M&A International Inc. member IBI Corporate Finance ranked No. 1 financial advisor for sixth year in a row
December 2010. M&A International Inc. member IBI Corporate Finance has been ranked as the No. 1 financial advisor in Ireland in the annual review of international mergers and acquisitions activity by specialist M&A publisher, Mergermarket. This is the sixth successive year that IBI has been ranked No. 1 and follows IBI’s recent achievement of the Mergermarket/Financial Times 2010 Financial Advisor of the Year – Ireland award.IBI topped the league table for the number of transactions on which it advised with a total of eight qualifying deals with a cumulative deal value of US$4.1 billion in 2010. The company was also ranked top in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.
Innovative advice
Commenting on the announcement, Roisin Brennan, IBI Executive Chairman, said: “We are delighted that IBI’s track record of providing innovative corporate finance advice has been acknowledged independently. Mergermarket’s analysis shows that IBI consistently advises on more announced deals in Ireland than any other financial advisor.”
About Mergermarket
Mergermarket covers corporate finance activity in Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Mergermarket generates proprietary intelligence and delivers it, together with daily aggregated content, on its www.mergermarket.com platform.
About IBI Corporate Finance
IBI Corporate Finance is Ireland's leading corporate finance advisor, providing expert, independent advice. It acts for public, private and semi-state companies covering a wide spectrum of domestic and international transactions.
IBI Corporate Finance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland Group and is the Irish member of M&A International Inc. IBI Corporate Finance Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
About M&A International Inc.
M&A International Inc. offers the unparalleled resources of over 500 professionals in 45 M&A advisory and investment banking firms operating in 40 countries. All our members are closely linked in a global alliance to advise clients on acquisitions, divestitures, funding and joint ventures. In 2009, our members closed 224 transactions worth $20.4 billion. www.mergers.net
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M&A International Inc.
Christopher Scales, Executive Director, +34 678 549 330, cps@mergers.net
Melanie Berthelot-Verhaeghe, Head of Marketing, +34 646 740 259, melanie.berthelot@mergers.net