International Corporate Finance

SPAIN BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

Energy

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Jose Garcia Casteleiro (Head of Corporate Finance), Carlos Zuloaga (Global Head of Energy Investment Banking)

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

Citi Wilhelm Schulz (Head of M&A, EMEA)

EXCELLENT

BNP Paribas Ramiro Mato (President)

Haitong Securities Félix Aguirre Cabanyes (Senior Country Officer), Carolina Ibáñez (Senior Managing Director)

J.P. Morgan Ignacio De La Colina (Head of Investment Banking, Spain and Portugal)

KPMG Ignacio Faus (Partner, Deal Advisory), Jorge Riopérez (Partner, Corporate Finance)

PwC Malcolm Lloyd (Partner, Head of Deals Division)

Sabadell Corporate Finance Pablo Rocamora (CEO)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

EY Arturo Derteano (Partner, Advisory), David Frias (Partner, Transaction Advisory Services)

Lambert Energy Advisory Philip Lambert (CEO)

Lazard Matthieu Pigasse (Head of Global M&A)

Morgan Stanley Andres Esteban (Head of Investment Banking)

Natixis Partners (formerly 360 Corporate) Antonio Molina Franquelo (Managing Director)

PJT Partners Borja Arteaga (Partner, Spain and Portugal)

Track record: BBVA worked alongside a

number of major international advisors on two

of the most important energy deals within the

Spanish market in 2015. It advised Magnum

Capital Industrial Partners on its $1.1 billion

sale of Grupo Iberwind, and Gas Natural

Fenosa on its $295 million purchase of Gecal

Renovables.

Team & differentiation: Jose Garcia Casteleiro

is the Head of Corporate Finance while

Carlos Zuloaga heads the energy investment

banking team. The BBVA M&A team is a

trusted advisor for key decision makers on

strategic acquisitions, divestments and

mergers, and on the associated financing

consequences and risk hedging implications.

L eaders:

Carlos Zuloaga and

Jose Garcia Casteleiro

E stablished:

1985

Carlos Zuloaga

BBVA: A TRUSTED ADVISOR ON HIGH PROFILE TRANSACTIONS