traded as nyse ghl industry investment banking founded 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 headquarters 300 park avenue manhattan new york city united states key people robert f. greenhill chairman and founder scott l. bok ceo products investment banking revenue 287 million 2013 1 net income 47 million 2013 1 website www.greenhill.com greenhill is an independent new york based investment bank founded in 1996 by robert f. greenhill . it is considered one of the most elite and prestigious firms on wall street with a formidable and widely respected m & a practice . 2 the firm provides advice on mergers acquisitions restructurings financings and capital raisings to leading corporations partnerships institutions and governments across a number of industries . recent clients include actavis alcoa fluor corporation gannett glaxosmithkline london stock exchange group safeway tesco teva and the us department of treasury . 3 history edit greenhill was established in new york city in 1996 by robert f. greenhill the former president of morgan stanley and former chairman and chief executive officer of smith barney . he founded the first m & a group on wall street while at morgan stanley and became an early pioneer of the industry . 4 greenhill has been featured in many prominent assignments since its founding including the 100 billion acquisition of abn amro in 2007 the united states department of treasury s divestiture of its 51 billion stake in aig in 2012 and the 17 billion merger between northwest airlines and delta air lines in 2008 . 5 the firm was also involved as an adviser to a highly influential group of former morgan stanley partners in their successful and controversial bid to have former morgan stanley ceo philip j. purcell step down in 2005 . 6 like a number of other independent investment banks greenhill has grown by recruiting a significant number of managing directors from major investment banks as well as senior professionals from other institutions . 7 the firm has also expanded globally opening further offices in north america europe australasia asia and south america . 8 in may 2004 the firm completed an initial public offering of common stock onto the new york stock exchange . 9 recent activities edit in october 2013 the firm announced that it had opened an office in s o paulo in conjunction with hiring daniel wainstein the former head of goldman sachs brazilian investment banking business . 10 in 2014 greenhill advised on the 25 billion acquisition of forest laboratories by actavis and the 10 billion merger between safeway and albertsons . 3 both transactions were among the ten largest of the year globally . in january 2015 greenhill agreed to purchase cogent partners a leading investment bank focused on secondary market advisory for private equity investments . 11 in july 2015 greenhill advised teva pharmaceuticals on the 40.5 billion acquisition of allergan plc s generics business in one of the largest transactions globally in 2015 . 12 references edit a b http www.greenhill.com sites default files greenhill 2013 annual report.pdf greenhill & co. inc. company review vault.com . vault . retrieved 2016 04 02 . a b recent transactions . suzanne mcgee chasing goldman sachs crown business 2010 p52 recent transactions . blue blood and mutiny . http www.cnbc.com id 30699636 global offices . greenhill & co. files to go public in 86 million deal market news shares & markets telegraph . greenhill & co. inc. 1 october 2013 . greenhill to expand to brazil with opening of sao paulo office ; 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