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TelecomFinance Awards Dinner - the Winners
Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, Tuesday 26th January 2010
The TelecomFinance awards, honouring the top deals and banks of 2009, were presented by comedian Alun Cochrane at a gala dinner on 26th January. For the deals of the year categories, the TelecomFinance editorial team selected a shortlist of the top transactions in three regions - Europe, the Middle East & Africa and Asia. An independent panel of experts then voted to determine the winners.
The award winners for 2009 are:
Europe Deal of the Year
WINNER: Weather Investment restructuring of Wind Hellas
Value: US$2.958bn
Advisers: Calyon (Weather), Morgan Stanley (Wind)
Closed: December 2009
The judging panel said: "Not only was this one of Europe's biggest ever bond restructuring deals but it was, in the end, a very smartly engineered buyout that gives the company the opportunity to turn its fortunes around."
Middle East & Africa Deal of the Year
WINNER: Vodafone takeover of a 15% stake in Vodacom and Telkom listing of 35% in Vodacom
Value: M&A: US$2.5bn; Listing: US$3.6bn
Advisers: JPMorgan, IDG (Telkom), Morgan Stanley, FirstRand (Government), UBS (Vodafone)
Arrangers: JPMorgan, UBS
Closed: May 2009
The judging panel said: "It's not only the deal value and the complexity of the negotiations, but also the impact on the African industry. It re-enforces considerably Vodafone's presence in Africa and puts the group more explicitly in the runner-up position to consolidate the continent"
Asia Deal of the Year
WINNER: Royal Group acquisition of a 58.4% stake in CamGSM from Millicom and financing loan
Value: M&A: US$346m; Loan: US$421m
Advisers: Cambodia Capital (Royal Group), Goldman Sachs (Millicom)
Arrangers: Standard Bank, ANZ
Closed: November 2009
The judging panel said: "This was truly a trailblazing deal. It was the largest M&A deal in the country, and the financing that accompanied it also saw the largest ever syndicated loan on Cambodian soil. The deal could potentially mark the beginning of a new dawn in Indochina"
EMEA M&A Bank of the Year by Euro Deal Value
League table for M&A advisers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: UBS
| Managing Bank | Total Euro (m) |
UBS |
3,418 |
Morgan Stanley |
2,958 |
JPMorgan |
2,953 |
Credit Suisse |
2,349 |
Lazard |
2,138 |
Goldman Sachs |
1,938 |
Rand Merchant Bank |
1,780 |
IDG Ventures |
1,780 |
ING |
1,613 |
Rothschild |
1,416 |
Deutsche Bank |
502 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
EMEA M&A Bank of the Year by Number of Deals
League table for M&A advisers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: Rothschild
| Managing Bank | Number of deals |
Rothschild |
6 |
Lazard |
5 |
Goldman Sachs |
4 |
ING |
4 |
UBS |
3 |
Morgan Stanley |
3 |
JPMorgan |
3 |
Credit Suisse |
3 |
Deutsche Bank |
3 |
Unicredit |
3 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
Asia M&A Bank of the Year by Dollar Deal Value
League table for M&A advisers on telecom deals in Asia
WINNER: Goldman Sachs
| Managing Bank | Total US$ (m) |
Goldman Sachs |
6,097 |
JPMorgan |
5,496 |
Morgan Stanley |
4,500 |
Nomura |
3,090 |
UBS |
2,884 |
Lazard |
2,838 |
Rothschild |
2,143 |
Macquarie |
1,326 |
China Int Capital Corp |
1,000 |
Pwc |
719 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
EMEA Loan Bank of the Year by Euro Deal Value
League table for arrangers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: Sberbank
| Managing Bank | Total Euro (m) |
Sberbank |
1,843 |
BNP Paribas |
1,738 |
Calyon |
1,609 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
1,336 |
Nordea |
1,196 |
Barclays Capital |
1,156 |
SG |
920 |
Citigroup |
918 |
ING |
889 |
IFC |
746 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
EMEA Loan Bank of the Year by Number of Deals
League table for arrangers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: BNP Paribas
| Managing Bank | Number of deals |
BNP Paribas |
18 |
Calyon |
13 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
10 |
SG |
10 |
ING |
10 |
Nordea |
8 |
Citigroup |
8 |
Barclays Capital |
6 |
HSBC |
5 |
WestLB |
5 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
EMEA Bond Bank of the Year by Euro Deal Value
League table for arrangers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: BNP Paribas
| Managing Bank | Total Euro (m) |
BNP Paribas |
5,686 |
Deutsche Bank |
4,848 |
JPMorgan |
4,411 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
4,209 |
Barclays Capital |
4,151 |
Goldman Sachs |
4,045 |
Citigroup |
2,972 |
Credit Suisse |
2,744 |
SG |
2,500 |
HSBC |
2,471 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
EMEA Bond Bank of the Year by Number of Deals
League table for arrangers on telecom deals in Europe, Middle East & Africa
WINNER: BNP Paribas
| Managing Bank | Number of deals |
BNP Paribas |
25 |
Deutsche Bank |
18 |
JPMorgan |
18 |
Royal Bank of Scotland |
18 |
Barclays Capital |
18 |
Goldman Sachs |
14 |
SG |
12 |
Credit Suisse |
11 |
Calyon |
11 |
HSBC |
10 |
Source: TelecomFinance |
Last year's winners were:
- UBS: Asia Bank of the Year By Dollar Value of Deals
- Goldman Sachs: EMEA M&A Bank of the Year by Euro Deal Value
- Qtel's US$1.8bn acquisition of a 40.8% stake in Indosat: Asia Deal of the Year
- UBS: EMEA M&A Bank of the Year by Number of Deals
- RBS: EMEA Debt Bank of the Year by Euro Deal Value
- Vodafone's 70% acquisition of Ghana Telecom for US$900m: Middle East & Africa Deal of the Year
- VimpelCom's US$4.35bn acquisition of Golden Telecom including US$3.5bn loan: Europe Deal of the Year
- Calyon: EMEA Debt Bank of the Year by Number of Deals
How the awards work:
The Banks of the Year awards are purely quantitative, based on TelecomFinance's league tables, and compiled using magazine content as well as data provided by the banks.