Author: Gordon Platt

Global Awards

Global

Global Awards
Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Equity Bank Merrill Lynch
Best Debt Bank Citigroup
Best M&A; Bank JPMorgan Chase
Most Creative WR Hambrecht
Best Up-And-Comer Evercore Partners

Private Equity
Global Blackstone Group
North America Texas Pacific Group
Western Europe Cinven
Sectors
Financial Institutions Greenhill
Oil & Gas Petrie Parkman
Industrial/Chemicals Citigroup
Real Estate Wachovia Capital Markets
Media & Entertainment Morgan Stanley
Health Care Lehman Brothers
Consumer UBS
Telecom Bear Stearns
Technology Silver Lake Partners

Regional Awards

North America

Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank Citigroup
Best M&A; Bank JPMorgan Chase
Western Europe
Best Investment Bank Deutsche Bank
Best Equity Bank UBS
Best Debt Bank Barclays Capital
Best M&A; Bank Lazard
Asia
Best Investment Bank Nomura
Best Equity Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Debt Bank HSBC
Best M&A; Bank Morgan Stanley
Central & Eastern Europe
Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank RZB
Best M&A; Bank JPMorgan Chase
Latin America
Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank Citigroup
Best M&A; Bank JPMorgan Chase
Middle East/Africa
Best Investment Bank HSBC
Best Equity Bank Samba
Best Debt Bank Merrill Lynch
Best M&A; Bank Citigroup

Country Awards

North America

Canada Scotia Capital
US Banc of America Securities

Europe
France Rothschild
Germany Deutsche Bank
Italy Mediobanca
Netherlands ABN AMRO
Nordic countries Nordea
Portugal Millennium bcp
Russia Brunswick UBS
Spain BSCH
Switzerland UBS
Turkey Akbank
UK Barclays Capital
Asia
Australia Macquarie Bank
China/Hong Kong HSBC
India Kotak Mahindra Capital
Indonesia Mandiri Sekuritas
Japan Nomura
South Korea Samsung Securities
Taiwan KGI Securities

Latin America
Argentina MBA Banco de Inversiones
Brazil Banco Pactual
Mexico Bank of America Mexico

Legal Advisers
Global Sullivan & Cromwell
North America Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Western Europe Linklaters
Asia Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Central & Eastern Europe Dewey Ballantine
Latin America Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice
Middle East/Africa Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Deals of the Year
Best Equity Deal Google IPO
Best Debt Deal $1.75 billion Pemex perpetual bonds
Best M&A; Deal Procter & Gamble-Gillette