UK BEST INVESTMENT BANKS
Energy - Small to Mid Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERSLEADINGJefferies Jonathan Wilcox (Head of UK Investment Banking)Macquarie Group Simon Wilde (Head of European Power & Utilities)RBC Capital Markets Joshua Critchley (Head of European Investment Banking)EXCELLENTCanaccord Genuity Simon Bridges (Head of European Investment Banking), Chris Robinson (Head of European M&A)Rothschild Robert Leitão (Head of Global Advisory)HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDEY David Scourfield (Partner, Corporate Finance), Mark Brockway (Executive Director, Corporate Finance)Goldman Sachs Mark Sorrell (Head of M&A EMEA)Investec Andrew Pinder (Head of Investment Banking), Christopher Baird (Director, Investment Banking)Lambert Energy Advisory Philip Lambert (CEO)RECOMMENDEDBarclays Stefano Soldi (Head of Energy and Power Investment Banking, EMEA)Cantor Fitzgerald Gordon Neilly (Co-CEO), Rick Thompson (Head of Corporate Finance Europe)Citi Wilhelm Schulz (Head of M&A EMEA), Jan Skarbek (Managing Director, UK M&A)Credit Suisse Cathal Deasy (Head of M&A EMEA)InfraRed Capital Partners Werner von Guionneau (CEO), James Hall-Smith (Managing Partner)Track record: The Macquarie Group advised
on the most energy sector deals in the UK in- The bank was an exclusive advisor in
almost 50% of the deals it worked on, and
a buy-side advisor on more than 80% of the
deals. Macquarie’s most notable transaction
in 2015 was the acquisition of Anglo American
Norte by Audley Capital Advisors in which the
bank was an exclusive buy-side advisor.
Team & differentiation: Recently, the
Macquarie Group has made senior talent
additions to its team in a bid to expand
its European coverage, notably Jacques
Callaghan as Head of UK Financial
Sponsors, Hugh Briggs as Head of Principal
Transactions, and Ben Bailey as Head of
European TMT. The Energy team is headed
by Simon Wilde.L eader:
Simon Wilde
E stablished:
1969Simon WildeMACQUARIE GROUP: EXPANDING IN EUROPE