These are the only awards decided by market participants themselves, and the results below (listed by top three, with first place the winner) 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.
Our thanks to all who attended and to the sponsor of the event, Standard & Poor’s.
DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 ZF Friedrichshafen $16.17bn September 2014
2 Bayer $14.2bn June 2014
3 Jacobs Douwe Egberts $10.37bn July 2014
LARGE CAP LEVERAGED LOAN OF THE YEAR
1 Jacobs Douwe Egberts $10.37bn July 2014
2 Altice / Numericable $6.26bn April 2014
3 Ziggo $5.94bn February 2014
MID-CAP LEVERAGED LOAN OF THE YEAR
1 Vedici €325m June 2014
2 CallCredit £177.5m March 2014
3 Continental Foods €395m July 2014
BEST TRANSATLANTIC LEVERAGED LOAN
1 Altice / Numericable $6.26bn April 2014
2 Jacobs Douwe Egberts $10.37bn July 2014
3 Ziggo $5.94bn February 2014
BEST PROJECT FINANCE LOAN
1 Project Gemini €2.1bn May 2014
2 Star Rafineri $2.06bn May 2014
3 Merseylink £295.5m March 2014
M&A LOAN OF THE YEAR (INVESTMENT GRADE)
1 Bayer $14.2bn June 2014
2 Merck & Co $6bn August 2014
3 ZF Friedrichshafen $16.17bn September 2014
SCHULDSCHEIN DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 United Internet €600m November 2014
2 REWE €175m September 2014
3 Baywa €383m September 2014
PRIVATE PLACEMENT DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Copenhagen Airport $360m October 2014
2 Wood Group $375m May 2014
3 AVR €300m December 2014
FRENCH DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Altice / Numericable $6.26bn April 2014
2 Sebia $874m July 2014
3 Ceva Santé Animale €818m March 2014
UK DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Imperial Tobacco $13.17bn July 2014
2 Bestway £725m October 2014
3 BSkyB $11.22bn July 2014
GERMAN DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 ZF Friedrichshafen $16.17bn September 2014
2 Bayer $14.2bn June 2014
3 Merck & Co $6bn August 2014
SPANISH DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 IDC Salud-Quiron €2.15bn July 2014
2 Grifols $1.5bn January 2014
3 Abengoa €1.4bn September 2014
BENELUX DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Jacobs Douwe Egberts $10.37bn July 2014
2 Ziggo $5.94bn February 2014
3 Bureau van Dijk $1.13bn August 2014
ITALIAN DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 GTech $2.56bn November 2014
2 Finmeccanica €2.2bn July 2014
3 Telecom Italia €3bn August 2014
NORDIC DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Electrolux $3.5bn September 2014
2 Nets Holding $1.95bn April 2014
3 Meda $4.07bn July 2014
CEE DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Mol $1.55bn October 2014
2 Slovak Gas $2.42bn May 2014
3 KGHM Polska $2.5bn July 2014
MIDDLE EAST DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co $1bn November 2014
2 Etisalat €3.15bn April 2014
3 DP World $3bn June 2014
AFRICAN DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Sonangol $2bn July 2014
2 Ghana Cocoa Board – CocoBod $1.7bn September 2014
3 First Quantum Minerals $3bn May 2014
TURKISH DEAL OF THE YEAR
1 Star Rafineri $2.06bn May 2014
2 Ülker $550m November 2014
3 Yildiz/United Biscuits £985m November 2014
MOST IMPRESSIVE TMT BORROWER
1 Altice / Numericable
2 Ziggo
3 BSkyB
MOST IMPRESSIVE POWER AND UTILITY BORROWER
1 GDF Suez
2 Iberdrola
3 Thames Water
MOST IMPRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL BORROWER
1 Bayer
2 Siemens
3 Merck & Co
MOST IMPRESSIVE AUTO AND TRANSPORT BORROWER
1 ZF Friedrichshafen
2 PSA Peugeot Citroen
3 Schaeffler
MOST IMPRESSIVE CONSUMER AND RETAIL BORROWER
1 Jacobs Douwe Egberts
2 Imperial Tobacco
3 Carrefour
MOST IMPRESSIVE NATURAL RESOURCES BORROWER
1 Glencore
2 BHP Billiton
3 Premier Oil
LOAN HOUSE OF THE YEAR
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Credit Suisse
3 JP Morgan
BEST ARRANGER OF WESTERN EUROPEAN LOANS
1 Deutsche Bank
2 BNP Paribas
3 Credit Suisse
BEST ARRANGER OF GERMAN LOANS
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Commerzbank
3 UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF FRENCH LOANS
1 BNP Paribas
2 Société Générale
3 Crédit Agricole CIB
BEST ARRANGER OF SPANISH LOANS
1 BBVA
2 Santander
3 BNP Paribas
BEST ARRANGER OF ITALIAN LOANS
1 UniCredit
2 Intesa Sanpaolo
3 Mediobanca
BEST ARRANGER OF NORDIC LOANS
1 SEB
2 Nordea
3 DNB
BEST ARRANGER OF UK LOANS
1 Lloyds
2 Barclays
3 HSBC
BEST ARRANGER OF BENELUX LOANS
1 ING
2 BNP Paribas
3 Rabobank
BEST ARRANGER OF AFRICAN LOANS
1 Standard Chartered
2 Standard Bank
3 Citi
BEST ARRANGER OF LOANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
1 HSBC
2 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
3 Standard Chartered
BEST ARRANGER OF TURKISH LOANS
1 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2 Garanti Bank
3 HSBC
BEST ARRANGER OF LOANS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
1 UniCredit
2 ING
3 Raiffeisen Bank International
BEST ARRANGER OF PROJECT FINANCE LOANS
1 Crédit Agricole CIB
2 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
3 Société Générale
BEST ARRANGER OF TRADE FINANCE LOANS
1 Standard Chartered
2 Citi
3 HSBC
BEST ARRANGER OF M&A LOANS
1 Deutsche Bank
2 JP Morgan
3 Citi
BEST ARRANGER OF MID-CAP LOANS
1 Commerzbank
2 Lloyds
3 HSBC
BEST ARRANGER OF SCHULDSCHEINE
1 Commerzbank
2 Helaba
3 LBBW
BEST LAW FIRM
1 Clifford Chance
2 Linklaters
3 Allen & Overy
BEST ARRANGER OF LEVERAGED LOANS
1 Deutsche Bank
2 Credit Suisse
3 JP Morgan
BEST INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR IN SENIOR LOANS
1 Alcentra
2 GSO Blackstone
3 Babson
BEST MEZZANINE INVESTOR
1 MezzVest
2 Partners Group
3 Park Square
BEST DISTRESSED LOAN INVESTOR
1 Strategic Value Partners
2 Oaktree
3 Centerbridge
BEST PRIVATE EQUITY HOUSE
1 CVC
2 KKR
3 Carlyle
BEST SECONDARY LOANS HOUSE
1 Credit Suisse
2 Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3 JP Morgan
BEST LOAN RESTRUCTURING HOUSE
1 Houlihan Lokey
2 Rothschild
3 Morgan Stanley