Sub-Saharan African issuers are entering the market once again

Ferrari, telecoms and fashion are some of the big deals on which UBS has advised

Houlihan Lokey’s M&A advisory team shares the secret of getting tech deals done.

The US investment bank has been working hard to expands its debt capital markets business.

As part of its European expansion plans, the US investment bank is building momentum in France, as the recent Verkor mandate demonstrates. 

Taking a flexible approach to capital raising allowed the leveraged finance team to create asset-backed securities based on fibre-to-the-home infrastructure to support the big telecom providers.

Navigating complex multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, as well as debt restructuring, is where Investec’s investment banking arm excels.

In a year of bigger deals in European equities, the UK bank has beefed up its ECM team and worked on many “franchise-defining” transactions, going head-to-head with the big five institutions. 

Direct lending, refinancing and quality placements are keeping busy the bank’s leveraged finance team, which recently took on six new underwrites. 

Nomura’s share of the Italian M&A market has expanded on the back of two developments: increased activity from financial sponsors and increased spending on energy infrastructure.