Thomas M. Cerabino

Insurance and Financial Services

• Zurich Insurance Group and Farmers Group in the $3.94 billion acquisition by Farmers Group of MetLife’s property and casualty business
• Zurich in its agreement to sell its U.S. Corporate Life and Pensions (Group Benefits) business to Aflac
• Zurich Insurance Group in its acquisition of Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) from a financial institution for up to $1.05 billion
• Zurich Insurance Group in the $1.67 billion acquisition of a 51 percent stake in the Central and South American insurance operations of Banco Santander SA
• Zurich Insurance Group in its acquisition of the individual and group life insurance businesses and the long-term savings operations of EuroAmerica in Chile
• Zurich Insurance Group in its agreement to acquire 19 travel assistance providers in Latin America
• Zurich Insurance Group in the acquisition of Australian insurer QBE in Latin America for $409 million
• Zurich American Insurance in the $700 million acquisition of Rural Community Insurance Services
• Farmers Group in its $1.9 billion acquisition of AIG’s Personal Auto Group
• National Interstate Corporation's Special Committee of the Board of Directors in connection with the purchase by its controlling shareholder

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Hachette Book Group in its $240 million acquisition of Workman Publishing
• Lagardère Travel Retail in its $530 million acquisition of Paradies and $330 million acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods (HBF)
• Jay Alix in the acquisition of an ownership stake in AlixPartners from CVC Capital Partners, valuing the company at over $2.5 billion

Corporate Transactions

• Colony Capital in the $8.8 billion acquisition of Station Casinos
• Colony Capital in the $5.5 billion acquisition of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
• Colony Capital in the $1 billion acquisition of the Raffles hotel business
• Electronic Data Systems Corp. in its $13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard
• Celsia SA in its $840 million acquisition of stakes in seven power plants in Panama and Costa Rica from GDF Suez

Technology and Retail

• SIX in its partnership agreement with and investment in Omniex, an institutional trading platform provider for digital assets and cryptocurrencies