International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal Advisor

SWITZERLAND TOP 10 M&A DEALS

July 2015 - June 2016

DATE DEAL VALUE

USD

(MILLIONS)

TARGET

COMPANY

DEAL

DOMINANT

INDUSTRY

BIDDER BIDDER

ADVISORS

SELLER SELLER

ADVISORS

03/02/2016 45 860 Syngenta

Chemicals and

materials

China National

Chemical Corpo-

ration

FA: CCB International; China

International Capital Corpora-

tion; CITIC Securities Co; Credit

Suisse; HSBC

LA: Clifford Chance; Fangda

Partners; Homburger;

Linklaters; Simpson Thacher &

Bartlett; White & Case

Syngenta

FA: Dyalco; Goldman Sachs;

J.P. Morgan; N+1; UBS Invest-

ment Bank

LA: Baer & Karrer; Cleary Gott-

lieb Steen & Hamilton; Cravath,

Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk &

Wardwell; Gleiss Lutz

25/01/2016 16 166 Tyco International

Industrial

products and

services

Johnson Controls

FA: Barclays; Centerview

Partners

LA: A&L Goodbody; Sullivan

& Cromwell; Wachtell, Lipton,

Rosen & Katz

Tyco International

FA: Citi; Goldman Sachs;

Lazard

LA: Arthur Cox; Shearman &

Sterling; Simpson Thacher &

Bartlett; Skadden Arps Slate

Meagher & Flom

29/09/2015 5 000

Natural American

Spirit (ex-US

business)

Consumer Japan Tobacco LA:^ Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer; PwC legal

Reynolds

American

FA: Citi; JPMorgan; Lazard

LA: Jones Day

25/04/2016 3 420

Rexam (Metal beve-

rage can manufactu-

ring assets in US,

Europe and Brazil);

Ball Corporation

(Metal beverage can

manufacturing as-

sets in US, Europe

and Brazil)

Manufacturing Ardagh Group

FA: Citi

LA: Perez-Llorca; Shearman

& Sterling; Stocche Forbes

Advogados

Rexam; Ball

Corporation

FA: Goldman Sachs; Greenhill

& Co

LA: Davis Polk & Wardwell;

Freshfields Bruckhaus Derin-

ger; Homburger; Schoenherr

Rechtsanwaelte; Skadden Arps

Slate Meagher & Flom; WKB

Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr

30/07/2015 2 835 Swissport Interna-

tional

Transportation HNA Group

FA: Rothschild

LA: Hogan Lovells Interna-

tional; Lenz & Staehelin; Weil

Gotshal & Manges

PAI Partners

FA: Citi

LA: DLA Piper; KPMG Abo-

gados

06/04/2016 2 500

Glencore (Agricultu-

ral Products) (40%

Stake)

Agriculture

Canada Pension

Plan Investment

Board

FA: Deutsche Bank

LA: Allens; Blake, Cassels &

Graydon; Freshfields Bruckhaus

Deringer; Torys

Glencore

FA: Barclays; Citi; Credit Suisse

LA: Linklaters; McCarthy

Tetrault

11/04/2016 1 927 Gategroup Holding Services HNA Group

FA: UBS Investment Bank

LA: Baer & Karrer gategroup Holding

FA: Credit Suisse; Freitag & Co;

Lazard; N+1

LA: Homburger

03/08/2015 1 744

Sulzer Management

(66.64% stake)

Industrial

products and

services

Renova Group of

Companies

FA: UBS Investment Bank

LA: Allen & Overy; Baer &

Karrer; Lenz & Staehelin

Sulzer

Management N/A

22/01/2016 1 630 LafargeHolcim

(6.12% stake)

Construction Sberbank N/A Eurocement

Holding N/A

02/02/2016 1 412 Kuoni Travel

Holding

Leisure EQT Partners FA: J.P. Morgan

LA: Baer & Karrer; Vinge

Kuoni Travel

Holding

FA: Credit Suisse; Morgan

Stanley; N+1

LA: Homburger