The Credit Suisse team working on the Banco Santander Brasil initial public offering - the largest in the world this year - travelled to four continents in two and a half weeks to secure the deal, a hectic schedule that reaped dividends. Writer John Rumsey
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Property pays for Tesco
October 28, 2009The Goldman Sachs team: Ben Green, Sarika Singh, Elena Paitra, Rob Ritchie (standing) Martin Wiwen-Nilsson
Since the Lehman collapse, selling commercial mortgage-backed securities has not been considered a worthwhile venture. It took some innovative thinking by Goldman Sachs, on behalf of UK supermarket chain Tesco, to prove otherwise. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
Dealing with danger
September 2, 2009Left to right: Kapil Damani, Mark Gibson, Joshua Luks and Rishi Naik
Despite the bottom falling out of the catastrophe bond market in 2008, the team at BNP Paribas devised a novel way for reinsurer Hannover Re to re-enter the market, with impressive results. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
Building a solid structure
August 4, 2009Left to right: Simon Parry-Wingfield and Ben Babcock
HeidelbergCement has successfully restructured the debt accumulated from its Hanson acquisition with the help of Morgan Stanley, who were tasked with Europe's largest-ever stressed refinancing exercise. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
Nomura breathes life into the equity markets
July 7, 2009Life is returning to the equity-linked markets: Nomura, newly stocked with ex-Lehman staff, intends to make the most of it.
Energy sapping
June 4, 2009Merrill Lynch's orchestration of the EDF purchase of British Energy was one of the most complex and drawn-out deals of its kind ever undertaken. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
Food for thought
May 5, 2009When food group Premier was weighed down by debt after adding new brands to its portfolio, Goldman Sachs' last-minute, three-pronged restructuring plan saved the day.
Left to right: Andrew Wilkinson, Dominic Lee and Rob Pulford
Roche's perfect storm
April 7, 2009Drug company Roche made a rare foray into the markets recently, with BNP Paribas being among the bookrunners putting together its record-breaking euro bond deal to finance the purchase of US biotech firm Genentech. Writer Edward Russell-Walling
HSBC shows local knowhow
March 10, 2009HSBC tapped into its relationships as primary dealer with eurozone countries when it acted in Greece’s recent €5.5bn bond issue. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.
Lovells’ rescue remedy
February 2, 2009Lovells’ restructuring of Cheyne Capital’s $7bn structured investment vehicle set an example for other troubled SIVs. Writer Edward Russell-Walling.