2007 investment banking list and rank

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GLOBAL FINANCE names the
PRESS RELEASE 9 April 2007
For editorial information please contact:
Dan Keeler, Editor
phone: 212 447 7900 ext 232
email: dan@gfmag.com
20TH ANNIVERSARY
World’s Best Investment Banks 2007
New York—Global Finance announces its selection of the World’s Best
Investment Banks 2007. Country winners were selected in 23 countries.
Industry sector winners were chosen in ten categories. Best legal
advisors were named globally and in 6 regions. Citi was chosen as the
Best Investment Bank globally.
Global Finance’s editors with input from industry experts, used a
series of criteria to arrive at their selections. These included market
share, number and size of deals, customer service and advice,
structuring capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market
conditions, innovation, pricing, and after-market performance of
underwritings. Deals announced or completed in the last three quarters
of 2006 or the first quarter of 2007 were considered. Winners will be
honored in an awards ceremony in Washington DC on October 22nd.
“We have identified the banks that the best companies choose to
get things done,” said Global Finance publisher Joseph D. Giarraputo.
“We’re not just picking the biggest; we’re choosing the best, based on
profitability, financial strength, as well as quality of staff dedicated to
investment banking.”
GLOBAL
Best Investment Bank - Citi
Best Equity Bank - Merrill Lynch
Best Debt Bank - Citi
Best M&A Bank - Goldman
Sachs
Best Up-And-Comer -
Centerview Partners
Most Creative - Bear Stearns
PRIVATE EQUITY
Global - Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts
North America - The Blackstone
Group
Western Europe - Cinven
SECTORS
Consumer - Lehman Brothers
Financial Institutions - Merrill
Lynch
Health Care - Citi
Industrial/Chemicals - Citi
Media & Entertainment - Morgan
Stanley
Oil & Gas - Merrill Lynch
Power - Citi
Real Estate - Merrill Lynch
Technology - Goldman Sachs
Telecom - UBS
LEGAL ADVISORS
Global - Sullivan & Cromwell
North America - Sidley Austin
Western Europe - Linklaters
Asia - Morrison & Foerster
CEE - White & Case
Latin America - Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom
Middle East/Africa - Baker &
McKenzie
NORTH AMERICA
Best Investment Bank - Citi
Best Equity Bank - Merrill Lynch
Best Debt Bank - Citi
Best M&A Bank - Goldman
Sachs
Country Awards:
Canada - RBC Capital Markets
US - Citi
WESTERN EUROPE
Best Investment Bank -
Deutsche Bank
Best Equity Bank - JPMorgan
Best Debt Bank - Deutsche
Bank
Best M&A Bank - Morgan
Stanley
Country Awards:
France - BNP Paribas
Germany - Deutsche Bank
Italy - Mediobanca
Netherlands - ABN AMRO
Nordic Countries - Handelsbanken
Capital Markets
Portugal - Millennium bcp
Russia - Renaissance Capital
Spain - Citi
Switzerland - UBS
Turkey - Garanti Securities
United Kingdom - Barclays
Capital
ASIA
Best Investment Bank - Citi
Best Equity Bank - Merrill Lynch
Best Debt Bank - Citi
Best M&A Bank - JPMorgan
Country Awards:
Australia - Macquarie Bank
China/Hong Kong - China
International Capital
India - Kotak Mahindra Capital
Indonesia - Mandiri Sekuritas
Japan - Nomura
South Korea - Samsung
Securities
Taiwan - Yuanta Core Pacific
Securities
LATIN AMERICA
Best Investment Bank - Citi
Best Equity Bank - UBS
Best Debt Bank - Citi
Best M&A Bank - Credit Suisse
Country Awards:
Argentina - Citi
Brazil - Banco UBS Pactual
Mexico - Banamex
CENTRAL & EASTERN
EUROPE
Best Investment - UniCredit
Best Equity Bank - UniCredit
Best Debt Bank - Citi
Best M&A Bank - UniCredit
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Best Investment - Samba
Financial Group
Best Equity Bank - Gulf
International Bank
Best Debt Bank - Standard
Bank
Best M&A Bank - Deutsche
Bank
DEALS OF THE YEAR
Best Equity Deal - Industrial
and Commercial Bank of
China (ICBC) IPO
Global Coordinators: Merrill
Lynch, China International
Capital, ICEA Capital
Coordinators for Hong Kong
offering: Merrill Lynch,
Credit Suisse, Deutsche
Bank, China International
Capital, ICEA Capital
Best Debt Deal - $5.7 billion
HCA bonds
Lead managers: Citi, Banc of
America Securities,
JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch
Best M&A Deal - TXU
leveraged buyout
Advising acquirer: Citi,
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,
Morgan Stanley, Lehman
Brothers
Advising target: Credit Suisse,
Lazard
Global FInance, which celebrates its 20th year of publishing in 2007, has 50,000 subscribers and more than 250,000 readers in over 158 countries. This audience
includes chairmen, presidents, CEOs, CFOs, treasurers, and other financial officers responsible for making investments and strategic business decisions for
large global companies and financial institutions. Global Finance also targets the 8,000 key portfolio investors who control over 80% of all assets under
professional management.

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