Team
Partner
Richard C. Case
New York
Richard Case is a founding member of Centerview Partners with over 25 years experience executing a variety of transactions, including over $200bn of mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and special assignments for clients across a broad range of sectors.
Several high profile transactions and situations include advising Gillette on its $57bn sale to Procter & Gamble; Lorillard on its $27bn sale to Reynolds American and related $7bn sale of assets to Imperial; numerous transactions for Avon, including its two-part transaction with Cerberus involving a convertible preferred minority investment and the separation of Avon North America into a privately-held company, its defense in Coty's $13bn unsolicited offer; its purchase of Liz Earle Beauty Co. Ltd. and its transactions with Silpada Designs; Perrigo on over $4.6bn of transactions including its $2.1bn acquisition of HRA Pharma, $1.6bn divestiture of its generic pharmaceutical business, its purchase of Ranir, divestiture of Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, and minority investment in Kazmira; Heinz in its proxy contest with Trian Partners; Howard Hughes Corporation on its strategic review; Iron Mountain on its purchase of IO Data Centers US Operations; Liz Claiborne’s divestitures of nine individual brands; mcgarrybowen’s sale to Dentsu; Textronics’ sale to adidas AG; Maidenform’s IPO (lead underwriter); DirecTV’s conversion of Class B stock; Polo Ralph Lauren’s purchases of its South Korean, childrenswear, footwear, and jeans licenses; Wrigley’s special dividend of Class B stock; various debt issuances for Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble; unit offerings for several master limited partnerships, including Star Gas Partners, Buckeye Partners, and Enbridge Energy Partners; and Anglo-Suisse on its private placement of equity.
Prior to joining Centerview Partners at its inception, Mr. Case was a Director at UBS Investment Bank in the Consumer & Retail Group, having joined in the Energy & Power Group. Mr. Case holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
He resides in Connecticut with his wife, and they have three boys.
Several high profile transactions and situations include advising Gillette on its $57bn sale to Procter & Gamble; Lorillard on its $27bn sale to Reynolds American and related $7bn sale of assets to Imperial; numerous transactions for Avon, including its two-part transaction with Cerberus involving a convertible preferred minority investment and the separation of Avon North America into a privately-held company, its defense in Coty's $13bn unsolicited offer; its purchase of Liz Earle Beauty Co. Ltd. and its transactions with Silpada Designs; Perrigo on over $4.6bn of transactions including its $2.1bn acquisition of HRA Pharma, $1.6bn divestiture of its generic pharmaceutical business, its purchase of Ranir, divestiture of Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, and minority investment in Kazmira; Heinz in its proxy contest with Trian Partners; Howard Hughes Corporation on its strategic review; Iron Mountain on its purchase of IO Data Centers US Operations; Liz Claiborne’s divestitures of nine individual brands; mcgarrybowen’s sale to Dentsu; Textronics’ sale to adidas AG; Maidenform’s IPO (lead underwriter); DirecTV’s conversion of Class B stock; Polo Ralph Lauren’s purchases of its South Korean, childrenswear, footwear, and jeans licenses; Wrigley’s special dividend of Class B stock; various debt issuances for Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble; unit offerings for several master limited partnerships, including Star Gas Partners, Buckeye Partners, and Enbridge Energy Partners; and Anglo-Suisse on its private placement of equity.
Prior to joining Centerview Partners at its inception, Mr. Case was a Director at UBS Investment Bank in the Consumer & Retail Group, having joined in the Energy & Power Group. Mr. Case holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
He resides in Connecticut with his wife, and they have three boys.