Strongest HC Teams In London

For sponsors sell-side”

• JPM and RTH

• jefferies quite close

• others are hit and miss for the above EUR300m deals

• more competition under 300m - that’s where you’ll see Alantra, Bryan Garnier and others fight too. Also domestic players

On corporates

• JPM, MS, GS in no particular order. Centerview but weird positionning

• BAML below but probably a notch above the others, especially in pharma. would probably have Lazard there too

• others are more challengers or have specific relationships. Barclays works with UCB a lot for example. UBS / CS / DB you’ll find with local corporates. Citi has new head who came from JPM and he’s a great banker - will probably shake things up

HSBC has great lbo financing, and some m&a feal flow coming from the lending. Team head is effective and you’ll get decent sponsor deal flow there