International Corporate Finance

BELGIUM BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

Lazard Matthieu Pigasse (Head of Global M&A)

EXCELLENT

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Luigi Rizzo (Head of Investment Banking, EMEA), Luca Ferrari (Head of European M&A)

BNP Paribas Sophie Javary (Head of Corporate Finance, EMEA)

Goldman Sachs Cyrille Perard (Co-Head M&A, France, Belgium & Luxembourg),

Jeremie Marrache (Co-Head M&A, France, Belgium & Luxembourg)

J.P. Morgan Cassander Verwey (Head of M&A, Benelux)

Morgan Stanley Dominique Lancksweert (Head of Investment Banking, Benelux and Switzerland)

Rothschild Nigel Higgins (Co-Head of European Investment Banking)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Barclays Catherine Soubie (Head of Investment Banking, France & Benelux)

Degroof Petercam Philippe Masset (CEO)

Deutsche Bank Alasdair Warren (Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, EMEA)

ING Rik Vandenberghe (CEO)

Jefferies Jerome Peltier (Managing Director)

KBC Securities Els Degroote (Head of Corporate Finance)

Rabobank Willem Boezen (Global Head of M&A), Pieter Stor (Head of International M&A)

Matthieu Pigasse

L eader:
Matthieu Pigasse
E stablished:
1848

Track record: Having been involved in 10

deals in Belgium worth over $15 billion in

2015, Lazard takes the leading M&A advisor

spot. It was a sell-side advisor to the Del-

haize Group during its sale to Royal Ahold in

the largest consumer and retail sector tran-

saction ever to take place within the Benelux

region. The transaction alone was worth $12

billion.

Team & differentiation: Lazard holds a lea-

ding position across the Benelux region and

has offices in both Amsterdam and Brus-

sels. The Benelux teams work closely with

colleagues across Lazard’s global network

to leverage the vast knowledge pool for

cross-border transactions. The M&A team is

headed by Matthieu Pigasse, CEO of France

and Head of Global M&A.

LAZARD:
THE LEADING M&A ADVISOR IN BELGIUM

Cyrille Perard

L eaders:

Cyrille Perard and Jeremie

Marrache

E stablished:

1869

Track record: Goldman Sachs is an advisor

of choice for private equity players within the

Francophone region of Europe. In Belgium,

the bank advised Qualium Investissement

on its sale of Quick Restaurants to Burger

King France of $895 million. In addition, it

also advised AAC Capital Partners on the

disposal of its stake in Salad Signature to IK

Investment Partners.

Team & differentiation: Goldman Sachs is a

top rated advisor across Frabelux (France,

Belgium and Luxembourg). The deal team

for this entire region operates out of France,

with specialists dedicated to Belgium for

deal origination. M&A in Frabelux is jointly

looked after by Cyrille Perard and Jeremie

Marrache.

GOLDMAN SACHS:

ADVISING PRIVATE EQUITY PLAYERS ON BELGIAN DEALS