
Loans Poll - Syndicated Loan and Leveraged Finance Awards
In December EuroWeek polled banks, institutional investors and borrowers to find the markets opinion on the outstanding loan arrangers and borrowers of 2007 in 42 categories. These ranged from the most impressive arranger of syndicated loans to the bank with the most improved market profile. They were also asked to rank the most impressive deals of the year.
The nominations in each category were published in EuroWeeks Review of the Year 2007 in January and the winners were announced at Syndicated Loans & Leveraged Finance Awards dinner on February 5 2008, at Londons Royal Courts of Justice. This supplement will list the winners and runners-up in each category.
MOST IMPRESSIVE ARRANGER
07 06
1 1 Royal Bank of Scotland
2 - BNP Paribas
3= - ABN Amro
3= 3 Barclays Capital
3= 5 Deutsche Bank
3= - Goldman Sachs
3= - HSBC
3= 4 JP Morgan
MOST IMPROVED MARKET PROFILE
07 06
1 - UniCredit
2 - Royal Bank of Scotland
3 - Santander
4 - Fortis Bank
5 - ING
BEST BANK TO WORK WITH
07 06
1 3 Barclays Capital
2 2 Royal Bank of Scotland
3 - BNP Paribas
4 - Citigroup
5 1 JP Morgan
BEST ARRANGER OF LBO FINANCING
07 06
1 1 Royal Bank of Scotland
2 2 Goldman Sachs
3 3 JP Morgan
4= - Morgan Stanley
4= - Deutsche Bank
4= - UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LOANS
07 06
1 1 BayernLB
2 3 Citigroup
3 - JP Morgan
4 2 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
5 4 Deutsche Bank
BEST ARRANGER OF CORPORATE LOANS
07 06
1 2 Citigroup
2 1 Royal Bank of Scotland
3 3 BNP Paribas
4 4 Barclays Capital
5= - Deutsche Bank
5= 5 HSBC
BEST ARRANGER OF ACQUISITION FINANCE LOANS
07 06
1 1 Royal Bank of Scotland
2 - Barclays Capital
3= - Credit Suisse
3= 4 Deutsche Bank
3= 3 JP Morgan
BEST ARRANGER OF PROJECT FINANCE LOANS
07 06
1 - Royal Bank of Scotland
2= - Barclays Capital
2= 2 Société Générale
4 4 HSBC
5= - BNP Paribas
5= - Caja Madrid
5= - UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF WESTERN EUROPEAN LOANS
07 06
1 2 BNP Paribas
2 1 Royal Bank of Scotland
3 - Deutsche Bank
4 - Barclays Capital
5 3 JP Morgan
BEST ARRANGER OF CEE LOANS for BORROWERS (EX-RUSSIA)
07 06
1 1 ABN Amro
2 4 ING
3 3 UniCredit
4 5 Citigroup
5 - Commerzbank
BEST ARRANGER OF MIDDLE EASTERN LOANS
07 06
1 3 HSBC
2 - Royal Bank of Scotland
3= - Barclays Capital
3= - BNP Paribas
3= 2 Gulf International Bank
BEST ARRANGER OF LATIN AMERICAN LOANS
07 06
1 2 Citigroup
2= 4 ABN Amro
2= 1 Santander
4 - Royal Bank of Scotland
5 3 BBVA
BEST ARRANGER OF FRENCH LOANS
07 06
1 1 BNP Paribas
2 3 Société Générale
3 5 Royal Bank of Scotland
4 4 Natixis
BEST ARRANGER OF UK LOANS
07 06
1 2 Royal Bank of Scotland
2 1 Barclays Capital
3 3 Lloyds TSB
4 5 Hbos
BEST ARRANGER OF GERMAN LOANS
07 06
1 1 Deutsche Bank
2 2 Dresdner Kleinwort
3 3 Commerzbank
4= - Royal Bank of Scotland
4= 4 UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF SPANISH LOANS
07 06
1 1 Santander
2 2 BBVA
3 4 Caja Madrid
4 3 Royal Bank of Scotland
5= - Ahorro Coporación Financiera
5= - ING
BEST ARRANGER OF NORDIC LOANS
07 06
1 2 SEB
2 1 Nordea
3 3 Danske Bank
4 5 Handelsbanken
5 4 DnB NOR Bank
BEST ARRANGER OF RUSSIAN LOANS
07 06
1 1 ABN Amro
2 - Société Générale
3 - Goldman Sachs
4= 4 Citigroup
4= 5 ING
4= - UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF TURKISH LOANS
07 06
1 4 ABN Amro
2 - Garanti Bankasi
3 2 WestLB
4 3 Citigroup
5= - BayernLB
5= - UniCredit
BEST ARRANGER OF ITALIAN LOANS
07 06
1 - UniCredit
2 - Mediobanca
3= - JP Morgan
3= - Royal Bank of Scotland
5 - Banca Intesa
GREATEST LOSS OF MARKET PROFILE
07 06
1 - Citigroup
2 1 Deutsche Bank
3 3 ABN Amro
4 5 Barclays Capital
5 - Royal Bank of Scotland
MOST IMPROVED SECONDARY LOANS HOUSE
07 06
1 - Royal Bank of Scotland
2 - Lloyds TSB
3 - Deutsche Bank
4 - Morgan Stanley
5 - Goldman Sachs
BEST SECONDARY LOANS HOUSE
07 06
1 - Royal Bank of Scotland
2 - Deutsche Bank
3 - Dresdner Kleinwort
4 - Citigroup
5= - Bank of America
5= - Goldman Sachs
BEST INSTITUTIONS AND BORROWERS
MOST IMPRESSIVE BORROWER
07 06
1 - Enel
2 - Dr Ing hcf Porsche
3 - Rio Tinto
4 - Continental
5 1 E.On
BEST RATING AGENCY
07 06
1 1 Standard & Poors
2 2 Moodys
3 3 Fitch
4 - Capital Intelligence
BEST MEZZANINE LOAN ARRANGER
07 06
1 2 Intermediate Capital Group
2 - JP Morgan
3 1 Goldman Sachs
4 5 Royal Bank of Scotland
5 3 Barclays Capital
BEST LAW FIRM FOR SYNDICATED LOANS
07 06
1 1 Allen & Overy
2 2 Clifford Chance
3 3 Linklaters
4 5 Ashurst
5 4 Denton Wilde Sapte
MOST IMPRESSIVE PRIVATE EQUITY HOUSE
07 06
1 - CVC
2 - Permira
3 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
4 - Cinven
5 - Blackstone
BEST LBO ADVISORY BANK
07 06
1 1 Goldman Sachs
2 5 JP Morgan
3 2 Morgan Stanley
4 - UBS
5 - Lehman Brothers
BEST MEZZANINE LOAN PROVIDER
07 06
1 1 Intermediate Capital Group
2 2 Mezzvest
3 5 Alcentra
4 3 Babson Capital
5 - Goldman Sachs
MOST INNOVATIVE LBO STRUCTURER
07 06
1 2 Goldman Sachs
2 5 JP Morgan
3 - Royal Bank of Scotland
4 - Citigroup
5 1 Deutsche Bank
BEST NON-BANK INVESTOR
07 06
1 1 Alcentra
2 2 Babson Capital
3 4 Goldentree
4 - Habourmaster
5= 5 Avoca
5= - ECM
DEALS OF THE YEAR
MOST IMPRESSIVE LOAN
1 Continental: Eu13.5bn
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs
2 Rio Tinto: $40bn
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale
3 Enel: Eu35bn
Banco Santander, Banca Intesa, Mediobanca, UBS, UniCredit
4 Dr Ing hcf Porsche: Eu35bn
ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch, UBS
5 Dubai World: $5bn
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland
BEST LBO LOAN
1 Kion Group: Eu3.1bn
Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Mizuho, UniCredit
2 Pages Jaunes: Eu8.3bn
Bank of America, Calyon, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lehmand Brothers
3 Almatis: $920m
UBS
4 Firth Rixson: £625m
GE Capital Markets, Lehman Brothers
5 TeleDiffusion de France: Eu4bn
BNP Paribas, Citigroup, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley
BEST WESTERN EUROPEAN LOAN
1 Continental: Eu13.5bn
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs
2 Dr Ing hcF Porsche: Eu35bn
ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch, UBS
3 Enel: Eu35bn
Banco Santander, Banca Intesa, Mediobanca, UBS, UniCredit
4 Rio Tinto: $40bn
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale
5 SSAB Svenskt Stal: $8.8bn
Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland, Handelsbanken
BEST PROJECT FINANCE LOAN
1 Budapest Airport: Eu1.5bn
BNP Paribas, Calyon, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp
2 Marafiq: $3.3bn
BNP Paribas, Gulf International Bank, Samba Financial Group
3 Southern Water: £731m - equivalent
Dresdner Kleinwort, HSBC, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland
BEST RUSSIAN LOAN
1 Norilsk Nickel: $6bn
BNP Paribas, Société Générale
2 Rosneft: $13bn
ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley
3= Evraz Group: $1.8bn
Credit Suisse, UBS
3= United Co Rusal: $2.4bn
ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup, Natixis
5= Brunswick Rail Leasing: $385m
BNP Paribas, Société Générale
5= X5: $1bn
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs
BEST UK LOAN
1 Rio Tinto: $40bn
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale
2 Cookson: £950m-equivalent
Barclays Capital, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland
3 Premier Foods: £2.1bn
Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland
4 Imperial Tobacco: £9.2bn-equivalent
Banco Santander, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, Royal Bank of Scotland
5 FirstGroup: $4.5bn
HSBC, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland
BEST EMERGING MARKET LOAN
1 Dubai World: $5bn
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland
2 Norilsk Nickel: $6bn
BNP Paribas, Société Générale
3 Nova Ljubljanska Banka: Eu750m
BayernLB, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, KBC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, UniCredit
4 Ojer Telekomunikasyon: $4.7bn
ABN Amro, Citigroup
5 Evraz Group: $1.8bn
Credit Suisse, UBS
BEST TURKISH LOAN
1 Ojer Telekomunikasyon: $4.7bn
ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup, Fortis Bank
2 Avea Iletisim Hizmetleri: $1.6bn
ABN Amro, IFC
3 Mersin International Port Management: $600m
ABN Amro, UniCredit
4 Antalya Airport: $1.4bn
Türkiye Garanti Bankasi, UniCredit, WestLB
5 Akbank: Eu1bn
WestLB
WORST LOAN
1 Alliance Boots: £9bn
Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, UniCredit
2 ProSiebenSat.1 Media: Eu7.9bn
Bank of America, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, UniCredit
3 Inmobiliaria Colonial: Eu7.2bn
Calyon, Eurohypo, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland
4 Autobahn Tank and Rast: Eu2.3bn
Barclays Capital, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, UBS
5 Foxtons: £270m
Bank of America, Mizuho
WORST LBO LOAN
1 Alliance Boots: £9bn
Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, UniCredit
2 Endemol: Eu2.8bn
ABN Amro, Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs
3 ProSiebenSat.1 Media: Eu7.9bn
Bank of America, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, UniCredit
4 Kloeckner Pentaplast: Eu1.3bn
JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley
5 Foxtons: £270m
Bank of America, Mizuho