Investment Bank List

Top Investment Banks of the World Awards

GLOBAL

Best Investment Bank Citigroup
Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse
Best Debt Bank JPMorgan Chase
Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Up-and-Comer Evercore Partners
Most Creative Greenhill

PRIVATE EQUITY

Global Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
North America The Blackstone Group
Western Europe CVC Capital Partners

SECTORS

Consumer Goldman Sachs
Financial Institutions Merrill Lynch
Health Care Deutsche Bank
Industrial/Chemicals Lehman Brothers
Media & Entertainment Credit Suisse
Oil & Gas Petrie Parkman
Power HSBC
Real Estate Wachovia Capital Markets
Technology Silver Lake Partners
Telecom UBS

REGIONAL AWARDS

NORTH AMERICA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank JPMorgan Chase
Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs

WESTERN EUROPE

Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank
Best M&A Bank Rothschild

ASIA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup
Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley
Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank
Best M&A Bank Morgan Stanley

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

Best Investment Bank CA-IB
Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse
Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank
Best M&A Bank Citigroup

LATIN AMERICA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup
Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse
Best Debt Bank Citigroup
Best M&A Bank JPMorgan

MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

Best Investment Bank Samba Financial Group
Best Equity Bank Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Best Debt Bank Standard Bank
Best M&A Bank Deutsche Bank

COUNTRY AWARDS

NORTH AMERICA

Canada Scotia Capital
US Citigroup

EUROPE

France SG CIB
Germany Deutsche Bank
Italy Mediobanca
Netherlands ABN AMRO
Nordic Countries Nordea
Portugal Millennium bcp
Russia Deutsche UFG
Spain BSCH
Switzerland UBS
Turkey Oyak Securities
United Kingdom Barclays Capital

ASIA

Australia Macquarie Bank
China/Hong Kong Credit Suisse
India DSP Merrill Lynch
Indonesia Mandiri Sekuritas
Japan Nomura
South Korea Samsung Securities
Taiwan Yuanta Core Pacific Securities

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina MBA Banco de Inversiones
Brazil Banco Pactual (UBS)
Mexico Banamex

LEGAL ADVISERS

Global Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
North America Thacher Proffitt & Wood
Western Europe Clifford Chance
Asia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Central & Eastern Europe White & Case
Latin America Sullivan & Cromwell
Middle East & Africa Baker & McKenzie

DEALS OF THE YEAR

Best Equity Deal

China Construction Bank IPO
Lead underwriters China International Capital, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse
Best Debt Deal

$6.5 billion Cisco Systems bonds
Lead managers Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley
Best M&A Deal

AT&T-BellSouth
Advising acquirer Lehman Brothers, Evercore Partners, Rohatyn Associates
Advising target Goldman Sachs, Citigroup