When Royal Bank of Scotland succeeded in its bid for NatWest earlier in the year, the end of independence for the struggling UK bank was not the only outcome. It was also testimony that Goldman Sachs was the premier M&A house in Europe. Add this to its dominance of the US market for the previous five years, and its strength in Asia, and Goldman is the obvious choice for best M&A house of the year.
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