Serving Petronas: How does a bank win a Petronas mandate?

There are few more highly prized clients than the Petronas group. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley – both fresh from their roles on the record-breaking Agricultural Bank of China IPO, and galvanized by their appointment on the revived AIA flotation – have continued a stellar year by being mandated as joint global coordinators alongside CIMB on the Petronas Petrochemical flotation. On MMHE, the joint leads will be JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Maybank.

There are few more highly prized clients than the Petronas group. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley – both fresh from their roles on the record-breaking Agricultural Bank of China IPO, and galvanized by their appointment on the revived AIA flotation – have continued a stellar year by being mandated as joint global coordinators alongside CIMB on the Petronas Petrochemical flotation. On MMHE, the joint leads will be JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Maybank.

How does a bank win a Petronas mandate? Neither Morgan nor Deutsche were obvious ECM choices in Malaysia, neither having handled a decent equity deal there since a rights issue by Axiata in April 2009.

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