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Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a boutique investment bank that advises on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and related transactions. Greenhill has subsidiaries that specialize in broker-dealer services, venture capital, and private equity. It's main business, however, is financial advisory on mergers and acquisitions. The firm made $290.6m in sales in 2006, with a $75.7m profit. The firm competes primarily against other M&A specialists like Lazard and N M Rothschild & Sons, as well as financial conglomerates like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.

History
The company was founded in 1996 by Robert F. Greenhill, a former head of mergers at Morgan Stanley. Robert Greenhill took the company public in 2004, listing on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker "GHL". As of Friday, October 5, 2007, the company has a market capitalization of $1.85bn. The firm has become more widely known recently for its involvement in the Gallaher and Alliance Boots deals. It is presently advising Fortis on its planned joint-takeover of ABN Amro.

Operations
The company's headquarters are on the 23rd floor of 300 Park Avenue in New York City (which also happens to be the world headquarters for Colgate Palmolive). It also has offices in London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and Dallas. The company has 200-300 employees, of whom about 60 are in New York. It continues to be led by Robert Greenhill, who is now 70. US operations are led by Scott L. Bok, and international operations are led by Simon A. Borrows. The London office, opened in January 1998 is led by Peter Stott, a former Morgan Stanley banker (like founder Robert Greenhill). It has been speculated that, unlike at other banks, senior bankers openly share their compensation info in a special meeting. The firm's auditors are Ernst & Young LLP.