title
Corporate Advisory
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technology industry. 
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Jay Barnes
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will tell you how many lines you can fit into a 
York office in 2017 and focuses 
column. Multiplying the line count by the number 
on the healthcare services sector. 
of lines in a column will yield the number of char-
He was previously a healthcare 
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services banker at Jefferies.
pages collectively or, if helpful, per chapter offers 
quantities for review.

Scott Beckelman
Mr. Beckelman joined the 
Firm’s New York office as  
part of the acquisition of  
Cogent. Prior to joining  
Greenhill, he worked at  
Landmark Partners.

Chris Bonfield
Mr. Bonfield joined the  
Firm’s Dallas office as part of 
the acquisition of Cogent.  
Prior to joining Greenhill,  
Mr. Bonfield worked at Bank  
of America where he was 

involved with underwriting and monitoring debt 
transactions for public and private media and  
telecommunications clients.

Carlo Bosco
Mr. Bosco joined the Firm’s  
London office in 2014 and 
focuses on financing advisory 
and restructuring. He previously  
served as a Director at Lazard in 
the Restructuring Group.

Pieter-Jan Bouten
Mr. Bouten joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2001  
and focuses on advising  
European clients, in particular 
in the telecom, media and  
technology sectors. 

Scott L. Bok
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Bok joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 1997 and was 
named Chief Executive Officer  
in 2007. Before joining Greenhill,  
Mr. Bok was a Managing Director  
in the M&A and restructuring department of Morgan  
Stanley in New York and London. Prior to his 10 years  
at Morgan Stanley, he practiced M&A and securities  
law in New York with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Mats Bremberg
Head of Nordic Region  
Mr. Bremberg founded the 
Firm’s Stockholm office in 
2012. He previously served as 
Head of Nordic Investment 
Banking at Citigroup, as well  
as Group Head of Investment Banking at Carnegie. 
Mr. Bremberg began his career at Morgan Stanley  
in the European Telecom Group. 

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Tammo Bünnemeyer  
Mr. Bünnemeyer joined the 
Firm’s Frankfurt office in 2015 
and focuses on the technology, 
media and telecom sectors.  
He was previously with IKB 
Deutsche Industriebank and 

Michael Cramer
Head of European Industrial  
Corporate Advisory
Mr. Cramer joined the Firm’s 
Frankfurt office in 2001 and 
focuses on the industrial  
sector. Prior to joining  

JPMorgan in London and Frankfurt.

Greenhill, he worked in the Automotive and  
Industrial M&A Group at Merrill Lynch.

Chris Collett
Mr. Collett joined the  
Firm’s Sydney office in 2007.  
He focuses on advising  
Australian clients, with a  
particular focus on the retail 
and consumer, technology, 

healthcare and industrial sectors.

Stephen A. Cruise
Co-Head of Industrial  
Corporate Advisory
Mr. Cruise joined the Firm’s 
Chicago office in 2013 and 
focuses on the industrial sector 
globally. He was previously 

Co-Head of the Chicago Office and Midwest Region 
for UBS, as well as a senior member of its Global 
Industrials Group. Prior to UBS, Mr. Cruise spent time 
at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers.

Ashish K. Contractor
Mr. Contractor joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 2005 and 
focuses on the pharmaceutical, 
biotech and healthcare sectors. 
He was previously with Lehman 
Brothers, where he worked in 

Bryce Dakin
Head of Technology  
Corporate Advisory 
Mr. Dakin joined the Firm’s
San Francisco office in 2015
and focuses on the technology
sector. Prior to joining 

both investment banking and private equity.

Greenhill, he was a Managing Director and member 
of the Management Committee at GCA Savvian.

Kevin M. Costantino
President
Mr. Costantino joined the 
Firm’s New York office in 2005 
and later worked in the Firm’s 
Chicago and Sydney offices.  
Mr. Costantino began his career 
practicing corporate and securities law at Wachtell, 
Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Gareth Davies
Mr. Davies joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2010 and 
focuses on financing and 
restructuring advisory. He was 
previously with Close Brothers 
Corporate Finance, where he 

was a Managing Director in the Restructuring Group.

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Joseph C. Dilg
Vice Chairman
Mr. Dilg joined the Firm’s  
Houston office in 2015 as  
Vice Chairman to focus on the 
energy sector. Prior to joining 
Greenhill, Mr. Dilg was a partner 

Larry Gelwix  
Co-Head of Industrial  
Corporate Advisory  
Mr. Gelwix co-founded the 
Firm’s Chicago office in 2008 
and focuses on the industrial 
and aerospace & defense  

at the Houston-based law firm Vinson & Elkins, 
where he was a M&A lawyer focused primarily on 
the energy sector for 38 years and led the Firm  
as Managing Partner from 2002 through 2011. 

sectors. He was previously in the M&A Group at 
Lehman Brothers.

Bernhard Engelien
Mr. Engelien joined the Firm’s
London office as part of the
acquisition of Cogent. Prior  
to joining Greenhill, he was  
an Associate Principal at 
McKinsey & Company where 
he worked with financial services companies and 
private equity firms on a broad range of strategy  
and corporate finance topics. 

Michael A. Giaquinto
Mr. Giaquinto joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2008 and  
focuses on the healthcare 
sector. He was previously 
with Citigroup, where he was 
Co-Head of the U.S. Healthcare 

Group. Prior to Citigroup, he was a Managing  
Director in the Healthcare Group at UBS.

Roger Feletto 
Head of Greenhill Australia
Mr. Feletto joined the  
Firm’s Sydney office in  
2000 and was named  
Head of Greenhill Australia  
in 2013. He focuses on the  

industrial and consumer sectors.

Jon Gidney
Vice Chairman of  
Greenhill Australia 
Mr. Gidney joined the Firm’s 
Sydney office in 2015. Prior 
to joining Greenhill, he was 
Vice Chairman of Investment 
Banking and Head of M&A Australia/New Zealand 
at JPMorgan.

James Flicker
Mr. Flicker joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2008  
and focuses on the paper  
and forest products sectors.  
He was previously with  
Citigroup, where he ran the 
Paper & Forest Products Group. Prior to that, he  
was at UBS and at Lehman Brothers, where he was 
an II-ranked Analyst in Paper & Forest Products.

David Goldberg
Mr. Goldberg joined the Firm’s 
Toronto office in 2008 and 
focuses on covering Canadian 
companies. Previously he was a 
consultant at Bain & Company 
and worked in Morgan Stanley’s  

Media and Telecom group.

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Charles Gournay 
Mr. Gournay joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2009 and 
focuses on the consumer and 
retail sectors. He was previously 
with UBS and Merrill Lynch in 
London and Paris. Mr. Gournay 

Howard W. House
Mr. House joined the Firm’s 
Houston office in 2016 and 
focuses on the energy sector. 
Previously he served as a 
Managing Director and the 
Co-Head of Energy Investment 

started his career with BNP in Paris. 

Banking at Raymond James.

Robert F. Greenhill
Founder and Chairman
Mr. Greenhill founded Greenhill 
& Co. in 1996. He was previously 
Chairman and Chief Executive 
Officer of Smith Barney Inc. 
from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, 

Briac Houtteville
Mr. Houtteville joined the  
Firm’s London office as part  
of the acquisition of Cogent. 
Prior to joining Greenhill,  
he was a Manager at  
Ernst & Young Transaction 

he spent 30 years with Morgan Stanley Group Inc., 
where he was President, Vice Chairman and Head of 
Investment Banking; founded and directed Morgan 
Stanley’s M&A group; and oversaw the establishment 
of Morgan Stanley’s private equity group. 

Advisory Services in Paris.

Christopher T. Grubb
Mr. Grubb joined the Firm’s New 
York office in 2006. He focuses 
on restructuring advisory. Prior 
to joining Greenhill, he worked 
in the investment banking 
group of UBS.

Rupert Hill
Mr. Hill joined the Firm’s London  
office in 2012 and focuses on the 
healthcare sector. He previously 
served as Head of Healthcare for 
EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Bank of 
America Merrill Lynch. Prior to 

Douglas H. Jackson 
Co-Head of U.S. M&A
Mr. Jackson co-founded the 
Firm’s Chicago office in 2008 
and focuses on the industrial 
sector. He was previously in 
the M&A groups of Lehman 

Brothers and Bank of America. Prior to that, he 
practiced corporate and securities law.

Richard C. Jacobsen, Jr.
Mr. Jacobsen joined the Firm’s 
San Francisco office in 2008  
and focuses on the healthcare  
services sector. He was previously 
Head of the U.S. Healthcare 
Services Group at Citigroup.

BAML, Mr. Hill spent time as a Chartered Accountant at 
Charterhouse and Price Waterhouse.

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Brenlen Jinkens
Mr. Jinkens joined the Firm’s 
London office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. Prior to 
joining Greenhill, he was an 
Executive Director of Lehman 
Brothers, where he covered 

Lord James R.C. Lupton
Chairman, Greenhill Europe
Mr. Lupton co-founded the 
Firm’s London office in 1998 
and focuses on advising  
European clients. He is a  
member of the House of  

financial services technology businesses in the UK, 
Germany and Scandinavia. Mr. Jinkens also previously 
started an online financial services business and 
worked in the financial services practice of McKinsey 
& Company in Paris and London.

Lords and was previously Deputy Chairman at  
Baring Brothers International Limited and a  
solicitor with Lovell, White & King.

Andrew L. Kramer 
Mr. Kramer joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2009 and 
focuses on financing advisory 
and restructuring. He was  
previously Head of Restructuring  
for the Americas at UBS and a 

Benjamin Lyons
Mr. Lyons joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2016 and 
focuses on the chemicals, 
materials, and distribution 
sectors. Previously, he was a 
Managing Director at RBC and 

Senior Vice President at Credit Suisse.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Simon Lam  
Mr. Lam joined the Firm’s 
Capital Advisory group in Hong 
Kong in 2011. He previously 
served as Head of Marketing  
for CLSA Capital Partners  
and worked in the Private  
Placement Group at Macquarie Capital in Asia.  

Steve Mayer
President of Greenhill Canada
Mr. Mayer joined the Firm’s 
Toronto office in 2016 and 
focuses on covering Canadian 
clients. Previously, he was a 
Managing Director and the 

Head of Canadian Diversified Investment Banking 
at Goldman Sachs.

Richard J. Lieb
Chairman, Real Estate  
Mr. Lieb joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 2005 and 
focuses on the real estate  
sector. He previously spent 
more than 20 years with  

Simon McConnell
Mr. McConnell rejoined the 
Firm’s Melbourne office  
in 2010 and focuses on the 
industrial sector. He was  
previously with Goldman 
Sachs after originally joining 

Goldman Sachs, where he led its Real Estate Group. 

Caliburn, now Greenhill Australia, in 1999.

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Carlos Medina
Mr. Medina joined the  
Firm’s New York office in  
2016 and focuses on covering 
clients in Latin America. 
Previously, he was a  
Managing Director at  

Gregory R. Miller
Head of Media  
Corporate Advisory
Mr. Miller joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2004  
and focuses on the media  
sector, including publishers 

BTG Pactual and Morgan Stanley.

and information services. He was previously  
a Managing Director at Credit Suisse.

Rodrigo Mello
Co-Head of Greenhill Brazil
Mr. Mello joined the Firm’s  
São Paulo office in 2014 and  
focuses on financial institutions  
and the consumer and retail 
sectors, among others. He was 
previously a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.

Todd Miller
Mr. Miller joined the Firm’s  
Dallas office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. Prior to 
joining Greenhill, Mr. Miller 
was with Credit Suisse First 
Boston, where he focused on 

raising equity and debt capital for public and private 
companies and advising on mergers and acquisitions.

Eric Mendelsohn
Head of Financing  
Advisory and Restructuring  
for North America
Mr. Mendelsohn joined the 
Firm’s New York office in 
2012 and focuses on financing 

Brian Mooney
Mr. Mooney joined the Firm’s  
Dallas office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. He 
focuses on GP restructuring 
transactions. Prior to co-
founding Greenhill Cogent, 

and restructuring advisory. He was previously a 
Managing Director and founding member of the 
Restructuring Group at Lazard Frères.

Mr. Mooney was part of the investment team at The 
Crossroads Group (now part of NB Private Equity 
Partners / Neuberger Berman) where he focused 
on secondary acquisitions as well as primary 
investments and equity co-investments.

Philip Meyer-Horn
Co-Head of DACH Region 
Mr. Meyer-Horn joined the 
Firm’s Frankfurt office in  
2006 and focuses on advising  
European clients. He was  
previously Head of Corporate 

Seamus Moorhead 
Mr. Moorhead joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2009 and 
focuses on the consumer and 
retail sectors. He was previously 
with UBS and its predecessor 
firms in London and New York, 

Finance for Germany at BNP Paribas. Prior to 
that, he spent time with Lazard Frères and Baring 
Brothers International Limited.

having joined S.G. Warburg & Co. in 1991.

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Bill Murphy
Mr. Murphy joined the Firm’s 
New York office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. Prior 
to joining Greenhill, he was a 
senior member of Citigroup’s 
Private Equity Group, where he 

Anthony Parsons
Head of European  
Corporate Advisory  
Mr. Parsons joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2012. He  
previously served as Head  
of UK M&A at Deutsche  

led the secondary sell side, securitization and new 
product development initiatives in private equity.

Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Parsons served as Co-Head  
of European FIG M&A at Citigroup.

Andy Nick  
Mr. Nick joined the Firm’s  
San Francisco office as part  
of the acquisition of Cogent.  
Prior to joining Greenhill,  
Mr. Nick was with Citigroup, 
where he advised clients on 

strategic and financing alternatives.

Manjul Ramchandani
Mr. Ramchandani joined the 
Firm’s New York office in 2010 
in the Capital Advisory group. 
He previously served as a  
Director in the Credit Suisse 
Real Estate Private Fund Group.

Mario Orozco  
Mr. Orozco joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2016 and 
focuses on covering clients in 
Latin America. Previously, he 
was a Managing Director at 
UBS and Bank of America.

Gregory G. Randolph
Mr. Randolph joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2004, splits 
his time with the Houston  
office, and focuses on the  
energy and power sectors. He 
was previously a Managing 
Director at Goldman Sachs and a member of the  
project finance group at Salomon Brothers.

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James (Jim) C.V. Rogers
Mr. Rogers joined the Firm’s 
Houston office in 2015 and 
focuses on opportunities in the 
upstream energy sector. He was 
previously a Managing Director 
in the global energy group of 
TD Securities. Prior to TD Securities, he worked at 
Deutsche Bank and Citigroup.

Richard M. Steinman
Head of Retail Corporate Advisory 
Mr. Steinman joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2007 and 
focuses on the retail sector, 
including financial services 
for retailers. He was previously 

Head of the Global Retail Group at Morgan Stanley.

Anthony Samengo-Turner
Co-Head of DACH Region 
Mr. Samengo-Turner joined the 
Firm’s Frankfurt office in 2006 
and focuses on the healthcare 
and chemical sectors. He 
previously worked at Close 

Brothers and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein with  
a focus on restructuring.

Stephen Sloan
Co-Head of Capital Advisory 
Mr. Sloan joined the Firm’s
Dallas office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. Prior  
to co-founding Greenhill 
Cogent, Mr. Sloan was with 
Goldman Sachs in New York, where he worked 
in both the international finance and structured 
products groups.

Nate Stulman  
Co-Head of Financial Technology 
Corporate Advisory 
Mr. Stulman joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2006 
and focuses on the financial 
technology and retail industries.

Isaias Sznifer 
Mr. Sznifer joined the Firm’s 
Sao Paulo office in 2014. Prior 
to joining Greenhill, he worked 
at eBricks Digital and Goldman 
Sachs, where he focused on the 
financial services, real estate, 

and technology sectors.

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Bill Thompson 
Co-Head of Capital Advisory
Mr. Thompson joined the 
Firm’s San Francisco office  
in 2010 and co-leads the  
Capital Advisory group.  
He was previously a founding 
member and Head of the Credit Suisse Real Estate 
Private Fund Group.

Jeffrey Wasserstein 
Mr. Wasserstein joined the 
Firm’s New York office in 
2012 and focuses on the 
pharmaceutical, generic and 
biotech sectors. He previously 
spent over 20 years in the 

pharmaceutical industry, including roles at Fougera 
Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and 
Schering-Plough Corporation. Prior to that,  
Mr. Wasserstein practiced M&A and securities  
law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Hugh A.C. Tidbury
Mr. Tidbury joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2004 and  
focuses on the chemicals, 
biotech and food ingredients 
sectors. He was previously  
Head of Deutsche Bank’s  

Ed Welsh 
Mr. Welsh joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2016 and 
focuses on the business services 
sector. He previously served 
as Executive Director in the 
Cabinet Office of the U.K. 

European Chemicals Group.

Government and as the Global Co-Head of Business 
Services at Rothschild.

Daniel Wainstein
Co-Head of Greenhill Brazil
Mr. Wainstein founded the 
Firm’s São Paulo office in 2013. 
Prior to joining Greenhill, he 
was a Managing Director at 
Goldman Sachs, where he acted 

in many capacities, including Head and Chairman 
of the Investment Banking Division of Goldman 
Sachs in Brazil, as a member of the Latin America 
and Brazil Executive Committees and as a statutory 
director at GS Brazil Bank. 

Kirk R. Wilson 
Mr. Wilson joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2009 and 
focuses on the financial  
institutions sector. He was 
previously at Morgan Stanley, 
where he served as Vice  

Chairman of the Investment Banking Division and  
a senior member of the Financial Institutions Group.

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Peter Wilson 
Mr. Wilson joined the Firm’s 
Sydney office in 2004. He was 
previously with Malleson  
Stephen Jaques where he  
practiced corporate and  
banking law and prior to that 
was with the Commonwealth Bank and JP Morgan.

David A. Wyles
President
Mr. Wyles joined the Firm’s  
London office in 1998 and  
focuses on advising European 
clients. He was previously  
with Baring Brothers  

International Limited, Coopers & Lybrand’s  
management consultancy division and the  
weapon and communications systems arm of  
the British Royal Navy.

Andrew K. Woeber
Co-Head of U.S. M&A
Mr. Woeber founded the  
Firm’s San Francisco office  
in 2008 and focuses on advising 
North American clients. He  
was previously a Managing 

Hiroto Yamada
President of Greenhill Japan 
Mr. Yamada joined the Firm’s 
Tokyo office in 2009 and 
focuses on advising Japanese 
clients. He was previously 
Head of the M&A group at 

Director at Morgan Stanley and a corporate lawyer 
with Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Merrill Lynch Japan. Prior to that, he worked in the 
Financial Institutions, TMT and M&A groups of 
Goldman Sachs.

Pamela Wright 
Ms. Wright joined the Firm’s 
San Francisco office in 2010  
and is a Managing Director in 
the Capital Advisory group. 
She was previously a founding 
member and Co-Head of the 

Credit Suisse Real Estate Private Fund Group.

Masao Yoshikawa
Mr. Yoshikawa joined the  
Firm’s Tokyo office in 2014  
and focuses on advising 
Japanese clients. He was 
previously Head of Japan  
TMT and Alternative Assets 

Groups, and a Head of the Japan M&A Group 
at Citigroup. Prior to that he was a Partner at 
Silverlake Partners and worked in M&A and 
financing at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. 

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Naomi Buffery
General Counsel for Europe
Ms. Buffery joined the Firm’s 
London office in 2015. She 
previously served as Legal 
Counsel and Compliance 
Officer for Greenhill’s 

Mark Lasky
Corporate Controller
Mr. Lasky joined the Firm’s New 
York office in 2012. Previously, 
he served as a Vice President 
at Goldman Sachs and as a 
Certified Public Accountant at 

European operations and as a Senior Solicitor  
at Société Générale.

PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Erich Ephraim
Chief Operating Officer,  
Greenhill Cogent
Mr. Ephraim joined the Firm’s 
Dallas office as part of the 
acquisition of Cogent. He 
previously served as the  

Ricardo Lima
General Counsel for the Americas 
and Secretary
Mr. Lima joined the Firm’s 
New York office in 2011. He 
previously served as Deputy 
General Counsel at Greenhill 

CFO for Tolleson Wealth Management and  
Tolleson Private Bank.

and as a Vice President in the IBD Legal group of 
Goldman Sachs.

Robert Knox
Director of Tax
Mr. Knox joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 2007. 
Previously, he served as a 
Vice President in Citigroup’s 
international tax group and  

as a tax manager at GE Capital.

Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer and  
Chief Financial Officer 
Mr. Rodriguez joined the Firm’s  
New York office in 2000 and  
is responsible for financial,  
administrative and regulatory  

matters within Greenhill. He previously spent 13 
years with a major consumer packaging goods 
manufacturer, Silgan Holdings, where he was  
Vice President of Finance and Controller. Formerly,  
he worked at Ernst & Young.

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Kensuke Hotta
Mr. Hotta founded the Firm’s 
Tokyo office in 2008 and focuses  
on advising Japanese clients. 
He was previously a Managing 
Director with Greenhill before 
transitioning to the Senior 
Advisor role in 2016. Prior to Greenhill, he was 
Chairman of Morgan Stanley Japan. Prior to that, 
he was at Sumitomo Bank, where he was Deputy 
President and a Board Director, and at Japan’s 
Ministry of Finance.

Peter J. Hunt
Chairman, Greenhill Australia
Mr. Hunt co-founded Greenhill 
Australia in Sydney in 1999 and 
focuses on advising Australian 
clients. He was previously 
Co-Head of Corporate Finance 

at BZW and ABN Amro.

Bradley J. Crompton
Mr. Crompton founded the 
Firm’s Toronto office in  
2006 and focuses on advising 
Canadian clients. He was  
previously a Managing 
Director with Greenhill before 

transitioning to the Senior Advisor role in 2016.  
Prior to Greenhill, he was President of Morgan 
Stanley Canada and also spent 10 years with 
Goldman Sachs in New York and London.

Vikram Gandhi
Mr. Gandhi joined Greenhill as a 
Senior Advisor for India in 2012. 
He was most recently the Global 
Head, Financial Institutions Group 
and Vice Chairman, Investment 
Banking Department at Credit 

Suisse based in New York and Hong Kong. He also spent 
16 years at Morgan Stanley in various roles globally, 
including President and Country Head, Morgan Stanley 
India. Mr. Gandhi currently serves as senior advisor to 
the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, focusing 
on investment opportunities in India. He also founded 
VSG Capital Advisors, which provides cross-border 
and domestic investment and advisory services in the 
private, public and social sectors in India and Asia.

Gil H. Ha 
Mr. Ha is based in New  
York and focuses on the  
telecommunications and  
technology sectors. He was 
previously a Managing Director 
with Greenhill before 

Lieutenant General (Retired) 
Sir Simon Mayall, KBE, CB
Sir Simon joined Greenhill 
in 2015 after a long and 
distinguished military career 
with the British Army which 
began in 1978. Over the  

transitioning to the Senior Advisor role in 2017. 
Prior to that, he was a Managing Director  
at Evercore Partners and Rohatyn Associates.  
Mr. Ha also held positions as the Co-Head of 
Deutsche Bank’s Telecommunications Investment 
Banking group for the Americas and as a Managing 
Director at Lazard Frères.

course of his Army career, Sir Simon held a series of  
increasingly senior roles. Most recently, he served 
as Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) from 
2009-2011, Defence Senior Adviser (Middle East) 
from 2011-2014 and as the Prime Minister’s Security 
Envoy to Iraq from 2014-2015. 

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Jean-Michel Steg 
Mr. Steg joined the Firm as 
a Senior Advisor in 2013 to 
assist in the expansion of the 
Firm’s client relationships with 
large European companies, in 
particular French corporations. 

He started his career at Lazard where he spent  
16 years both in New York and Paris. Subsequently  
he worked for Goldman Sachs and ran the Paris 
offices for DLJ and Citigroup. Most recently, he 
started Blackstone’s advisory business in France.  
In total, Mr. Steg has close to 35 years of experience 
advising clients.

Glenn R. Tilles
Mr. Tilles is based in Chicago 
and focuses on the industrial 
sector. He was previously a  
Managing Director with  
Greenhill and co-founded the 
Firm’s Chicago office in 2008. 
Prior to Greenhill, he was a Managing Director at 
Lehman Brothers, where he headed the Chicago  
office and the Midwest investment banking practice.

Hartmut Ostrowski
Mr. Ostrowski joined Greenhill 
as a Senior Advisor in 2012.  
He previously served as  
Chief Executive Officer of 
Bertelsmann AG, a role he held 
for 4 years. In total, he spent  
26 years at Bertelsmann in various roles including 
CEO of Arvato between 2002 and 2008. Earlier in 
his career, he served as a Managing Director at a 
German subsidiary of Security Pacific.

William D. Perez 
Mr. Perez is based in Chicago 
and has been a Senior Advisor to 
Greenhill since 2010. He retired 
as President and Chief Executive 
Officer for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. 
Company in December 2008. 
Before joining the Wrigley Company, he served as 
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nike, Inc. 
Previously, Mr. Perez spent 34 years with SC Johnson, 
including eight years as President and Chief Executive 
Officer. He serves on the Board of Directors for Johnson 
& Johnson, Whirlpool Corporation, Northwestern 
Memorial Hospital, and on the Board of Trustees  
for Cornell University.

Robert C. Smith
Mr. Smith is based in New York 
and focuses on the financial  
services sector. He was 
previously a Managing 
Director with Greenhill 
before transitioning to the 

Senior Advisor role in 2016. Prior to that, he was 
with Citigroup, where he served in several senior 
positions, including as Co-Head of Financial 
Institutions Mergers and Acquisitions.

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Other key PersOnnel

PRINCIPALS
Chicago
Linda Bursic

Dallas
Wes Bender

Frankfurt
Andreas Bienert

London
Michael Lord
Doris Salzburger
Andrew Stace
Sarah Warmisham

Houston
Mark Boucher

Melbourne
Nicholas Bordignon 

New York
Humberto Garcia-Salas
Yan Ling
Molly Muchmore
Jeff Paige
Stephanie Shideler
Jon Swope

São Paulo
Rafael Pereira

Sydney
Sally Box
Chris Smith 
Saurabh Thaper

Tokyo
Rita Springett 
Hitoshi Saito 

VICE PRESIDENTS
Chicago
Rachel Zhang

FIRM ADMINISTRATION
Christina Celestino
Director of Recruitment

Tom Dunn
Director of Information Technology

John Shaffer
Chief Technology Officer

David Trone
Director of Investor Relations

Dallas
David Eberstein 
Jeremy Joersz
Jason Morris
David Windle

Frankfurt
Alexander Jenner
Niels Tepker

Hong Kong
Michael Hu

London
Ben Griffiths
Nadira Huda 
Stefano Manna
Anthony Rawlinson
Dean Rodrigues
Gerwin Weidl

New York
Mitch Clemente 
Kyle Cresci
Zack Gordon
Samuel Sandford
Jochen Schmitz
Jessup Shean
Patrick Suehnholz
Andrew Walker
Collin Zych

San Francisco
Ryan Ferguson 
Lindsay Felldin Bachner

Sydney
Joshua Frank
John Ng 

Tokyo
Yusuke Moriuchi

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indePendent direCtOrs

Robert T. Blakely III
Mr. Blakely currently serves as 
the President of Performance 
Enhancement Group. He  
previously served in senior 
management positions at  
Fannie Mae, MCI, Lyondell 

Chemical and Tenneco. Mr. Blakely is a member  
of the Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical  
Corporation, Natural Resource Partners L.P. and  
Ally Financial Inc. 

Steven F. Goldstone
Mr. Goldstone currently  
manages Silver Spring Group,  
a private investment group,  
and is also the non-executive 
Chairman of ConAgra Foods. 
His prior positions include 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RJR  
Nabisco, Inc. and partner in the New York City  
law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. Mr. Goldstone  
is a member of the board of Directors of Chefs’  
Warehouse, Inc.

Stephen L. Key
Mr. Key is currently the sole 
proprietor of Key Consulting, 
LLC. He was previously Chief 
Financial Officer of Textron, 
Inc., Chief Financial Officer of  
ConAgra Foods, and Managing 

Partner of Ernst & Young’s New York office.

Karen P. Robards
Ms. Robards is currently 
a principal of Robards & 
Company, LLC, a consulting 
and private investment firm. 
She is also Vice Chair of the 
Board and Chair of the Audit  
Committee of BlackRock Closed-End Funds and a 
member of the Board of Directors of AtriCure, Inc. 
She previously worked in the investment banking 
group at Morgan Stanley.

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direCtOrs and OFFiCers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Robert F. Greenhill
Chairman and Founder, Greenhill & Co., Inc.

Scott L. Bok
Chief Executive Officer

Kevin M. Costantino
President

David A. Wyles
President

Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer and  
Chief Financial Officer

Robert T. Blakely III 
Chairman, Nominating and Governance Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee

Scott L. Bok 
Chief Executive Officer, Greenhill & Co., Inc.

Steven F. Goldstone
Lead Independent Director  
Chairman, Compensation Committee
Member, Nominating and Governance Committee

Stephen L. Key
Chairman, Audit Committee
Member, Compensation Committee
Member, Nominating and Governance Committee

Karen P. Robards
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Nominating and Governance Committee

Committees

Our Board of Directors currently has six members: Robert F. Greenhill, Scott L. Bok, Steven F. Goldstone,  
Stephen L. Key, Karen P. Robards and Robert T. Blakely III. Ms. Robards and Messrs. Goldstone, Key and Blakely  
have been affirmatively determined to be “independent” within the meaning of the listing standards of the  
New York Stock Exchange. The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings of the Board and  
the following standing committees: Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance. Each of the  
standing committees has adopted and operates under a written charter, all of which are available on our  
website at www.greenhill.com. Our certificate of incorporation, bylaws, corporate governance guidelines,  
related person transaction policy and code of business conduct and ethics also are available on our website.

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advisOry manaGinG direCtOrsGreenhill & Co., LLC 
Greenhill Cogent, LP
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States of America
Tel: +1 212 389 1500

155 North Wacker Drive
Suite 4550
Chicago, IL 60606
United States of America
Tel: +1 312 846 5000

2101 Cedar Springs Road
Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75201
United States of America 
Tel: +1 713 739 2000

1301 McKinney Street
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77010
United States of America
Tel: +1 214 871 5400

600 Montgomery Street
33rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States of America
Tel: +1 415 216 4100

OFFiCe lOCatiOns

Greenhill & Co. International LLP 
Greenhill Cogent Europe, LLP
Lansdowne House
57 Berkeley Square
London W1J 6ER
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7198 7400

Greenhill & Co. Europe LLP 
Maintower
Neue Mainzerstrasse 52
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 69 272 272 00

Greenhill & Co. Sweden AB 
Gustav Adolfs torg 16
SE-111 52 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 402 13 70

Greenhill & Co. Japan Ltd.
Marunouchi Building
2-4-1, Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6333
Japan
Tel: +81 3 4520 5100

Greenhill & Co. Canada Ltd.
79 Wellington Street West
Suite 3403, P.O. Box 333
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1K7
Canada
Tel: +1 416 601 2560 

Greenhill & Co. Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 43, Governor Phillip Tower
1 Farrer Place
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: +61 2 9229 1410

Level 30
101 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9935 6800

Greenhill & Co. do Brasil 
Assessoria Ltda.
Av. Brig. Faria Lima, 2277
Ed. Plaza Iguatemi, 19º andar
São Paulo - SP - Brasil - 01452-000
Tel: +55 11 2039 0600

Greenhill & Co. Asia Limited
L19 Two International  
Finance Centre
8 Finance Street, Central
Hong Kong
Hong Kong S.A.R., China 
Tel: +852 2251 1645

COrPOrate inFOrmatiOn

Annual Meeting
Wednesday, July 26, 2017,
at 10:30 am, 
300 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10022

Stock Listing
The New York Stock Exchange
Symbol: GHL

Registrar and Transfer Agent
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10036
Tel: +1 866 668 6550

Investor Relations
David Trone
Director of Investor Relations
Greenhill & Co. Inc.
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: +1 212 389 1800

Independent Registered Public 
Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
5 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Tel: +1 212 773 3000

A copy of our Form 10-K filed  
with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission will be furnished,  
without charge, to any stockholder 
upon request addressed to Investor  
Relations, Greenhill & Co. Inc.,  
300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 
10022. Copies of our filings with  
the Securities and Exchange  
Commission and other information 
about Greenhill & Co. Inc. can  
also be viewed on our website at  
www.greenhill.com or at the website  
of the Securities and Exchange  
Commission at www.sec.gov.

Our business involves no research, trading, investing, or capital markets activities to conflict with our advisory focus. We seek in all cases to align our 
interests fully with those of our clients. Greenhill & Co., LLC and Greenhill Cogent, LP are registered in the U.S. as broker-dealers with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and are members of the Securities Investor Protection 
Corporation (SIPC). In the U.K. and Europe, Greenhill & Co. International LLP, Greenhill Cogent Europe, LLP and Greenhill & Co. Europe LLP 
are regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Greenhill & Co. Sweden AB is regulated by the Swedish Financial Supervisory 
Authority. Greenhill & Co. Australia Pty. Ltd. is licensed and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). Greenhill 
& Co. Japan Ltd. is licensed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau and is regulated by the Financial Services Agency in Japan. Greenhill & Co. Asia 
Limited is licensed and regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

This document does not constitute or represent an offer to buy or sell any security or to participate in any trading strategy.

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