Credit Suisse First Boston advised Burns Philp on its hostile takeover of Goodman Fielder
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) acted as sole financial adviser to Heineken on its acquisition of BBAG and Brau Union
Morgan Stanley and Lazards advised Alcan on its hostile takeover of Pechiney
Credit Suisse First Boston was sole lead manager for Empresa Eléctrica Guacolda’s 10-year $150m project finance note
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) and Bank of China International were joint global co-ordinators and joint book-runners for the Sinotrans IPO
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) acted for private equity consortium in acquisition of Nycomed
Goldman Sachs lead-managed Vivendi Universal’s E1.2bn high-yield offering
Morgan Stanley and UBS acted as joint bookrunner for Siemens’ E2.5bn senior convertible notes
Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, HSBC and Merrill Lynch were joint bookrunners for Hutchison Whampoa’s $5bn multi-tranche global notes offering
Credit Suisse First Boston and ABN-Amro Rothschild were joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners for PT Bank Mandiri’s IPO
Deutsche Bank was co-ordinating bookrunner for Valentia Telecommunications/eircom high-yield notes offering
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) advised on the purchase of Telecom Italia’s controlling stake in SEAT Directories.
Nomura and Morgan Stanley were joint global co-ordinators for Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group’s (MTFG) $2.9bn follow-on offering.
Barclays Capital and JP Morgan were joint bookrunners for United Mexican States’ global bond issues.
Barclays Capital was mandated by Heineken to assemble a package of financings
Morgan Stanley acted as sole financial adviser to ANZ on its $3.8bn acquisition of The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ).
This year The Banker presents its deals of the year in two ways. First are the deals of the year by category, as in previous years; then these are followed by deals of the year by country, a new feature that identifies the single best investment bank deal in each country.
Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital were bookrunners for GM/GMAC’s $17.88bn debt offering
Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) acted as sole bookrunner for American Tower, Inc.