DEALS OF THE YEAR
Deal of the year
London Stock Exchange Group
$9.325bn and €3.58bn September 2019
Nominees:
Infineon Technologies €6.6bn and $3.3bn June 2019
Merlin Entertainments $1.38bn, €1.45bn and £1.185bn October 2019
ZF Friedrichshafen €7.3bn March 2019
Emerging market loan of the year
Public Investment Fund
$10bn October 2019
Nominees:
Czech Gas Networks Investments €645m and Ckr33.35bn April 2019
IHS Holding $1bn September 2019
Leveraged loan of the year
Merlin Entertainments
$1.38bn, €1.45bn and £1.185bn October 2019
Nominees:
BCA Marketplace €534bn and £1.06bn September 2019
MasMovil Holdphone €1.7bn May 2019
Nestlé Skin Health $2.56bn, €971m and Sfr500m July 2019
M&A loan of the year
London Stock Exchange Group
$9.325bn and €3.58bn September 2019
Nominees:
Infineon Technologies €6.6bn and $3.3bn June 2019
ZF Friedrichshafen €7.3bn March 2019
Infrastructure finance loan of the year
CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings
£820m December 2018
Nominees:
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm £2.54bn July 2019
SFR FTTH €1.93bn March 2019
DEALS OF THE YEAR BY REGION
African deal of the year
Ghana Cocoa Board
$300m March 2019
Nominees:
IHS Holding $1bn September 2019
Sonangol $1.5bn February 2019
Middle Eastern deal of the year
Public Investment Fund
$10bn October 2019
Nominees:
Emirates Global Aluminium $6.545bn January 2019
Mubadala Investment $2bn May 2019
WhiteSands Pipeline $3.275bn February 2019
Central and eastern European deal of the year
Sazka
€1.4bn July 2019
Nominees:
CTP Industrial Property €1.89bn June 2019
Rusal $1.085bn October 2019
Uralkali $1.45bn May 2019
UK and Irish deal of the year
London Stock Exchange Group
$9.325bn and €3.58bn September 2019
Nominees:
GlaxoSmithKline $5b and £3.5bn January 2019
LGC Science Group €570.6m, $417.1m and £50m July 2019
Merlin Entertainments $1.38bn, €1.45bn and £1.185bn October 2019
French deal of the year
Publicis Groupe
$900m and €2.3bn June 2019
Nominees:
Capgemini €5.4bn August 2019
Dassault Systèmes €4.75bn July 2019
EssilorLuxottica €8bn Jul 2019
German, Swiss and Austrian deal of the year
Infineon Technologies
€6.6bn and $3.3bn June 2019
Nominees:
Axel Springer €850m November 2019
Wintershall $2.1bn and €4.6bn March 2019
ZF Friedrichshafen €7.3bn March 2019
Benelux deal of the year
UCB
$2.07bn October 2019
Nominees:
ArcelorMittal $7bn June 2019
Solvay €2bn January 2019
Italian deal of the year
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
€6.25bn March 2019
Nominees:
CNH Industrial €4bn March 2019
Prysmian €1bn April 2019
Iberian deal of the year
Cellnex Telecom
£2bn November 2019
Nominees:
Grifols $3bn and €1.36bn November 2019
Testa €1.94bn May 2019
Nordic deal of the year
Ahlsell
€2.06bn March 2019
Nominees:
Amer Sports €2.015bn March 2019
Fortum €8.3bn October 2019
Sector Alarm €690m June 2019
Turkish deal of the year
Akbank
$812m October 2019
Nominees:
Türkiye Varlık Fonu €1bn March 2019
Ziraat Bankasi $1.423bn March 2019
BANKS
Loan house of the year
BNP Paribas
Nominees:
Bank of America
Crédit Agricole CIB
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JP Morgan
Best arranger of leveraged loans
Goldman Sachs
Nominees:
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
Best arranger of M&A loans
JP Morgan
Nominees:
Bank of America
Citigroup
Deutsche Bank
Morgan Stanley
Best arranger of mid-cap loans
Commerzbank
Nominees:
Bank of Ireland
Lloyds Bank
UniCredit
Best secondary loans house
JP Morgan
Nominees:
Barclays
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Best arranger of project finance loans
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
Nominees:
BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole CIB
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Natixis
Santander
Best arranger of trade finance loans
HSBC
Nominees:
ABN Amro
BNP Paribas
Crédit Agricole CIB
Natixis
Standard Chartered
Best arranger of green and ESG-linked loans
ING
Nominees:
BBVA
BNP Paribas
Natixis
BANKS BY REGION
Best arranger of western European loans
BNP Paribas
Nominees:
Crédit Agricole CIB
Credit Suisse
JP Morgan
UniCredit
Best arranger of African loans
Standard Chartered
Nominees:
Absa
Nedbank
Standard Bank
Best arranger of loans in the Middle East
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Nominees:
Citigroup
Emirates NBD
HSBC
Standard Chartered
Best arranger of loans in central and eastern Europe
UniCredit
Nominees:
Citigroup
Commerzbank
ING
Best arranger of UK and Irish loans
Barclays
Nominees:
HSBC
Lloyds Bank
NatWest Markets
Best arranger of French loans
Crédit Agricole CIB
Nominees:
BNP Paribas
Natixis
Société Générale
Best arranger of German, Swiss and Austrian loans
UniCredit
Nominees:
Commerzbank
Deutsche Bank
JP Morgan
Best arranger of Benelux loans
ING
Nominees:
ABN Amro
KBC
Rabobank
Best arranger of Italian loans
UniCredit
Nominees:
BNP Paribas
Intesa Sanpaolo
Mediobanca
Best arranger of Iberian loans
Santander
Nominees:
BBVA
ING
Société Générale
Best arranger of Nordic loans
SEB
Nominees:
Danske Bank
DNB
Nordea
Best arranger of loans in Turkey
Standard Chartered
Nominees:
Bank of America
Emirates NBD
HSBC
ADVISERS, INVESTORS AND LAW FIRMS
Best institutional lender
Ares Management
Nominees:
Alcentra
Barings
CVC
Best subordinated debt investor
MV Credit
Nominees:
GIC
Goldman Sachs
Park Square
Best distressed loan investor
Strategic Value Partners
Nominees:
Anchorage
CVC
Davidson Kempner
Best loan restructuring house
Houlihan Lokey
Nominees:
Lazard
Rothschild
Best corporate finance adviser
Rothschild
Nominees:
Goldman Sachs
Lazard
Best law firm for syndicated loans
Allen & Overy
Nominees:
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
PRIVATE DEBT AWARDS
International US private placement of the year
Tottenham Hotspur
£525m September 2019
Social infrastructure US private placement of the year
City of London
£450m July 2019
Schuldschein of the year
Reliance Industries
€405m May 2019
Schuldschein of the year for a small or mid-cap borrower
Gewobag
August 2019
Euro private placement of the year
Groupe Bel
€125m October 2019
Best agent of international US private placements
NatWest Markets
Best arranger of Schuldscheine
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Best arranger of euro private placements
Crédit Agricole CIB
Most influential US private placement investor
Pricoa
Best adviser for international US private placements
Rothschild
Best law firm for Schuldscheine
Linklaters
Best law firm for international US private placements
Morrison & Foerster
Best law firm for euro private placements
CMS Francis Lefebvre
Best innovation in Schuldscheine
Sustainability-linked Schuldscheine