Loans Poll - Syndicated Loan and Leveraged Finance Awards

In December EuroWeek polled banks, institutional investors and borrowers to find the market’s 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 EuroWeek’s Review of the Year 2007 in January and the winners were announced at Syndicated Loans & Leveraged Finance Awards dinner on February 5 2008, at London’s 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

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

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 & Poor’s

2 2 Moody’s

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

07 06

1 1 Allen & Overy

2 2 Clifford Chance

3 3 Linklaters

4 5 Ashurst

5 4 Denton Wilde Sapte

07 06

1 - CVC

2 - Permira

3 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

4 - Cinven

5 - Blackstone

07 06

1 1 Goldman Sachs

2 5 JP Morgan

3 2 Morgan Stanley

4 - UBS

5 - Lehman Brothers

07 06

1 1 Intermediate Capital Group

2 2 Mezzvest

3 5 Alcentra

4 3 Babson Capital

5 - Goldman Sachs

07 06

1 2 Goldman Sachs

2 5 JP Morgan

3 - Royal Bank of Scotland

4 - Citigroup

5 1 Deutsche Bank

07 06

1 1 Alcentra

2 2 Babson Capital

3 4 Goldentree

4 - Habourmaster

5= 5 Avoca

5= - ECM

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