Italy

Austria I Belguim I France I Germany I Greece I Ireland I Italy I Luxembourg I Netherlands I Portugal I Spain I Switzerland I United Kingdom Last year was a landmark for Italian banking. Foreign banks, led by ABN Amro, succeeded in making inroads into the country after much opposition, while local champion UniCredit overcame obstacles to secure Germany’s HVB and create an Eastern European banking champion in a rare example of an Italian takeover of a German company. The deal is the largest European cross-border financial institution M&A deal to date.