International Corporate Finance

CANADA BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

Small to Mid Cap

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS KEY LEADERS

LEADING

BMO Capital Markets Daniel Barclay (Head of Investment & Corporate Banking, Canada and International), John Armstrong (Head of Canadian M&A)

CIBC World Markets Roman Dubczak (Head of Global Investment Banking)

National Bank Financial Michael Levin (Group Head of M&A), Peter Jelley (Head of Investment Banking, Canada)

RBC Capital Markets Derek Neldner (Head of Canadian and Asia Pacific Investment Banking)

EXCELLENT

Cormark Securities Jim Kofman (Vice Chairman M&A), Chris Shaw (Managing Director)

FirstEnergy Capital Erik Bakke (Managing Director, Corporate Finance), Mark Pearson (Director, Energy Acquisition & Divestitures)

GMP Securities Kevin Overstrom (Vice Chairman, Investment Banking), Doug Bell (Vice Chairman, Investment Banking)

Macquarie Group Dan Cristall (Vice Chairman Canada and Global Head of Oil & Gas), Marnie Smith (Head of Oil & Gas, Canada)

PwC Eric Castonguay (Head of Corporate Finance, Canada)

TD Securities Patrick Meneley (Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Canaccord Genuity Stewart Busbridge (Co-Head of M&A, Canada), Jamie Nagy (Co-Head of M&A, Canada)

Scotiabank Adam Waterous (Global Head of Investment Banking, US and Canada)

UBS Investment Bank Alain Auclair (Head of Investment Banking, Canada)

Track record: RBC Capital Markets was the

advisor of choice on 26 M&A transactions

during 2015. It acted as an exclusive sell-

side advisor on the acquisition of Enbridge’s

Canadian renewable energy assets for nearly

C$25 billion. The bank also advised Canadian

Oil Sands on its acquisition by Suncor Energy

for C$4.2 billion.

Team & differentiation: RBC Capital Markets is

a full-service M&A advisor with global reach,

in-depth industry knowledge, and broad exe-

cution capabilities. The team is comprised

of more than 80 dedicated M&A professio-

nals located around the world. Derek Neld-

ner leads the investment banking teams in

Canada and Asia Pacific.

L eader:

Derek Neldner

E stablished:

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Derek Neldner

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS: AN M&A ADVISOR WITH GLOBAL REACH