Corporate Finance offers advisory services for mergers and acquisitions and primary equity capital markets transactions, combining expertise across 9 sector groups with a focused international approach. Our matrix organisation is designed to give clients access to the best combination of specialists in each product, industry and geographical area, while optimising resource management. Some 400 professionals are located throughout the world, focusing on Europe and Asia, and with a growing franchise in the emerging markets (Middle-East, Russia and Latin America).

Our products Our M&A teams advise both buyers (purchase mandate), targets, shareholders (sale madate) and also offer advice on other strategic financial issues, such as privatisations, mergers or financial restructurings. Primary equity capital markets include flotations (IPOs), rights’ issues, secondary issue placements, bought deals, accelerated book buildings, convertible bonds and equity-linked transactions… Product teams offer high value services such as advisory to listed companies, complex valuations, fairness opinions and restructuring advisory.

Our clients We have proven our ability to leverage our significant and diversified client base, by providing our clients tailor-made services, wether it be: - Large corporates, - Financial institutions, - Financial sponsors, - Government bodies, - Mid caps and shareholders’ families.

Awards / Rankings: One of the major European player One of the major European players: - M&A : # 7 in Europe (completed deals) – H1 2009  (Dealogic) - ECM :     • # 4 as bookrunner of EMEA convertible bonds issues – H1 2009 (Thomson Reuters)     • # 10 as bookrunner of EMEA equity + equity-linked issues – H1 2009 (Thomson Reuters) “M&A deal of the year in Europe”: EDF/British Energy (The Banker magazine) “Iberia M&A Adviser of the Year” – December 2008 (Acquisitions Monthly) “France M&A Adviser of the year” – December 2008 (Acquisitions Monthly) A growing presence in Asia “Rising Star M&A House – Asia” – December 2008 (The Asset Magazine) “best mid-Cap Equity issue – Asia” – December 2008 (The Asset Magazine) An undisputed leadership in France - #1 on the French M&A market (announced and completed deals) in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year, and # 1 on the French M&A market (announced and completed deals) in H1 2009 (Dealogic) - #1 for French convertible bonds issues (Dealogic) - #3 for French equities issues (Dealogic)