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Former infra banker here 

DC / Cantor / EVR / Roths / Laz (maybe - they recently started an infra fund and also do a lot of sovereign advisory)

RBC / MacQ / Barc / JPM / GS / MS (though i wasn't particularly impressed with their GUP team when working opposite them)

These are the main firms you'll see in infra and the ones who do good deals. FYI the sector has very little strategic work ie mostly buyside sponsors and the same names appear over and over... also note, these names are sweatshop clients (GIP, MAM etc) and so you will get beasted a lot. The boutiques / EBs will do a greater proportion of buyside work vs sell side as they don't have balance sheet and don't bank the sponsors. The BBs and balance sheet banks will do sell sides given they provide staple and normally take the strategic work as well. 

That said, the boutiques often do well in offering debt advisory as well - DC in particular (like 70% of their deal flow is debt according to my mate there) but also Roths. So if you have a particular vertical / Product then you may want a particular firm 

 

Of the MMs would also throw in Santander - far off GS/MS but specialise in energy and infra 

 

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