Sebastian Tiller
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Sebastian Tiller is Co-Head of Vinson & Elkins’ Strategic Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Sebastian represents corporations, private equity firms and financial advisers in a range of mergers & acquisitions transactions and corporate governance matters. He has deep experience representing public and private companies in multi-billion dollar strategic mergers & acquisitions and has closed high-profile transactions in the financial services, technology, energy and consumer goods industries, among others.
Sebastian has been recognized by IFLR1000 as a “Notable Practitioner” in M&A. He is fluent in German and French and was educated in Europe and the U.S.
Experience Highlights
GardaWorld in its acquisitions of OnSolve, WorldAware, Whelan Security and Stealth Monitoring (pending), and in its C$5.2 billion recapitalization by BC Partners and subsequent C$13.5 billion recapitalization by members of management and HPS Investment Partners
Clariant AG in its $810 million acquisition of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics
L3Harris Technologies in its $4.7 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne and $33.5 billion merger with Harris Corporation
Corsair Capital in its acquisitions of TreviPay and investments in Miracle Mile Advisors, HungerRush, Aurora Payments, IDIQ® and Oakbridge Insurance Agency
The Mosaic Company in its agreement to sell its stake in Ma’aden Wa’ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company to Ma’aden and acquisition of the Vale Fertilizantes business from Vale S.A. for an aggregate purchase price of $2.1 billion
TCF Financial Corporation in its $22 billion merger with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and $3.5 billion merger of equals with Chemical Financial Corporation
People’s United Financial in its $7.6 billion merger with M&T Bank Corporation
Ahold in its $29 billion merger of equals with Delhaize Group
Lorillard in its $29.25 billion sale to Reynolds American
L3Harris Technologies in its $4.7 billion acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne and $33.5 billion merger with Harris Corporation
BMC Stock Holdings in its merger with Builders FirstSource
Office Depot in its merger of equals with OfficeMax
Best Buy in its acquisition of GreatCall
Lorillard in its $29.25 billion sale to Reynolds American
Harsco Corporation in its acquisitions of Stericycle’s Environmental Solutions Business, Clean Earth, Inc., and in its sale of Industrial Air-X-Changer business
Special Committee of the Board of SunPower in its spin-off of SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies, and the sale of its Commercial & Industrial Solutions business to TotalEnergies
Special Committee of Speedway Motorsports with its acquisition by Sonic Financial Corporation
Special Committee of Convey in its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by TPG Capital
Clariant AG in its $810 million acquisition of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics
The Mosaic Company in its agreement to sell its stake in Ma’aden Wa’ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company to Ma’aden and acquisition of the Vale Fertilizantes business from Vale S.A. for an aggregate purchase price of $2.1 billion
Grupo Nutresa in multiple unsolicited tender offers undertaken in Colombia by Nugil and IHC Capital Holding and their activist campaign to gain control of Nutresa
Laureate Education in the sales of its Brazilian operations to Ser Educacional (R$3.862 billion) and Walden University to Adtalem Global Education ($1.48 billion)
Spotify in its equity investment transactions with Tencent
Tyco International plc in the sale of its security business in South Africa to Fidelity Security Group
GardaWorld in its acquisitions of OnSolve, WorldAware, Whelan Security and Stealth Monitoring (pending), and in its C$5.2 billion recapitalization by BC Partners and subsequent C$13.5 billion recapitalization by members of management and HPS Investment Partners
Ahold in its $29 billion merger of equals with Delhaize Group
Vivendi in its €2.8 billion acquisition of GVT (Holding) SA
Aluminum Corporation of China in its acquisition of a minority stake in Rio Tinto
Rinker Group Limited in its $14 billion acquisition by Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.
Oakbridge Insurance Agency in its investment by Audax Private Equity
Centerbridge Partners in, among other matters, its investment in Banc of California in connection with the merger of Banc of California with PacWest Bancorp
Bayview Asset Management in connection with TIAA’s sale of TIAA Bank to, among other investors, Bayview
First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC in its sale to Crescent Capital BDC
Corsair Capital in its acquisitions of TreviPay and investments in Miracle Mile Advisors, HungerRush, Aurora Payments, IDIQ® and Oakbridge Insurance Agency
TCF Financial Corporation in its $22 billion merger with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and $3.5 billion merger of equals with Chemical Financial Corporation
People’s United Financial in its $7.6 billion merger with M&T Bank Corporation
IBERIABANK in its $3.9 billion merger of equals with First Horizon
New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of the majority stake in One Digital Health and Benefits
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Symetra Financial Corporation
TD Bank Financial Group in its acquisition of The South Financial Group
JPMorgan as financial advisor in multiple transactions, including in Eastern Bankshare’s merger with Cambridge Bancorp, Valley National Bankcorp’s acquisition of Oritani Financial, Legacy Texas Financial’s merger with Prosperity Bancshares, First Midwest’s merger with Old National, Eastern Bankshares’s acquisition of Century Bancorp, CIT Group’s acquisition of Omaha Bank, GreenSky’s $2.24 billion sale to Goldman Sachs, and Umpqua Holdings in its all-stock business combination with Columbia Banking System
Credentials
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dr. jur. summa cum laude (German Ph.D. equivalent), 2005
- New York University School of Law, LL.M (Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar), 2005
- Bavarian State Ministry of Justice, München, Second State Examination, 2003
- Bavarian State Ministry of Justice, München, First State Examination (German J.D. equivalent), 2001
- Université Paris II-Panthéon Assas, Licence en Droit, Mention Tres Bien, 1998
- IFLR1000 “Notable Practitioner” in M&A, 2024
- Member: International Bar Association
- New York
- Germany
- German, fluent
- French, fluent
- Press ReleaseNovember 4, 2024