Track record: Already on the Lafarge/Hol-
cim and Numéricable/SFR deals, the team
represented the sellers of Fairmont, Raffles
and Swissôtel Hotels to Accor (€1.6 billion),
Gecina on the sale of its healthcare division
to Primonial Reim (€1.35 billion) and Darty
when it was acquired by Fnac (€1.5 billion).
The bank also acted for the American group
XPO Logistics on the occasion of its purchase
of Norbert Dentressangle for €2.15 billion.
Team & differentiation: The departure of Alban
de la Sablière, who became head of M&A at
Sanofi, was offset by the rise of Jean-Bap-
tiste Charlet and Arnaud Bouyer, appointed
Co-Heads of the investment banking division
of Morgan Stanley in France.
L eaders:
Jean-Baptiste Charlet and
Arnaud Bouyer
E stablished:
1967
Jean-Baptiste Charlet
MORGAN STANLEY: 2015, A YEAR OF PROSPERITY
FRANCE BEST INVESTMENT BANKS
Complex Transactions & High Litigation Potential
The firms are listed alphabetically within each band
FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS
LEADING
1 BNP Paribas Sophie Javary, Eric Jacquemot, Thierry Varène, Luis Sancho Ferran, Philippe Meunier, Cyrille de L'Epine
Morgan Stanley René Proglio, Yves Ayache, Jean-Baptiste Charlet, Michele Colocci, Arnaud Bouyer
Rothschild & Cie François Henrot, Grégoire Chertok, Laurent Baril
2 Goldman Sachs Christian de Haaij, Pierre Hudry
Lazard Bruno Roger, Pierre Tattevin, François Kayat, Matthieu Pigasse
EXCELLENT
Bank of America Merill Lynch David Azema, Stéphane Courbon, Jérôme Morisseau
Deutsche Bank Emmanuel Hasbanian, Bruno Hallak, Julien Fabre
J.P. Morgan Xavier Bindel, Isabelle Seillier, Marc Pandraud
SG Corporate & Investment Banking Hubert Preschez, Thierry d'Argent, Sylvie Remond, Sylvain Megarbané, Alexandre Courbon, Pierre-Yves Bonnet
Zaoui & Associés Yoël Zaoui, Michel Zaoui
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Crédit Agricole CIB Hélène Combe-Guillemet, Bertrand Peyrelongue
Crédit Suisse Valérie Landon, Andrea Bozzi
Citigroup Charles-Henri Filippi, Valéry Barrier, Nicolas Desombre, Cédric Léoty