International Corporate Finance

SWITZERLAND BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

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

Goldman Sachs Robert Ibbotson (Executive Director)

Lazard Philippe Leuenberger (Director)

UBS Investment Bank Christine Novakovic (Head of Investment Banking), Daniel Wueest (Managing Director)

EXCELLENT

Altium Capital Christian Wipf (Managing Director), Alexander Grunwald (Managing Director)

Credit Suisse Marisa Drew (Co-Head of Investment Banking), Ewen Stevenson (Co-Head of Investment Banking)

KPMG Tobias Valk (Managing Partner, Deal Advisory)

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

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Citi Kristine Braden (Managing Director)

Davy Corporate Finance Ivan Murphy (Managing Director)

Eurohold François Fauran (Managing Partner)

Goodbody Corporate Finance Brian O'Kelly (Managing Director)

JPMorgan Cazenove Nick Bossart (Head of Investment Banking Switzerland)

Morgan Stanley Michael Maag (Executive Director)

PwC Martin Frey (Partner, Head of Corporate Finance)

Societe Generale Hugues De la Marnierre (CEO, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking)

Sycomore Corporate Finance Olivier Barret (Managing Partner)

Track record: UBS was the leading advisor

in the Swiss M&A market working on deals

worth $10 billion in 2015. The bank advised

CRH plc on its acquisition of certain assets

from Lafarge Holcim for just over $7 billion.

It was also the exclusive buy-side advisor to

Renova Group for its acquisition of a 66.6%

stake in Sulzer Management for $1.7 billion.

Team & differentiation: UBS Investment Bank

provides expert advice, innovative solutions,

outstanding execution and comprehensive

access to the world’s capital markets for its

clientele. The investment banking team in

Switzerland is headed by Christine Nova-

kovic, and M&A is looked after by Daniel

Wueest.

L eaders:

Christine Novakovic and

Daniel Wueest

E stablished:

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Christine Novakovic

UBS: A SWISS BANK FOR TOP SWISS DEALS