World's Best Investment Banks

GLOBAL

Best Investment Bank Citigroup

Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse

Best Debt Bank JPMorgan Chase

Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs

Best Up-and-Comer Evercore Partners

Most Creative Greenhill

PRIVATE EQUITY

Global Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

North America The Blackstone Group

Western Europe CVC Capital Partners

SECTORS

Consumer Goldman Sachs

Financial Institutions Merrill Lynch

Health Care Deutsche Bank

Industrial/Chemicals Lehman Brothers

Media & Entertainment Credit Suisse

Oil & Gas Petrie Parkman

Power HSBC

Real Estate Wachovia Capital Markets

Technology Silver Lake Partners

Telecom UBS

REGIONAL AWARDS

NORTH AMERICA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup

Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley

Best Debt Bank JPMorgan Chase

Best M&A Bank Goldman Sachs

WESTERN EUROPE

Best Investment Bank Goldman Sachs

Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley

Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank

Best M&A Bank Rothschild

ASIA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup

Best Equity Bank Morgan Stanley

Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank

Best M&A Bank Morgan Stanley

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

Best Investment Bank CA-IB

Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse

Best Debt Bank Deutsche Bank

Best M&A Bank Citigroup

LATIN AMERICA

Best Investment Bank Citigroup

Best Equity Bank Credit Suisse

Best Debt Bank Citigroup

Best M&A Bank JPMorgan

MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

Best Investment Bank Samba Financial Group

Best Equity Bank Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Best Debt Bank Standard Bank

Best M&A Bank Deutsche Bank

COUNTRY AWARDS

NORTH AMERICA

Canada Scotia Capital

US Citigroup

EUROPE

France SG CIB

Germany Deutsche Bank

Italy Mediobanca

Netherlands ABN AMRO

Nordic Countries Nordea

Portugal Millennium bcp

Russia Deutsche UFG

Spain BSCH

Switzerland UBS

Turkey Oyak Securities

United Kingdom Barclays Capital

ASIA

Australia Macquarie Bank

China/Hong Kong Credit Suisse

India DSP Merrill Lynch

Indonesia Mandiri Sekuritas

Japan Nomura

South Korea Samsung Securities

Taiwan Yuanta Core Pacific Securities

LATIN AMERICA

Argentina MBA Banco de Inversiones

Brazil Banco Pactual (UBS)

Mexico Banamex

LEGAL ADVISERS

Global Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

North America Thacher Proffitt & Wood

Western Europe Clifford Chance

Asia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Central & Eastern Europe White & Case

Latin America Sullivan & Cromwell

Middle East & Africa Baker & McKenzie

DEALS OF THE YEAR

Best Equity Deal

China Construction Bank IPO

Lead underwriters China International Capital, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse

Best Debt Deal

$6.5 billion Cisco Systems bonds

Lead managers Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley

Best M&A Deal

AT&T-BellSouth

Advising acquirer Lehman Brothers, Evercore Partners, Rohatyn Associates

Advising target Goldman Sachs, Citigroup