International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

CHINA BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

Large Cap & Cross-border

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

China International Capital Corporation (CICC) Zilong Wang (Head of M&A)

CITIC Securities Michael Buckley (Head of International M&A)

EXCELLENT

China Securities Ben Zhong (Vice President, Investment Banking)

Goldman Sachs Xiaoyin Zhang (Managing Director and Partner)

Morgan Stanley James Tam (Co-Head of M&A, Asia Pacific)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Credit Suisse Patrick No (Managing Director)

Guotai Junan Securities Tom Zhu (Executive Director, Crossborder M&A)

Haitong Securities Oscar Wu (Director, Corporate Finance)

Huatai United Securities Lei Yang (Executive Director, M&A)

J.P. Morgan Guobin Huang (Head of Investment Banking)

Somerley Capital Kenneth Chow (Director, Corporate Finance), Jamie Cheung (Director, Corporate Finance)

UBS Investment Bank Eugene Qian (Country Head)

Michael Buckley

L eader:

Michael Buckley

E stablished:

1995

Track record: While Chinese outbound

investment reached $106 billion in 2015 and

already $103 billion in the first four months

of 2016, CITIC was the adviser of choice

for Chinese firms engaging in cross-bor-

der M&A deals. It advised on 34 deals in

2015 and was a buy-side advisor to China

Yangtze Power on its $12.5bn acquisition of

Sanxia Jinshajiang Chuanyun Hydroelectric.

Team & differentiation: With 80% of its M&A

activity concentrated in overseas transac-

tions, CITIC is aggressively focused on

constantly improving its international M&A

platform. The investment banking team

at CITIC specializes in both inbound and

outbound deals, and has the capacity to pro-

vide the full suite of financing and research

related solutions to its clients.

CITIC SECURITIES:

THE PREFERRED ADVISOR FOR CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS

Zilong Wang

L eader:

Zilong Wang

E stablished:

1995

Track record: In 2015, CICC was the sole

buy-side adviser to China Tower Corporation

on its acquisition of wireless tower assets

from China Mobile, China Telecom and

China Unicom for $33.7 billion. The bank

also advised PetroChina Pipelines on the

purchase of a 50% stake in PetroChina

United Pipelines for $9.5 billion.

Team & differentiation: With an 11% share

of the local M&A market, CICC is a leading

financial adviser for investors looking to

buy Chinese assets. The bank is equally

focused on Chinese companies acquiring

businesses abroad. In view of the continued

global shopping spree by Chinese

corporates, CCIC plans to expand its M&A

team to further capitalize on overseas M&A

opportunities.

CHINA INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL CORPORATION (CICC):

EXPANDING ITS M&A TEAM