| Client |
Transaction |
|
Year |
| Banco Pichincha C.A. |
Sale of Inversora Pichincha S.A., a leading consumer finance company in Colombia with over $600 million in assets to AIG |
NA |
2008 |
| Grupo Fierro |
Sale of a second minority stake in a diversified pan-Latin American group with operations in banking and manufacturing |
NA |
2008 |
| Blockbuster Inc |
Sale of Blockbuster’s operations in Chile
to a local |
NA |
2008 |
Almacenes Éxito
(Toro Family) |
Sale of Toro Family’s 2.6% stake in Almacenes Éxito,Colombian’s largest retailer, to French based retailer Casino |
$38 |
2007 |
| Grupo Fierro |
Sale of a minority stake in a diversified pan-Latin American industrial and financial services group |
NA |
2006 |
Capital Management
Advisors (CMA) |
Sale of Capital Management Advisors, a $1.6 billion fund of hedge funds manager to EFG International (SwissExchange: EFGN) a Switzerland-based private bank |
$300 |
2006 |
| Oswaldo Cisneros Group |
Purchase of cellular phone company Digitel in Venezuelafrom Italy’s Telecom Italia Mobile. Digitel, the country’sthird largest mobile operator was transformed into New Digitel following two subsequent purchases of mobile operators in Venezuela |
$425 |
2005 |
| Oswaldo Cisneros Group
| Acquisition of regional mobile operator Infonet inVenezuela from US-based telecommunica-tions investorRaj Singh in exchange for New Digitel equity
| $67
| 2005
|
| Oswaldo Cisneros Group |
Acquisition of regional mobile operator Digicel/Digital inVenezuela in exchange in New Digitel equity |
$40 |
2005 |
| Comicrom |
Sale to Tata Consultancy Services of 100% of ComicromS.A. in Chile, the country’s leading financial servicesprocess outsourcer |
$40 |
2005 |
| Cisneros Group Sale |
Sale of a 21.84% stake in Telcel, Venezuela’s largest wireless services provider to BellSouth |
$617 |
2004 |
Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS) |
Valuation analysis of Chile-based Comicrom S.A., the country’s leading financial services BPO company |
N A |
2004 |
Hasbro Latin America
minority shareholders |
Sale of 45% stake in Hasbro Latin America to parent company Hasbro, the second largest toy manufacturer inthe world |
$40 |
2004 |
IBM and other minority
shareholders |
Sale of Peru’s largest national lottery La Tinka toGreece-based Intralot S.A. Company was owned 50%by IBM |
$30 |
2003 |
| Panamco Beverages |
Advisory for sale of largest Coca Cola soft drink bottlerin Latin America to Mexico-based Coca Cola Femsa |
$3.600 |
2003 |
| Havas Advertising |
Purchase of Schmitter Media Agentur, a leading independent media planning and buying agency in Germany |
N A |
2002 |
| Fernando Sanchez Ltd |
Restructuring advisory assignment to ailing US apparelgroup |
N A |
2002 |
| Havas Advertising |
Tender offer for all outstanding shares of Tempus, aUK based global media buying group. Offer withdrawnfollowing 9/11 events |
$800 |
2001 |
| Havas Advertising |
Purchase of substantially all the assets of Hook Media,a leading on-line media services Company based inBoston, MA |
N A |
2001 |
| MPG / Corporación Alba,BBVA, BSCH |
Sale of a 55% interest in Media Planning Group (MPG )to Havas Advertising. Client became the largest strategic shareholder in Havas |
$500 |
2001 |
Grupo Santo Domingo
(Celumóvil) |
Sale of a controlling partnership interest in Colombia’s largest wireless telecommunications Company toBellSouth Corp. |
$450 |
2000 |
