| APPROXIMATE VALUE OF TRANSACTION | ACQUIRING COMPANY | ACQUIRED, SELLING OR TARGET COMPANY | TYPE OF TRANSACTION | MATTER CLIENT |
| $45 billion
|
TXU Corporation
|
Consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group
|
| $36 billion
|
The Blackstone Group
|
Equity Office Properties Trust
|
LBO
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $33 billion
|
Private equity consortium (including Thomas Frist Sr., Thomas Frist, Jr., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital LLC and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity)
|
HCA Inc.
|
LBO
|
Private equity consortium (including Thomas Frist Sr., Thomas Frist, Jr., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital LLC and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity)
|
| $29 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
First Data Corp.
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $24 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Stefano Pessina (majority shareholder)
|
Alliance Boots plc
|
LBO
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Stefano Pessina
|
| $8.3 billion
|
Private Equity Consortium
|
ARAMARK Corp.
|
LBO
|
Private Equity Consortium (including Thomas H. Lee Partners, Warburg Pincus LLC, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Partners LLC)
|
| $8 billion
|
The Lightstone Group
|
Extended Stay Hotels (The Blackstone Group)
|
LBO/Sale of Assets
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $7.75 billion
|
Apax Partners and Omers Capital Partners
|
Thomson Corp.’s education division
|
LBO
|
Apax Partners
|
| $7.3 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
Dollar General Corporation
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $5.6 billion
|
The Blackstone Group
|
CarrAmerica Realty Corporation
|
LBO
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $4.3 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
PanAmSat Corp. (owned by The DIRECTV Group Inc.)
|
LBO/Acquisition of Assets
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $4.2 billion
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
France Telecom’s PagesJaune SA division
|
Acquisition of Stock
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
|
| $3.7 billion
|
First Reserve Corp.
|
CHC Helicopter Corporation
|
LBO
|
First Reserve Corp.
|
| $3.6 billion
|
Investor Group
|
Kerzner International Limited
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Investor Group
|
| $2.4 billion
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
Getty Images
|
LBO
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
| $3.1 billion
|
The Blackstone Group
|
Extended Stay America
|
Cash and Stock Merger
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $1.7 billion
|
The Blackstone Group
|
WCM Beteiligungs-und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft (property portfolios)
|
LBO/Purchase of Assets
|
The Blackstone Group
|
| $1.2 billion
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
DoubleClick Inc.
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
| $1.2 billion
|
The Cypress Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
|
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s Cooper-Standard Automotive unit
|
LBO
|
The Cypress Group
|
| $400 million
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
Vertafore Inc.
|
LBO/Purchase of Assets
|
Hellman & Friedman LLC
|
| Not disclosed
|
Silver Lake
|
CalPERS
|
Acquisition of minority interest
|
Silver Lake
|
| $1.5 billion
|
First Reserve Corporation
|
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc.
|
LBO/Stock Acquisition
|
First Reserve Corporation
|
| $1.3 billion
|
The Blackstone Group
|
Performance Food Group Company
|
LBO/Cash Merger
|
The Blackstone Group
|
