Central Asia

Euromoney Awards for excellence 2006
Azerbaijan
I Kazakhstan I Kyrgyzstan I Uzbekistan

BEST AT PROJECT FINANCE: BNP Paribas BEST INVESTMENT BANK: JPMorgan BEST M&A HOUSE: Citigroup

BNP Paribas managed to arrange a groundbreaking deal in Azerbaijan at the end of last year, when it set up a $750 million five-year facility for Socar, the state oil company, to finance its share of the ACG oil field, which it is developing together with BP. The deal was the first for Socar to involve development banks or export credit agencies.

Xavier Venereau, head of the European oil and gas group, says: “The deal was a big success.