BNP Paribas named Mena region’s best M&A financial advisor

DOHA: Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, last night announced the winners of its third annual MENA Mergers Forum, recognising the top M&A financial and legal firms in a range of sectors including Energy, Mining & Utilities; Financial Services; Consumer; Pharma, Medical & Biotech; Telecoms; Media & Technology; and Industrials & Chemicals.
Of the financial adviser nominations, Mergermarket named BNP Paribas as the Mena region’s best M&A financial adviser as well as the best financial adviser in the Consumer sector. Winners in other sector rankings included Rothschild for best financial adviser in Industrials & Chemicals; KPMG as best financial adviser in Pharma, Medical and Biotech; EY as best financial adviser in Telecoms, Media & Technology; and Akbank T.A.S as best financial adviser in Energy, Mining, & Utilities.
Broadgate Advisers were recognised as the best financial M&A advisers in the Financial Services industry. Of the legal advisor nominations, Shearman & Sterling was named as the Mena region’s top M&A legal adviser. In the sector rankings, Baker McKenzie was named best legal adviser in Financial Services, and Clifford Chance led the legal adviser rankings in the Industrials & Chemicals, and the Telecoms, Media & Technology sectors. White & Case was named best legal adviser in Pharma, Medical & Biotech; CMS was named best legal adviser in Energy, Mining & Utilities; and Linklaters led the sector rankings in Consumer. In the Fixed Income space, GIB Capital was recognised as the best Middle East Bonds & Loans Bank.
Speaking on the event, Matthew Robinson, Events Director of EMEA at Mergermarket, commented: “Mergermarket’s league tables which were released earlier this year gave us an idea of the most active M&A advisers in the Middle East. Tonight’s awards go one step further to recognise the work of corporate law firms and investment banks in getting deals across the line. Congratulations to the winners and all who were shortlisted.”
Philip Whitchelo, Vice-President of Strategy & Product Marketing, Intralinks, stated: “It’s been fascinating to go behind the scenes of some of the most creative and complex transactions in this region. As a sponsor of the MENA M&A Awards we’ve been delighted to congratulate all the winners at tonight’s ceremony, including those that are clients of Intralinks.”