BONHAMS (UK) / Sale of LVMH’s 49.9% stake in the 3rd largest auction house worldwide to Bonhams Brooks PS&N
DOROTHEUM (Australia) / Sale of the world’s 6th largest auction house to a consortium of investors
PHILLIPS, DE PURY & LUXEMBOURG (US) / Conducted discussions with minority partners leading to LVMH’s two-staged exit from the auction business in the framework of an overall restructuring of Phillips
FOSTER & CRANFIELD (UK) / Sale to management of Phillips International Auctioneers’ endowment insurance policies auction business
PHILLIPS SAINT LOUIS (US) / Sale to management of Phillips International Auctioneers’ regional auction activities in Missouri
PHILLIPS AUSTRALIA (Australia) / Sale to management of Phillips International Auctioneers’ Australian activities
BONHAMS / PHILLIPS MERGER (UK) / Led negotiations with UK auction house Bonhams & Brooks in merger with Phillips International Auctioneers’ UK business
DE PURY & LUXEMBOURG ART (Switzerland) / Merger of high-end private art dealership with Phillips International Auctioneers resulting in the creation of Phillips, De Pury & Luxembourg
ETUDE TAJAN (France) / Acquisition of France’s largest and most successful “commissaire-priseur” for LVMH
PHILLIPS INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS (UK) / Acquisition for LVMH of auction house