These are the only awards decided by market participants themselves, and the results below are based solely on a poll of investors, borrowers, private equity houses and banks working in the market and which was carried out in November last year.
· Deal of the year
1. Schaeffler, €8bn Jan 2012
2. Anheuser Busch InBev, $14bn Jun 2012
3. Siemens, €4bn Apr 2012
· Large-cap leveraged loan of the year
1. BSN Medical, €915m July 2012
2. Schaeffler, €8bn Jan 2012
3. Iceland, £885m Mar 2012
· Mid-cap leveraged loan of the year
1. Bartec, €348m Aug 2012
2. Unipex, Sep 2012
3. Wood Mackenzie & Co, £595m Jul 2012
· Project finance deal of the year
1. Open Grid Europe, €2bn Jun 2012
2. SeverEnergia, Rb93bn Mar 2012
3. Societe des Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône, €2.7646bn Feb 2012
· French deal of the year
1. GDF Suez, €6bn May 2012
2. Pernod Ricard, €2.5bn Apr 2012
3. Societe des Autoroutes Paris -Rhin-Rhône, €2.7646bn Feb 2012
· UK deal of the year
1. Iceland, £885m Mar 2012
2. BAA, £3.34bn Jun 2012
3. Melrose, £1.5bn July 2012
· German deal of the year
1. Siemens, €4bn Apr 2012
2. Schaeffler, €8bn Jan 2012
3. Linde, $4.5bn Jul 2012
· Spanish deal of the year
1. Iberdrola, €1bn May 2012
2. ONO, €1.4bn May 2012
3. Telefónica, £3.4bn Mar 2012
· Benelux deal of the year
1. Anheuser-Busch InBev, $14bn Jun 2012
2. Heineken, S$3.065bn Aug 2012
3. Clearstream, €750m Feb 2012
3. DE Master Blenders, €750m Jun 2012
· Italian deal of the year
1. Snam, €9bn Jul 2012
2. Telecom Italia €4bn May 2012
3. Enel €3.2bn Feb 2012
· Nordic deal of the year
1. Bravida, Skr3.654bn Jul 2012
2. Volvo, €1.2bn Mar 2012
3. Ahlsell, Skr10.1bn Mar 2012
· Middle Eastern deal of the year
1. Dubai Duty Free, $1.754bn Jul 2012
2. Taqa, $2.5bn Dec 2012
3. Petrofac, $1.2bn September 2012
· CEE deal of the year
1. EPE, €1bn Oct 2012
2. Serbia Telecom, €470m Jan 2012
3. Falcon Group, CZK 9.125bn Jan 2012
· Russian deal of the year
1. Rosneft, $16.8 bn Dec 2012
2. Freight One, Rb117bn Dec 2011
3. Sberbank, $1.5bn October 2012
· African deal of the year
1. Ghana Cocobod, $1.5bn Sept 2012
2. Sonangol, $1.5bn Sept 2012
3. Standard Bank of South Africa, $1.35bn May 2012
· Turkish deal of the year
1. Ulker, $314m Oct 2012
2. Turk Telekom,$600m Mar 2012
3. Akbank, $1.45bn Aug 2012
· Most impressive TMT borrower
1. Liberty Global
2. Telefónica
3. Telenet
· Most impressive power and utility borrower
1. Snam
2. GDF Suez
3. Iberdrola
· Most impressive industrial borrower
1. Siemens
2. Schaeffler
3. Kion
· Most impressive auto and transport borrower
1. Schaeffler
2. Associated British Ports
3. Volkswagen
· Most impressive consumer and retail borrower
1. Nestlé
2. Anheuser Busch InBev
3. Iceland
· Most impressive natural resources borrower (including commodities, oil, gas, metals and mining)
1. Glencore
2. Rosneft
3. Tullow Oil
· Loan house of the year
1. JP Morgan
2. Credit Suisse
3. Deutsche
· Best arranger of Western European loans
1. BNP Paribas
2. Deutsche
3. Commerzbank
· Best arranger of African loans
1. Standard Chartered
2. Standard Bank
3. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
· Best arranger of loans in the Middle East and Turkey
1. HSBC
2. Standard Chartered
3. Citi
· Best arranger of loans in Russia and Eastern Europe
1. UniCredit
2. Citi
3. Sberbank
· Best arranger of project finance loans
1. Société Générale
2. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
3. Natixis
3. SMBC
· Best arranger of M&A loans
1. JP Morgan
2. Deutsche Bank
3. Morgan Stanley
· Best arranger of mid-cap loans
1. Commerzbank
2. Lloyds Banking Group
3. UniCredit
· Best law firm
1. Clifford Chance
2. Allen & Overy
3. Linklaters
· Best arranger of leveraged loans
1. Credit Suisse
2. JP Morgan
3. Deutsche Bank
· Best institutional investor in senior loans
1. Alcentra
2. Babson Capital
3. Prudential M&G
· Best mezzanine investor
1. Mezzvest
2. Partners Group
3. Park Square
· Best distressed loan investor
1. Oaktree
2. Strategic Value Partners
3. Sankaty Advisors
· Best private equity house
1. CVC
2. Advent
3. Cinven
· Best secondary loans house
1. Natixis
2. Credit Suisse
3. Citi
· Best loan restructuring house
1. Houlihan Lokey
2. Rothschild
3. Lazard
Additional awards chosen by selected banks:
Best arranger of Nordic loans
1. Nordea
2. SEB
3. DnB NOR
Best arranger of Benelux loans
1. ING
2. KBC
3. Rabobank/ ABN Amro
Best arranger of loans in UK and Ireland
1. Lloyds Banking Group
2. Barclays/HSBC/Royal Bank of Scotland
