[3] Greybull bought British Steel, Britain's second-largest steelworks, for £1 in 2016, invested £20-million in the company, and charged it £6-million in fees and accrued £14-million of owed interest in the years after.
[3] Greybull was criticised in 2019 by Lord Myners for its track record of making money from failed investments.
Greybull Capital was, until 2018, run by brothers Marc and Nathaniel Meyohas and long-standing family friend Richard Perlhagen.
[12] Greybull supported management's plans to restructure and re-develop Plessey Semiconductors Ltd, of Plymouth, Devon, since 2010 and has financed add-on acquisitions.
[11] Greybull led the backers of OpCapita's buyout of Comet Group, November 2011,[13] a 236-store business, employing 7,000 for £2; plus a £50-million dowry paid by the past owner.
A Government statement said “The Secretary of State has concerns about the financial burden placed on the taxpayer caused by the collapse of companies such as Comet and is considering the options available”.
[19] Greybull acquired Rileys, a UK sports bars and snooker hall group, through a pre-pack administration in 2012.
[21] Greybull tried to sell the company in summer 2014, but no buyer was forthcoming and Rileys was placed in administration for a second time 15 September 2014.
A solvent offer was on the table before Metalrax's collapse, Grove Industries were report to be disappointed not to conclude a transaction in the time available.
;[25] Greybull sold Arc (Europe's largest producer of high quality non-stick coated steel for the bakeware industry) to a management buy-out, backed by Mobeus Equity Partners, July 2017.
[26] Greybull Capital purchased the UK arm of Constar International Holdings for £4.3 million, through Sherburn Acquisitions, a vehicle set up to handle the transaction; February 2014.
[31] Greybull employed Deutsche Bank in April 2016 to 'explore strategic options for Monarch Airlines', including growth opportunities in Europe and selling it.
[35] Monarch ceased trading on Monday 2 October 2017, leaving 860,000 passengers without flights and is Greybull's third venture that has failed.
[36] Greybull Capital's founder, Marc Meyohas, blamed sterling's weakness, Middle East terrorism and Brexit for the airline's demise.
MAEL announced, it was not part of the liquidation and would continue as a standalone business, employing over 730 staff[41] The FT reported that Boeing had paid £10-15 million into a joint venture involving Monarch's engineering services unit, which was not placed in administration.
[42] The transport minister urged Greybull to contribute towards the £60 million bill of repatriating Monarch's 110,000 stranded passengers.
[51] Tata was in exclusive talks with Greybull, since December 2015, when they signed a Letter of Intent to sell Long Products Europe.
[56] Fears of collapse mounted as talks stalled, but days later, the immediate crisis was averted by stop-gap funds from existing lenders.
On 22 May 2019 British Steel entered insolvency after the government refused a £30 million loan, saying the non-commercial terms its private equity owner Greybull Capital were asking amounted to unlawful state aid.
[58] Greybull Capital bought the majority stake in Redeem UK Ltd, for an undisclosed sum, to allow it to renew an O2 contract.