| APPROXIMATE VALUE OF TRANSACTION | ACQUIRING COMPANY | ACQUIRED, SELLING OR TARGET COMPANY | TYPE OF TRANSACTION | MATTER CLIENT |
| $55 billion
|
Vivendi S.A.
|
The Seagram Company Ltd. and Canal Plus S.A.
|
Stock Merger
|
The Seagram Company Ltd.
|
| $10.6 billion
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.
|
PolyGram N.V.
|
Tender Offer/Stock Merger
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.
|
| $9.1 billion
|
Northern Telecom Limited
|
Bay Networks, Inc.
|
Stock Merger
|
Bay Networks, Inc.
|
| $8.25 billion
|
America Online, Inc.
|
Bertelsmann AG’s European and Australian joint ventures
|
Recapitalization
|
America Online, Inc.
|
| $8.15 billion
|
Diageo PLC and Pernod Richard
|
Seagram’s wine and liquor businesses
|
Sale of Assets
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.
|
| $7.7 billion
|
The Chase Manhattan Corporation
|
Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd.
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
The Chase Manhattan Corporation
|
| $6.6 billion
|
BCE Inc.
|
Teleglobe Inc.
|
Acquisition of Stock
|
U.S. Counsel to Teleglobe Inc.
|
| $5.6 billion
|
Reed Elsevier
|
Harcourt General Inc.
|
Cash Merger
|
Harcourt General Inc.
|
| $4.9 billion
|
Scottish Hydro-Electric PLC
|
Southern Electric PLC
|
Stock Merger of Equals
|
Scottish Hydro-Electric PLC
|
| $4.7 billion
|
BP Amoco PLC
|
Burmah Castrol PLC
|
Stock Merger
|
U.S. Counsel to Burmah Castrol PLC
|
| $4 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Legrand S.A., a division of Schneider Electronic S.A.
|
LBO/Stock Merger
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $3.8 billion
|
BASF
|
The Cyanamid agricultural unit of American Home Products Corp.
|
Cash Merger
|
American Home Products Corp.
|
| $3.6 billion
|
Coca Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V.
|
Panamerican Beverages Inc. (“Panamco”)
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
The controlling stockholders (“Voting Trust”) of Panamco
|
| $3.6 billion
|
Royal Ahold N.V.
|
U.S. Foodservice
|
Stock Merger
|
U.S. Foodservice
|
| $3.6 billion
|
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
|
The glass and plastic packaging businesses of BTR plc
|
Stock Purchase
|
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
|
| $3.5 billion
|
Teleglobe Inc.
|
Excel Communications Inc.
|
Stock Merger
|
Teleglobe Inc.
|
| $3.2 billion
|
Power Gen plc
|
LG&E Energy Corp.
|
Cash Merger
|
LG&E Energy Corp.
|
| $3.2 billion
|
Reckitt & Colman plc
|
Benckiser N.V.
|
Stock Merger
|
Reckitt & Colman plc
|
| $2.7 billion
|
Quebecor Printing Inc.
|
World Color Press, Inc.
|
Cash Merger/Tender Offer
|
World Color Press, Inc.
|
| $2.7 billion
|
VNU USA, Inc., a subsidiary of VNU N.V.
|
Nielsen Media Research
|
Tender Offer/Cash Merger
|
Nielsen Media Research
|
| $2.6 billion
|
Innogy plc
|
Yorkshire Power PLC
|
Cash Merger
|
American Electric Power, joint owner of Yorkshire Power plc
|
| $2.6 billion
|
Telefónica S.A.
|
Motorola Inc.’s mobile phone service companies
|
Purchase of Stock
|
Telefónica S.A.
|
| $2.5 billion
|
BNP Paribas
|
Outstanding shares of BancWest Corporation
|
Cash Merger
|
BancWest Corporation
|
| $2.4 billion
|
Canadian National Railway Company
|
Illinois Central Corporation
|
Tender Offer/Cash Merger
|
Illinois Central Corporation
|
| $2.3 billion
|
VNU N.V.
|
ACNielsen Corporation
|
Stock Merger
|
ACNielsen Corporation
|
| $1.95 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Ontario Teachers Pension Fund
|
Bell Yellow Pages
|
Acquisition
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Ontario Teachers Pension Fund
|
| $1.93 billion
|
Continental AG
|
The automotive brake and chassis business of ITT Industries, Inc.
|
Cash Merger
|
ITT Industries, Inc.
|
| $1.8 billion
|
British Telecommunications Plc and AT&T Corp.
|
Japan Telecom Co.
|
Sale of 30% Interest
|
Japan Telecom Co.
|
| $1.8 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Shoppers Drug Mart, a unit of British American Tobacco plc
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $1.8 billion
|
Stagecoach Holdings plc
|
Coach USA, Inc
|
Third Party Cash Tender Offer/Merger
|
Stagecoach Holdings plc
|
| $1.7 billion
|
Philips Electronics N.V.
|
The medical products business of Agilent Technologies Inc.
|
Sale of Assets
|
Agilent Technologies Inc.
|
| $1.7 billion
|
Valeo S.A.
|
The electrical systems business of ITT Industries, Inc.
|
Sale of Assets
|
ITT Industries, Inc.
|
| $1.6 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Engineering division of Siemens AG
|
LBO/Acquisition
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $1.5 billion
|
AirTouch Cellular, a subsidiary of Vodafone AirTouch plc
|
CommNet Cellular Inc.
|
Cash Merger
|
CommNet Cellular Inc., a public company controlled by The Blackstone Group
|
| $1.5 billion
|
Gannett Co. Inc.
|
Newsquest plc
|
Stock Merger
|
U.S. Counsel to Newsquest plc
|
| $1.5 billion
|
Merck & Co.
|
Banyu Pharmaceutical Co.
|
Cash Tender Offer
|
Merck & Co.
|
| $1.4 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Willis Corroon Group PLC
|
Cash Merger
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $1.3 billion
|
News Corporation
|
MCI WorldCom Inc.’s outstanding equity interest in News Corporation
|
Sale of Assets
|
MCI WorldCom Inc.
|
| $1.2 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Laporte plc’s non-core operations
|
LBO/Acquisition
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $1.15 billion
|
Tommy Hilfiger USA Inc. and Tommy Hilfiger Limited
|
Pepe Jeans USA, Inc.
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
Pepe Jeans London Corporation, a parent of Pepe Jeans USA, Inc.
|
| $1.05 billion
|
Deutsche Post Worldnet AG
|
Airborne Inc.’s ground operations
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
DHL Worldwide Express and Deutsche Post Worldnet AG, DHL’s controlling shareholder
|
| $1 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Wassall plc
|
LBO/Acquisition
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $930 million
|
Diamond Technology Partners Inc.
|
Cluster Consulting
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
Cluster Consulting
|
| $925 million
|
Telecom Americas Ltd.
|
Interest in Tess S.A.
|
Sale of Interest
|
U.S. Counsel to Telia AB, Telia Overseas and Algar Telecom, S.A. (shareholders of Tess S.A.)
|
| $866 million
|
The Blackstone Group
|
Savoy Hotels PLC
|
Stock Merger
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $757 million
|
Global TeleSystems Group Inc.
|
Esprit Telecom Group PLC
|
Stock Merger
|
Esprit Telecom Group PLC
|
| $735 million
|
Artal Luxembourg, S.A.
|
H.J. Heinz Co.’s Weight Watchers diet-class business
|
LBO Acquisition
|
Artal Luxembourg, S.A. and its investment manager, The Invus Group
|
| $700 million
|
Cell Network AB
|
Mandator AB
|
Merger of Equals
|
Cell Network AB
|
| $700 million
|
Express Scripts, Inc.
|
Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a subsidiary of SmithKline Beecham plc
|
Purchase of Stock
|
Express Scripts, Inc.
|
| $700 million
|
Gerling Konzern Globale Rüchversicherungs-AG
|
Constitution Reinsurance Corporation
|
Acquisition
|
Gerling Konzern Globale Rüchversicherungs-AG
|
| $653 million
|
Investor group led by The Blackstone Group
|
Wellington Underwriting plc
|
Purchase of Minority Interests
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $615 million
|
Société Générale
|
Cowen & Co.
|
Purchase of Assets
|
Société Générale
|
| $600 million
|
El Sitio, Inc.
|
Ibero American Media Partners II, Ltd.
|
Stock Merger
|
El Sitio, Inc.
|
| $600 million
|
Yorkshire Water plc
|
Aquarion Company
|
Purchase of Stock
|
Aquarion Company
|
| $590 million
|
Yageo Corporation
|
The passive components businesses of Philips Electronics N.V.
|
Purchase of Assets
|
Yageo Corporation
|
| $567 million
|
Bavaria S.A.
|
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus y Johnston SAA
|
Acquisition of interest
|
Bavaria S.A.
|
| $520 million
|
Ripplewood Holdings LLC
|
Royal Dutch Shell’s krayton polymer business
|
LBO/Purchase of Stock
|
Ripplewood Holdings LLC
|
| $500 million
|
Hannover Reinsurance Co.
|
Clarendon Insurance Group
|
Cash Merger
|
Hannover Reinsurance Co.
|
| $491 million
|
Ford Motor Company
|
The interior automotive components business of Plastic Omnium S.A.
|
Purchase of Stock
|
Ford Motor Company
|
| $403 million
|
Kerr-McGee Corp.
|
Kemira Oyj’s titanium pigment operations
|
Cash Merger
|
Kerr-McGee Corp.
|
| $370 million
|
BellSouth Corp. (through Celumóvil S.A.)
|
Cocelco S.A.
|
Purchase of Stock
|
BellSouth Corp.
|
| $350 million
|
Cable & Wireless plc
|
Digital Island Inc.
|
Cash Merger
|
Greenhill & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co., financial advisors to Cable & Wireless plc
|
| $310 million
|
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.’s Mumm and Jouet Champagne businesses
|
LBO
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.
|
| $300 million
|
Denon, Ltd.
|
Marantz Japan Inc.
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
Denon Ltd.
|
| $295 million
|
BellSouth Corp.
|
Celumóvil S.A.
|
Purchase of Assets
|
BellSouth Corp.
|
| $288 million
|
Banco Ambrosiano Veneto
|
Citibank Italia SpA
|
Acquisition
|
Citibank Italia SpA and Citinvest SpA, its adviser
|
| $286 million
|
Bronfman-Alon Ltd. (Consortium including Matthew Bronfman and Alon Israel Oil Co. Ltd.)
|
78% of Blue Square Ltd. Stock
|
Acquisition of Stock
|
Matthew Bronfman
|
| $250 million
|
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (Orion Pictures Corp.)
|
Certain film library assets of Polygram N.V.
|
Sales of Assets
|
The Seagram Company, Ltd.
|
| $231 million
|
Vestar Capital Partners
|
Cardo AB’s rail business
|
Purchase of Stock
|
Vestar Capital Partners
|
| $230 million
|
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
|
Poloco S.A.
|
Cash Merger
|
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
|
| $212 million
|
Clark Refining and Marketing, Inc.
|
Lima Oil Refinery, a subsidiary of British Petroleum
|
Purchase of Assets
|
Clark Refining and Marketing, Inc.
|
| $202 million
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
|
Copley Pharmaceutical Inc.
|
Stock Merger
|
Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of Copley Pharmaceutical Inc.
|
| $200 million
|
NTT DoCoMo Inc.
|
AOL’s 50% owned Japanese subsidiary (owned with Mitsui and Co. Ltd. and Nikkei Keizai Shimbum)
|
Joint Venture
|
America Online Inc.
|
| $197 million
|
Galen (Chemicals) Limited
|
Pfizer Inc.’s Estrotrep® and Loestrin® products
|
Purchase of Assets
|
Galen Chemicals Limited
|
| $162 million
|
Galen (Chemicals) Limited
|
Pfizer Inc.’s femhrt® product
|
Purchase of Assets
|
Galen (Chemicals) Limited
|
| $160 million
|
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.
|
Q-med International Holding B.V. (subsidiary of Q-Med AB)
|
Sale of Assets
|
Q-Med AB
|
| $130 million
|
Nobel Biocare AB
|
Steri-Oss Inc.
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
Nobel Biocare AB
|
