Deals of the Year 2012: Global markets – Bankers cater for a voracious appetite

International capital markets underwent a remarkable recovery last year as bond and equity markets soared, creating a fertile dealmaking environment that few had foreseen at the start of the year. By the end, an impressive volume and variety of capital raisings had hit the markets, highlighting a voracious appetite for risk and complexity that bankers were only too happy to satisfy. Even in M&A.

Return to Deals of Year 2012: Main index
Greece
Size €206 billion private sector involvement debt exchange
Date February 2012
Lead dealer managers/closing agents Deutsche Bank, HSBC
Financial adviser to Greece Lazard
Deal write-up
Schaeffler
Size €8 billion senior secured refinancing package
Date February 2012
Mandated lead arrangers BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JPMorgan, LBBW, Royal Bank of Scotland, UniCredit
Global coordinators and managing bookrunners BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and JPMorgan
Lead bookrunners for bonds Commerzbank, LBBW, RBS, UniCredit
Deal write-up
Barclays
Size $3 billion of 10-year contingent capital notes
Date November 2012
Global coordinating bookrunner and structuring adviser Barclays
Bookrunners Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley
Deal write-up
Ziggo
Size €925 million IPO
Date October 2012
Joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley
Joint bookrunners UBS, Deutsche Bank
Joint lead managers ABN Amro, HSBC, Nomura, Rabobank
Co-lead manager Société Générale CIB
Sponsor adviser STJ Advisors
Deal write-up
Pentair & Tyco Flow
Size $4.9 billion all-stock Reverse Morris Trust merger
Date September 2012
Financial advisers Goldman Sachs (Tyco), Deutsche Bank (Pentair)
Deal write-up
Maiden Lane III
Size $7.9 billion unwinding of Max CRE CDO
Date April 2012
Lead dealers Barclays, Deutsche Bank
Deal write-up
Willis Stein & Partners
Size Recapitalization of private equity fund Willis Stein & Partners III and its associated general partner (fund manager) Willis Stein
Date August 2012
Financial adviser Moelis & Company
Deal write-up
Open Grid Europe
Size €3.2 billion acquisition and financing of Open Grid Europe – Germany’s largest gas transmission network – from E.On
Date August 2012
Investor consortia Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund IV, Infinity Investments (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority), British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, and MEAG Munich Ergo Asset Management
Lead financial adviser to consortia Macquarie Capital
Second adviser to consortia RBC Capital Markets
Financial adviser to E.On Goldman Sachs
Mandated lead arrangers and underwriters BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Commerzbank, Export Development Canada, ING, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, Société Générale CIB, UniCredit
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