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 :      • # 10 in Europe (completed deals) – 2009  (Thomson Reuters)     • “M&A deal of the year in Europe”: EDF/British Energy (The Banker magazine) - ECM :      • # 2 EMEA convertible bonds issues – 2009 (Dealogic)     • # 6 EMEA IPOs – 2009 (Thomson Reuters)     • # 9 EMEA all ECM issues – 2009 (Dealogic)     • EMEA Equity issue of the year by IFR: € 4.43 billion HeidelbergCement equity offering A growing presence in Asia - ECM :      • # 3 Singapore rights issues – 2009      • Best Secondary Offering by The Asset Magazine: USD 1 billion Shinhan Financial Group rights issue An undisputed leadership in France     • #1 on the French M&A market (announced and completed deals) in 2009 (Bloomberg – Thomson Reuters)     • #1 all French ECM issues (Dealogic)     • #1 French convertible bonds issues (Dealogic)      • #1 French equities issues (Dealogic)     • #1 French IPOs (Dealogic)     • “France M&A Adviser of the year” – December 2009 (Acquisitions Monthly) A noticeable breakthrough in Latin America     • #2 for Latin American announced deals – 2009 (Thomson Reuters)     • # 3 for Brazilian announced deals – 2009 (Thomson Reuters)