Leading Power & Utilities IBD Groups?

Gents (and Ladies):

Been out of the game for a while and am wondering who people think are currently the leading Power and Utilities IBD groups on the street. Know there's been some changes in BB groups in the last year or two and haven't seen a recent thread on this. What's everybody think?

Would be curious about perceived leaders in both asset / utility M&A. Thanks in advance...

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I agree with what was said by UtilitiesBanker regarding Citi, Barclays and JPM, not so sure about MS in London. Also, everz now and then banks with a strong presence in France take the deal home as a lot of the sell-side is happening there.

A few years ago Nomura used to be quite good as well but seniors left to UBS, and none of the banks has really established themselves in the market since

 

I agree with what was said by UtilitiesBanker regarding Citi, Barclays and JPM, not so sure about MS in London. Also, everz now and then banks with a strong presence in France take the deal home as a lot of the sell-side is happening there.

A few years ago Nomura used to be quite good as well but seniors left to UBS, and none of the banks has really established themselves in the market since

 

Best banks in Power IB are CS, JPM, GS, MS and ML.

Lots of financing work (esp. debt finance), project finance, etc, with a sprinkling of M&A by comparison. Could get more active due to deregulation in some markets. If you find it interesting, then why not go for it?

 

The term "gas companies" is pretty wide ranging.

Exploration & Production (E&P) - done out of a pure oil&gas/energy team Midstream - done out a pure oil&gas/energy team Pipelines - depends, sometime utilities sometimes oil&gas/energy Gas Distribution - likely utilities LNG - either group

 

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