International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

USA BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

Retail & Consumer Goods - Large Cap

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

Centerview Partners Kenneth Berliner (Partner, Consumer Retail and Healthcare)

Goldman Sachs FX de Mallmann (Global Co-Head of Consumer Retail and Healthcare), K. Elsesser (Global Co-Head of Consumer Retail)

Lazard Eric Roth (Head of Consumer & Retail)

EXCELLENT

Bank of America Merrill Lynch David Finkelstein (Co-Head of Consumer M&A), Richard Peacock (Co-Head of Consumer M&A)

Barclays Jeff Hinton (Head of Consumer Retail M&A)

Morgan Stanley Lennertz Jan (Managing Director, Consumer & Retail), Billy Sarracino (Executive Director, Consumer & Retail)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Citi Douglas Trauber (Global Head of Retail Investment Banking)

Credit Suisse Jeffrey Cohen (Vice Chairman Consumer & Retail Investment Banking)

J.P. Morgan Erik Oken (Head of Consumer & Retail Investment Banking)

Rothschild James Ben (Managing Director, Consumer & Retail), David Baron (Head of Western Region)

UBS Investment Bank David Tcholakian (Head of Consumer Products & Retail Investment Banking)

Track record: The bank acted as an exclu-

sive advisor to Kraft Heinz Company on the

high-profile $4.5 billion merger of J.J. Heinz

and Kraft Foods Group. Among the other

notable transactions undertaken in 2015 was

the $12 billion acquisition of a 58% share of

the Chicago-headquartered brewing com-

pany MillerCoors by Molson Coors Brewing,

in which Lazard worked with SABMiller as a

sell-side advisor.

Team & differentiation: The Consumer & Retail

team at Lazard, led by Eric Roth, specializes

in providing its clients deep-sector expertise

across a broad spectrum of sub-sectors from

outdoor recreation and leisure products to

apparel, footwear, accessories and personal

care. In addition, advice on consumer service

sectors such as fitness & wellness, franchi-

sing and e-commerce also comes under the

purview of this group.

L eader:

Eric Roth

E stablished:

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Eric Roth

LAZARD: ADVISING LARGE BRANDS ON ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS