International Corporate Finance

UK BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

Health & Pharma - Small to Mid Cap

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

Rothschild Dominic Hollamby (Global Head of Healthcare), Stefano Beschi (Managing Director Healthcare M&A)

EXCELLENT

Evercore Partners Andrew Sibbald (CEO of European Investment Banking)

Goldman Sachs Mark Sorrell (Head of M&A EMEA)

Jefferies Dominic Lester (Head of European Investment Banking), Jonathan Wilcox (Head of UK Investment Banking)

KPMG Neill Thomas (Head of Corporate Finance), Andrew Nicholson (Head of M&A)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Grant Thornton Ali Sharifi (Head of Corporate Finance), Bryan Higgins (Associate Director Healthcare Advisory)

Numis Securities Alex Ham (Head of Corporate Broking and Advisory)

Smith Square Partners Andrew Christie (Partner), Jonathan Coddington (Partner)

RECOMMENDED

Credit Suisse Cathal Deasy (Head of M&A EMEA)

Deloitte Paul Lupton (Head of Corporate Finance, UK)

Houlihan Lokey Steve Winningham (Head of Corporate Finance, Europe)

J.P. Morgan David Lomer (Co-Head of M&A EMEA), Guillaume Petit-Perrin (Executive Director, UK M&A)

Lazard Nicholas Shott (Head of UK Investment Banking), Richard Hoyle (Managing Director)

WG Partners Nigel Barnes (Partner, Healthcare)

Track record: A leading player 4,000 miles

across the Atlantic, Jefferies is rapidly gaining

popularity in the UK Healthcare Advisory

market. The bank advised Cinven Partners

on its $3.5 billion disposal of Amdipharm

Mercury to Concordia Healthcare.

Additionally, it advised CVC Capital Partners

on the acquisition of a stake in Alvogen, a

transaction worth more than $2 billion.

Team & differentiation: Jonathan Wilcox

heads the M&A team in the UK and reports

to Dominic Lester, Head of European

Investment Banking. Jonathan joined the

team in H2 2015, bringing with him 20 years of

experience working at J.P. Morgan. Jefferies

has been continuously expanding in London

since acquiring RBS’s corporate broking

operations in 2012.

L eaders:

Dominic Lester and

Jonathan Wilcox

E stablished:

1962

Dominic Lester

JEFFERIES: GAINING POPULARITY IN THE BRITISH HEALTHCARE MARKET