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Sebastian Tiller
Sebastian Tiller
Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets
Partner — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

Sebastian Tiller

Sebastian Tiller
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

start quote symbolThe most gratifying aspect of my practice is to help clients achieve their goals. It’s all about identifying issues and resolving them in a manner to promote my client’s objectives, which often requires a great deal of creativity.end quote symbol
Sebastian Tiller

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