Southpaw: Credit Suisse jumps to head of queue amid $50bn consumer M&A splurge

The consumer sector is this January’s M&A hotspot and it is Credit Suisse that is feeling the warmth after picking up an armful of advisory mandates. Its aim is to become a top ranking big-ticket M&A house by making external hires, but it is its long-standing bankers and clients that are in the thick of the action at the moment, writes David Rothnie.