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DISTINGUISHED FINALISTS of the YEAR, 2015 7th Annual Awards Gala and Dinner

6.30 pm, March 31, 2015. Iconic Intrepid Air, Sea & Space Museum, New York, USA.

Global M&A Network congratulates distinguished group of finalists’ for the one and only, M&A ATLAS AWARDS, Global Major Markets. The world’s most prestigious awards exclusively honors excellence exclusively for executing transformational transactions valued above a billion dollars in the categories of deals, teams and outstanding firm of the year awards.

In a highly competitive process, a total of 302 transactions were considered, and 158 deals are selected to compete per eligibility standards in the categories of Global M&A Deals, Regional M&A Deals and the Global Industry M&A Deal awards. Prestige & Value: Winning the M&A ATLAS AWARDS equates to achieving the highest “Gold Standard of Performance” acclaim globally and regionally since the winners are selected independently for successfully closing the best value-generating transactions. Gala Celebration: Winners are officially announced and honored at the annual awards gala dinner. As always, winners must attend the gala ceremony to accept the winner’s trophy. WHAT to DO if you are among the coveted group of distinguished finalists? If you nominated, we urge you to confirm your participation promptly for the gala dinner, held this year on the evening of March 31, 2015 in New York at the iconic Intrepid Museum, New York.

If you missed nominations, you can claim your spot as a winner since it is the deal that wins. Kindly reserve your or firm representative spot for the gala to accept the winner’s trophy. General enquiries, to confirm participation, kindly, contact: Raj Kashyap, email: [email protected] or telephone: +914.886.3085 (USA)

THE 7th ANNUAL GLOBAL MAJOR MARKETS │ 2015

CONGRATULATIONS: DISTINGUISHED FINALISTS AWARDS GALA: March 31, 2015 │Intrepid Museum, New York.

GLOBAL OUTSTANDING FIRM AWARDS of the Year GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the Year Selection Standards: (1) Notable transaction completed in 2014 valued above billion USD; (2) Dedicated team presence in two or more continents; (3) Team leadership, expertise and track record.

Advent International Bain Capital Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co The Blackstone Group The Carlyle Group

GLOBAL M&A INVESTMENT BANK of the Year Selection Standards: (1) Primary role advising on deals valued above billion USD; (2) Dedicated team presence in three or more international markets; (3) Practice diversity, (4) Team leadership, expertise and proven record of client service.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Citigroup Global Markets Deutsche Bank Securities Goldman Sachs J.P. Morgan Securities Morgan Stanley

GLOBAL M&A LAW FIRM of the Year Selection Criteria: (1) Primary role advising on deals valued above billion USD; (2) Dedicated team presence in three or more international markets; (3) Practice diversity; (4) Team leadership, expertise and proven record of client service.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Latham & Watkins Kirkland & Ellis Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Sullivan & Cromwell

GLOBAL M&A INVESTMENT BANK of the Year │ BOUTIQUE Selection Criteria: (1) Primary role advising on deals valued above billion USD; (2) Dedicated team presence in two or more international markets; (3) Practice diversity; (4) Team leadership, expertise and proven record of client service.

Centerview Partners Evercore Greenhill & Co Lazard Moelis & Co Rothschild GLOBAL TRANSACTION ADVISOR of the Year Selection Criteria: (1) Primary role as advisory role per due diligence, valuations, taxes, post acquisition support, etc on deals valued above billion USD; (2) Dedicated team presence in three or more international markets; (3) Team leadership, expertise and proven record of client service.

Deloitte Ernst & Young KPMG PwC

Prestigious, GLOBAL M&A TEAM AWARDS of the Year AWARD RECIPEINT ANNOUNCED at the GALA CEREMONY

● GLOBAL CORPORATE DEAL TEAM ● EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE DEAL TEAM

● GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL TEAM

● GLOBAL M&A INVESTMENT BANKER

● GLOBAL M&A LAWYER

● GLOBAL M&A TAX ADVISOR

Page │0 NOTE: Winners are honored at the annual awards gala, trophy presentation ceremony. For team awards,

senior deal team leader must attend gala to accept the winner trophy on behalf of the team and firm. Reminder: Reserve Your Corporate Tables or Individual Guest attendees for the Celebratory Awards Gala and Dinner. General Inquiries: Raj Kashyap, T (USA): +914.886.3085 Email: [email protected]

Reserve the right to update, change or reivse the awards categories. 2008-2015.

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GLOBAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year GLOBAL M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$ 15 billion plus. Standards: Game changing transactions closed in the 2014 calendar year, impacting international markets. • Actavis acquisition of Forest Laboratories. Advisors: Greenhill, J.P Morgan, Latham & Watkins, Wachtell

Lipton, Skadden, Arthur Cox, William Fry. • Suntory acquisition of Beam. Advisors: Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse,

Centerview, Cleary Gottlieb, Sidley Austin, Nishimura & Asahi. • Thermo Fisher Scientific acquisition of Life Technologies. Advisors: Barclays, J.P Morgan, Moelis,

Deutsche Bank, Wachtell Lipton, WilmerHale, Axinn Veltrop, Cravath. • Walgreens acquisition of Alliance Boots (Walgreens Boots Alliance). Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Lazard,

Deutsche Bank, Centerview, Wachtell Lipton, Allen Overy, Darrois Villey, Simpson Thacher. GLOBAL M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$ 15 - 5 billion. • AerCap acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation from American International Group.

Advisors: UBS, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Freshfields, Cravath, Debevoise & Plimpton, NautaDutilh, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.

• Bayer acquisition of Consumer Healthcare Business of Merck. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Sullivan & Cromwell, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis, Covington & Burling, Jones Day.

• Level 3 Communications acquisition of TW Telecom. Advisors: Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Rothschild, Evercore, Credit Suisse, Willkie Farr, Wachtell Lipton.

• McKesson acquisition of Celesio. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Citigroup, Gleacher Shacklock, Linklaters, Freshfields, Hengeler Mueller.

GLOBAL M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$ 5 - 1 billion.

• Aktiv Kapital acquisition by Portfolio Recovery Associates. Advisors: William Blair, Deutsche Bank, Sidley Austin, Freshfields, Dittmar & Indrenius, Thommessen.

• Amaya Gaming acquisition of Oldford Group. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, Canaccord Genuity, Macquarie, Barclays, Houlihan Lokey, Greenberg Traurig, Osler, Fox Rothschild, Herzog Fox & Neeman.

• Mahindra & Mahindra and CIE Group merger of Mahindra Systec and CIE Automotive global operations. Advisors: Kotak IB, ICICI, E&Y, Auren, DLA Piper, Khaitan, GBP Legal, Amarchand Mangaldas.

• Norwegian Cruise Line acquisition of Prestige Cruises International. Advisors: Barclays, Perella Weinberg, J.P Morgan, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Weil, Cravath, Paul Weiss.

EMERGING MARKETS M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$ 5 billion plus. Standards: Game changing transactions closed in the 2014 calendar year, involing a counterparty from the emerging/developing markets. • Emirates Telecommunications acquisition of Maroc Telecom from Vivendi. Advisors: BNP Paribas, Moelis,

Lazard, Attijariwafa Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn. • Gas Natural Fenosa acquisition of Compañía General de Electricidad from Inversiones Tunquen and

Constructora de Viviendas Económicas Santa Marta. Advisors: SocGen CIB, Citigroup, J.P Morgan, BNP Paribas, Claro & Cía, Guerrero Olivos, Clifford Chance.

• Labregah Real Estate, subsidiary of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company acquisition of Barwa Commercial Avenue and Barwa City; and sale of stake in Barwa Bank. Advisors: KPMG, White & Case, Al Ansari Associates, Taylor Wessing.

• MMG consortium including China Minmetals, Guoxin International and CITIC Metal acquisition of Xstrata Peru from Glencore Xstrata. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, CITIC Securities, BMO Capital, Credit Suisse, White & Case, Baker & McKenzie, Dentons, Estudio Grau, Rodrigo Elias, Linklaters.

Page │1 NOTE: It is the deal that wins! A deal is eligible to compete in upto three awards categories.

Winners are honored at the annual awards gala, trophy presentation ceremony. Deal advisors can be part of the prestigious winners circle by attending the gala and accepting the coveted winner trophy

Reminder: Reserve Your Corporate Tables or Individual Guest attendees for the Celebratory Awards Gala and Dinner. General Inquiries: Raj Kashyap, T (USA): +914.886.3085 Email: [email protected]





GLOBAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year EMERGING MARKETS M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$ 5 - 1 billion. • Fonds National d’Investissement control acquisition of Orascom Télécom Algérie from Global Telecom

and VimpelCom. Advisors: FTI Consulting, UBS, Shearman & Sterling, CMS Bureau Algiers, Akin Gump, Gide. • Grupo Bimbo acquisition of Canada Bread from Maple Leaf Foods. Advisors: Atlas Advisors, RBC,

Centerview, CIBC, Torys, Osler, Goodmans, Stikeman Elliott. • Kroton Educacional acquisition of Anhanguera. Advisors: BTG Pactual, Morgan Stanley, Bradesco BBI,

Banco Itau BBA, Goldman Sachs, BM&A, Mattos Filho. • Woolworths acquisition of David Jones. Advisors: Rothschild, Standard Bank, Macquarie, Gresham

Partners, Greenhill, Gilbert +Tobin, Webber Wentzel, Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills. • Yıldız acquisition of United Biscuits from Blackstone Group and PAI Partners. Advisors: HSBC, Ünlü,

Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Centerview, Jamieson, Linklaters, Yuksel Karkin, Freshfields, Taylor Wessing.

GLOBAL CORPORATE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ $20 billion plus. Standards: Transformational, value creating strategic transactions closed in the 2014 calendar year.

• Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp. Advisors: Allen & Co, Morgan Stanely, Weil, Fenwick & West. • Kinder Morgan acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Management, El Paso Pipeline Partners.

Advisors: Barclays, Citigroup, Jefferies, Tudor Pickering, Weil, Bracewell & Giuliani, Baker Botts, Vinson & Elkins. • Verizon Communications acquisition of Vodafone stake in Verizon Wireless. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, J.P

Morgan, Guggenheim, PJT Partners, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Wachtell Lipton, Macfarlanes, Simpson Thacher, Slaughter & May, Hogan Lovells. .

• Walgreens acquisition of Alliance Boots (Walgreens Boots Alliance). Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Lazard, Deutsche Bank, Centerview, Wachtell Lipton, Allen Overy, Darrois Villey, Simpson Thacher.

GLOBAL CORPORATE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ $20 - 5 billion. • Bayer acquisition of Consumer Healthcare Business of Merck. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan

Stanley, J.P Morgan, Sullivan & Cromwell, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis, Covington & Burling, Jones Day. • BSkyB acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland stakes from 21st Century Fox. Advisors: Barclays,

Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Lazard, Goldman Sachs, Herbert Smith Freehills, Allen & Overy. • Tyson Foods acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Goldman Sachs,

Centerview, Davis Polk, Skadden. • TUI acquisition of TUI Travel. Advisors: Lazard, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Greenhill,

Herbert Smith Freehills, Allen & Overy. GLOBAL CORPORATE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │$1 - 5 billion. • Aktiv Kapital acquisition by Portfolio Recovery Associates. Advisors: William Blair, Deutsche Bank, Sidley

Austin, Freshfields, Dittmar & Indrenius, Thommessen. • Cielo acquisition and joint venture with Banco do Brasil credit card payment business. Advisors:

Bradesco BBI, J.P Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Rothschild, BTG Pactual, BM&A, Mattos Filho, Lefosse, Sundfeld. • Cobham acquisition of Aeroflex. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Stifel, Skadden,

Schulte Roth Zabel. • Mahindra & Mahindra and CIE Group merger of Mahindra Systec and CIE Automotive global operations.

Advisors: Kotak IB, ICICI, E&Y, Auren, DLA Piper, Khaitan, GBP Legal, Amarchand Mangaldas.








GLOBAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year CROSS BORDER M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ $10 billion plus. Standards: Game changing transactions closed in the 2014 calendar year, across national boundaries.

• Bayer acquisition of Consumer Healthcare Business of Merck. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Sullivan & Cromwell, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis, Covington & Burling, Jones Day.

• Enel Energy acquisition of Endesa Latinoamérica and Enersis stake from ENDESA. Advisors: Credit Suisse, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Mediobanca, Uria Law, Clifford Chance.

• Suntory acquisition of Beam. Advisors: Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Centerview, Cleary Gottlieb, Sidley Austin, Nishimura & Asahi.

• Walgreens acquisition of Alliance Boots (Walgreens Boots Alliance). Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Lazard, Deutsche Bank, Centerview, Wachtell Lipton, Allen Overy, Darrois Villey, Simpson Thacher.

CROSS BORDER M&A DEAL of the YEAR│ $5 to 10 billion. • Anheuser-Busch InBev acquisition of Oriental Brewery from KKR Asia and Affinity Equity. Advisors:

Lazard, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields, Kim & Chang, Linklaters, Simpson Thacher. • Emirates Telecommunications acquisition of Maroc Telecom from Vivendi. Advisors: BNP Paribas, Moelis,

Lazard, Attijariwafa Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn. • McKesson acquisition of Celesio. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Citigroup, Gleacher Shacklock,

Linklaters, Freshfields, Hengeler Mueller. • Microsoft acquisition of Nokia Handset Business from Nokia. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, J. P Morgan,

Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Hannes Snellman, Roschier. CROSS BORDER M&A DEAL of the YEAR│ $1 to 5 billion. • Abbott acquisition of CFR Pharmaceutical. Advisors: Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Santander, Clifford

Chance, Cleary Gottlieb. • Cobham acquisition of Aeroflex. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Stifel, Skadden,

Schulte Roth Zabel. • Oando Energy Resources acquisition of Nigerian Upstream Oil and Gas Business of ConocoPhillips.

Advisors: Standard Bank, Standard Chartered, First City Monument Bank, Petrenel, BNP Paribas, DLA Piper, Fasken Martineau, Advisory Legal Consultants.

• SNC-Lavalin acquisition of Kentz. Advisors: Morgan Stanely, RBC, Ondra, Investec, Norton Rose Fulbright, Stikeman Elliott, Simmons & Simmons.

GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Growth and value generating private equity acquisition closed in the 2014 calendar year.

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquisition of MAUSER Group from Dubai International Capital. Advisors: Credit Suisse, BofA Merrill Lynch, Debevoise & Plimpton, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins.

• The Blackstone Group acquisition of Gates Global from ONEX and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, XMS Capital, BoA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Jamieson, Simpson Thacher, Latham & Watkins.

• The Carlyle Group acquisition of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics business from Johnson & Johnson. Advisors: Barclays, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Latham & Watkins, Cravath.

• Vista Equity acquisition of Tibco Software. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, J.P Morgan, Union Square Advisors, Goldman Sachs, Kirkland & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini, Professional Corporation.








GLOBAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year GLOBAL CONSORTIUM DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Acquisition by investor group acquisiton, closed in 2014 calendar year.

• Advent International, Bain Capital and ATP Group acquisition of Nets. Advisors: UBS, MHS Corporate Finance, Infima, J.P Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis, Accura, Hannes Snellman, Wiersholm, Gorrissen Federspiel, Bech Bruun, BA-HR, Roschier.


• Partners Group and Starr Investment acquisition of MultiPlan from BC Partners and Silver Lake. Advisors: Barclays, J.P Morgan, Marwood, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, LionTree, Raine Group, Dean Bradley Osborne, Kirkland & Ellis, King & Spalding, Simpson Thacher.

• Temasek, Sofiprotéol, CDH Investments, Euromezzanine and Sagard acquisition stake in Ceva Sante Animale. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Capitalmind, Lazard, Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb, King Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin, Mayer Brown, Weil.

REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year AFRICA M&A DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from the African region.

• Fonds National d’Investissement control acquisition of Orascom Télécom Algérie from Global Telecom and VimpelCom. Advisors: FTI Consulting, UBS, Shearman & Sterling, CMS Bureau Algiers, Akin Gump, Gide.

• Oando Energy Resources acquisition of the Nigerian Upstream Oil and Gas Business of ConocoPhillips. Advisors: Standard Bank, Standard Chartered, First City Monument Bank, Petrenel, BNP Paribas, DLA Piper, Fasken Martineau, Advisory Legal Consultants.

• Woolworths acquisition of David Jones. Advisors: Rothschild, Standard Bank, Macquarie, Gresham Partners, Greenhill, Gilbert +Tobin, Webber Wentzel, Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills.

MIDDLE EAST M&A DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from Middle East regions.

• Emirates Telecommunications acquisition of Maroc Telecom from Vivendi. Advisors: BNP Paribas, Moelis, Lazard, Attijariwafa Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn.

• Energy Investments Global, subsidiary of Al Mirqab Capital acquisition of Heritage Oil. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, QInvest, J.P Morgan, Mishcon de Reya, McCarthy Tétrault, Charles Russell Speechlys.

• Labregah Real Estate, subsidiary of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company acquisition of Barwa Commercial Avenue and Barwa City; and sale of stake in Barwa Bank. Advisors: KPMG, White & Case, Al Ansari & Associates, Taylor Wessing.








ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year ASIA PACIFIC PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Growth and value creating private equity buyout deal from the Asian Pacific, Oceanic regions, closed in 2014 calendar year. • Giant Interactive Group acquisition led by management and Baring Private Equity Asia and Hony Capital.

Advisors: China Minsheng Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, ICBC, J.P Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Duff & Phelps, Kilometre Capital, Wilson Sonsini, Weil, Skadden, Fenwick & West, O'Melveny & Myers, Fangda, Grandall, Maples & Calder, Conyers Dill.

• Hony Capital acquisition of Pizza Express from Gondola Group. Advisors: J.P Morgan, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Jamieson, Linklaters, Freshfields.

• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquisition of Goodpack. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Rippledot, Simpson Thacher, WongPartnership, Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann.

• The Carlyle Group acquisition of ADT Korea from Tyco. Advisors: Korea Exchange Bank, Kookmin Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Investment & Securities, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Clifford Chance, Lee & Ko, Simpson Thacher.

ASIA PACIFIC M&A DEAL of the YEAR • Lenovo acquisition of IBM x86 Server business from IBM. Advisors: Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, BofA

Merrill Lynch, Cleary Gottlieb, AZB & Partners, Cravath, Hogan Lovells, O'Melveny & Myers. • Mahindra & Mahindra and CIE Group merger of Mahindra Systec and CIE Automotive global operations.

Advisors: Kotak IB, ICICI, E&Y, Auren, DLA Piper, Khaitan, GBP Legal, Amarchand Mangaldas. • Mitsubishi Corporation acquisition of Cermaq. Advisors: Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Fondsfinans, BA-HR,

Schjødt, Clifford Chance. • Mizkan Group acquisition of Ragú and Bertolli brands from Unilever. Advisors: Goldman Sachs,

Shearman & Sterling, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Cravath. • Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation acquisition of Wing Hang Bank. Advisors: Nomura, Goldman

Sachs, KPMG, BofA Merrill Lynch, Slaughter & May, Freshfields.








EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year EUROPE PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Growth and value generating private equity acquisition from the wider European regions, closed in the 2014 calendar year. • Advent International acquisition of UNIT4. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Marlborough Partners, ING Corporate

Finance, Oppenheimer Europe, ABN AMRO Bank, Allen & Overy, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. • Hony Capital acquisition of Pizza Express from Gondola Group. Advisors: J.P Morgan, KPMG, Goldman

Sachs, Jamieson, Linklaters, Freshfields. • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquisition of United Group (SBB/Telemach) from Mid Europa Partners.

Advisors: Credit Suisse, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin, Kirkland & Ellis, CMS, Simpson Thacher. • Nordic Capital acquisition of Lindorff from Altor and Investor AB. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, Carnegie,

White & Case, Latham & Watkins, Accura, Mannheimer Swartling, Wiersholm. EUROPE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ CENTRAL EASTERN Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from CEE, Turkey or Russia. • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquisition of United Group (SBB/Telemach) from Mid Europa Partners.

Advisors: Credit Suisse, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin, Kirkland & Ellis, CMS, Simpson Thacher. • Polymetal International acquisition of Altynalmas Gold. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, RBC, White & Case. • Severstal OAO sale of Severstal Columbus to Steel Dynamics and AK Steel. Advisors: Evercore,

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Skadden, Weil, Barrett & McNagny. • Yıldız acquisition of United Biscuits from Blackstone Group and PAI Partners. Advisors: HSBC, Ünlü,

Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Centerview, Jamieson, Linklaters, Yuksel Karkin, Freshfields, Taylor Wessing.

EUROPE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ WESTERN $5 billion plus. Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from Western European regions. • AerCap acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation from American International Group.

Advisors: UBS, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Freshfields, Cravath, Debevoise & Plimpton, NautaDutilh, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.

• Numericable Group, subsidiary of Altice acquisition of SFR from Vivendi. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Barclays, Citigroup, Lazard, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, SocGen CIB, Cleary Gottlieb, Allen & Overy, Mayer Brown, Franklin, Bird & Bird, Bredin Prat, Cabinet Bompoint.

• Telefónica Deutschland, subsidiary of Telefónica acquisition of E-Plus Mobilfunk from KPN. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, CMS, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Allen & Overy.

• TUI acquisition of TUI Travel. Advisors: Lazard, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Greenhill, Herbert Smith Freehills, Allen & Overy.

EUROPE M&A DEAL of the YEAR │ WESTERN $5 - 1 billions. • Dixons Retail merger with Carphone Warehouse. (Dixons Carphone) Advisors: Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche

Bank, UBS, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Freshfields. • London Stock Exchange Group acquisition of Frank Russell Company from Northwestern Mutual Life

Insurance. Advisors: Barlcays, Greenhill, Peter J. Solomon, Robey Warshaw, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis, Debevoise & Plimpton, Skadden.

• Meda acquisition of Rottapharm. Advisors: Rothschild, Jefferies, Reed Smith, Gianni Origoni, Latham Watkins, Pavesi Gitti Verzoni.

• WSP Global acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff Group from Balfour Beatty. Advisors: Barclays, CIBC, Goldman Sachs, BofA Merrill Lynch, Hogan Lovells, Stikeman Elliott, Blake Cassels, Lavery de Billy, Linklaters, Morrison & Foerster.








AMERICAS REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year AMERICAS PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Growth and value creating private equity buyout deal from the Americas, closed in the 2014 calendar year. • CVC Capital and Leonard Green acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing from Apax Partners.

Advisors: Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P Morgan, Simpson Thacher, Latham & Watkins, Skadden. • The Blackstone Group acquisition of Gates Global from ONEX and Canada Pension Plan Investment

Board. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, XMS Capital, BoA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Jamieson, Simpson Thacher, Latham & Watkins.

• Thoma Bravo acquisition of Compuware. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis. • Vista Equity acquisition of Tibco Software. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, J.P

Morgan, Union Square Advisors, Goldman Sachs, Kirkland & Ellis, Wilson Sonsini, Professional Corporation. NORTH AMERICA M&A DEAL of the YEAR│ $10 billion plus. Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from North American region. • Burger King Worldwide acquisition of Tim Hortons. Advisors: Lazard, J.P Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup,

RBC, Kirkland & Ellis, Davies Ward, Paul Weiss, Wachtell Lipton, Osler, Cassels Brock, Munger Tolles. • Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp. Advisors: Allen & Co, Morgan Stanley, Weil, Fenwick & West. • Kinder Morgan acquisition of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Management, El Paso Pipeline. Advisors:

Barclays, Citigroup, Jefferies, Tudor Pickering, Weil, Bracewell & Giuliani, Baker Botts, Vinson & Elkins. • Thermo Fisher Scientific acquisition of Life Technologies. Advisors: Barclays, J.P Morgan, Moelis,

Deutsche Bank, Wachtell Lipton, WilmerHale, Axinn Veltrop, Cravath. NORTH AMERICA M&A DEAL of the YEAR│ $10 – 5 billion. • AECOM Technology acquisition of URS. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Moelis, Citigroup, Dean Bradley

Osborne, Gibson Dunn, Wachtell Lipton, Cooley. • Encana acquisition of Athlon Energy. Advisors: Tudor Pickering, Barclays, Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Paul

Weiss, Vinson & Elkins, Blake Cassels, Latham & Watkins. • Level 3 Communications acquisition of TW Telecom. Advisors: Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Rothschild,

Evercore, Credit Suisse, Willkie Farr, Wachtell Lipton. • TIAA-CREF acquisition of Nuveen Investments from Madison Dearborn Partners. Advisors: J.P Morgan,

Lazard, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Moelis, Debevoise & Plimpton, Kirkland & Ellis, Winston Strawn, Schulte Roth Zabel, Skadden.

NORTH AMERICA M&A DEAL of the YEAR│ $5 – 1 billion. • Arthur T. Demoulas and “B” shareholders of Demoulas Super Markets acquisition of Demoulas Super

Markets, Valley Properties and Delta & Delta Realty (Market Basket). Advisors: Blackstone Advisory, UBS, Houlihan Lokey, Financo, Skadden, Davis Malm & D’Agostine, Ropes & Gray, Curtis Mallet-Prevost.

• Grupo Bimbo acquisition of Canada Bread from Maple Leaf Foods. Advisors: Atlas Advisors, RBC, Centerview, CIBC, Torys, Osler, Goodmans, Stikeman Elliott.

• KKR & Co. acquisition of KKR Financial Holdings. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Sandler O’Neill, Lazard, Simpson Thacher, Cravath, Wachtell Lipton.

• Zebra Technologies acquisition of Enterprise business from Motorola Solutions. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis, Winston & Strawn, Wachtell Lipton.








AMERICAS REGIONAL DEAL AWARDS of the Year SOUTH AMERICA M&A DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value creating deals closed in the 2014 calendar year, involving a counterparty from South American region. • Cielo acquisition and joint venture with Banco do Brasil credit card payment business. Advisors:

Bradesco BBI, J.P Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Rothschild, BTG Pactual, BM&A, Mattos Filho, Lefosse, Sundfeld. • Enel Energy acquisition of Endesa Latinoamérica and Enersis stake from ENDESA. Advisors: Credit

Suisse, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Mediobanca, Uria Law, Clifford Chance. • Gas Natural Fenosa acquisition of Compañía General de Electricidad from Inversiones Tunquen and

Constructora de Viviendas Económicas Santa Marta. Advisors: SocGen CIB, Citigroup, J.P Morgan, BNP Paribas, Claro & Cía, Guerrero Olivos, Clifford Chance.

• Kroton Educacional acquisition of Anhanguera. Advisors: BTG Pactual, Morgan Stanley, Bradesco BBI, Banco Itau BBA, Goldman Sachs, BM&A, Mattos Filho.

GLOBAL INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS of the Year CONSUMER GOODS & SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to consumer goods, services, excludes retail, food & beverage.

• Google acquisition of Nest Labs from investors. Advisors: Lazard, Wilson Sonsini, Orrick, Goodwin Procter. • Kroton Educacional acquisition of Anhanguera Educacional. Advisors: BTG Pactual, Morgan Stanley, Banco

Bradesco BBI, Banco Itau BBA, Goldman Sachs, BM&A, Mattos Filho. • Norwegian Cruise Line acquisition of Prestige Cruises International. Advisors: Barclays, Perella Weinberg,

J.P Morgan, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Weil, Cravath, Paul Weiss. CONSUMER RETAIL SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to consumer retail and services.

• Arthur T. Demoulas and “B” shareholders of Demoulas Super Markets acquisition of Demoulas Super Markets, Valley Properties and Delta & Delta Realty (Market Basket). Advisors: Blackstone Advisory, UBS, Houlihan Lokey, Financo, Skadden, Davis Malm & D’Agostine, Ropes & Gray, Curtis Mallet-Prevost.

• Men's Wearhouse acquisition of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Financo, J.P Morgan, Willkie Farr, Skadden, Guilfoil Petzall & Shoemake.

• Woolworths acquisition of David Jones. Advisors: Rothschild, Standard Bank, Macquarie, Gresham Partners, Greenhill, Gilbert +Tobin, Webber Wentzel, Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills.

ENERGY & SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to energy related industries, utilities and power industries.

• Baytex Energy acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas. Advisors: Scotia Waterous, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Burnet Duckworth, Paul Weiss, Norton Rose Fulbright, Davies Ward, Gilbert + Tobin, Minter Ellison.

• Encana acquisition of Athlon Energy. Advisors: Tudor Pickering, Barclays, Evercore, Goldman Sachs, Paul Weiss, Vinson & Elkins, Blake Cassels, Latham & Watkins.

• Regency Energy Partners acquisition of PVR Partners. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, UBS, Citigroup, Evercore, Baker Botts, Vinson & Elkins.








GLOBAL INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS of the Year ENGINEERING & SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to engineering, design, consulting, construction, etc. services.

• AECOM Technology acquisition of URS. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Moelis, Citigroup, Dean Bradley Osborne, Gibson Dunn, Wachtell Lipton, Cooley.

• SNC-Lavalin acquisition of Kentz. Advisors: Morgan Stanely, RBC, Ondra, Investec, Norton Rose Fulbright, Stikeman Elliott, Simmons & Simmons.

• WSP Global acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff Group from Balfour Beatty. Advisors: Barclays, CIBC, Goldman Sachs, BofA Merrill Lynch, Hogan Lovells, Stikeman Elliott, Blake Cassels, Lavery de Billy, Linklaters, Morrison & Foerster.

ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to entertainment, media, marketing and related industries.

• CVC Capital and Leonard Green acquisition of Advantage Sales & Marketing from Apax Partners. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P Morgan, Simpson Thacher, Latham & Watkins, Skadden.

• BSkyB acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland stakes from 21st Century Fox. Advisors: Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Lazard, Goldman Sachs, Herbert Smith Freehills, Allen & Overy.

• Steve Ballmer acquisition of the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers from The Sterling Trust. Advisors: Raine Group, BofA Merrill Lynch, Covington & Burling, Greenberg Glusker.

FINANCIAL SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to banking, asset management, lending, capital markets and related industries. • Element Financial acquisition of PHH Vehicle Management Services from PHH. Advisors: BMO Capital,

Guggenheim, Centerview, Blake Cassels, Cravath, Kirkland & Ellis. • London Stock Exchange Group acquisition of Frank Russell Company from Northwestern Mutual Life

Insurance. Advisors: Barlcays, Greenhill, Peter J. Solomon, Robey Warshaw, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis, Debevoise & Plimpton, Skadden.

• TIAA-CREF acquisition of Nuveen Investments from Madison Dearborn Partners. Advisors: J.P Morgan, Lazard, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Moelis, Debevoise & Plimpton, Kirkland & Ellis, Winston Strawn, Schulte Roth Zabel, Skadden.

FOOD & BEVERAGE DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to food, beverage, reastaurants and related industries. • AB InBev acquisition of Oriental Brewery from KKR Asia and Affinity Equity. Advisors: Deutsche Bank,

Lazard, Citigroup, Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields, Kim & Chang, Linklaters, Simpson Thacher. • Burger King Worldwide acquisition of Tim Hortons. Advisors: Lazard, J.P Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup,

RBC, Kirkland & Ellis, Davies Ward, Paul Weiss, Wachtell Lipton, Osler, Cassels Brock, Munger Tolles. • Tyson Foods acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, J.P Morgan, Goldman Sachs,

Centerview, Davis Polk, Skadden.

INDUSTRIALS DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to industrials, manufacturing industries, excludes metals, B-to-B services.

• Alfa Laval acquisition of Frank Mohn. Advisors: SEB, Saga Corporate Finance, BA-HR, Schjodt. • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquisition of MAUSER Group from Dubai International Capital. Advisors: Credit

Suisse, BofA Merrill Lynch, Debevoise & Plimpton, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins. • Crown Holdings acquisition of Mivisa Envases from The Blackstone Group and N+1 Mercapital.

Advisors: Citigroup, Blackstone Advisory, Dechert, Simpson Thacher.








GLOBAL INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS of the Year GAMING SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to gaming related industries. • Amaya Gaming acquisition of Oldford Group. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, Canaccord Genuity, Macquarie,

Barclays, Houlihan Lokey, Greenberg Traurig, Osler, Fox Rothschild, Herzog Fox & Neeman. • Global Cash Access acquisition of Multimedia Games. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Pillsbury Winthrop, DLA

Piper, Wells Fargo, Latham & Watkins. • Scientific Games acquisition of Bally Technologies. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, J.P

Morgan, Macquarie, Groton Partners, Cravath, Skadden. PHARMA & DEVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to pharma, medical devices and related industries. • Bayer acquisition of Consumer Healthcare Business of Merck. Advisors: BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan

Stanley, J.P Morgan, Sullivan & Cromwell, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis, Covington & Burling, Jones Day. • Mallinckrodt acquisition of Questcor Pharmaceuticals. Advisors: Barclays, Centerview, Wachtell Lipton,

Arthur Cox, Latham & Watkins, Matheson. • Thermo Fisher Scientific acquisition of Life Technologies. Advisors: Barclays, J.P Morgan, Moelis,

Deutsche Bank, Wachtell Lipton, WilmerHale, Axinn Veltrop, Cravath. REAL ESTATE & SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to real estate, hospitality related industries.

• Cerberus Capital sale of control stake in Kokusai, Kogyo Co to the founding family. Advisors: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Goldman Sachs, Schulte Roth Zabel, Morgan Lewis & Bockius.

• NorthStar Realty Finance acquisition of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT. Advisors: UBS, CS Capital, BofA Merrill Lynch, Robert A. Stanger, Keybanc Capital, Paul Weiss, Latham & Watkins.

• TPG Capital, PAG Asia and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan acquisition DTZ from UGL. Advisors: Goldman Sachs, Herbert Smith Freehills, Gilbert + Tobin, Cleary Gottlieb.

RESOURCES & MATERIALS DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to resources, mining, materials services and related industries.


• Severstal OAO sale of Severstal Columbus to Steel Dynamics and AK Steel. Advisors: Evercore, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Skadden, Weil, Barrett & McNagny.

• Yamana Gold and Agnico Eagle Mines acquisition of Osisko Mining. Advisors: Canaccord Genuity, National Bank, TD Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, BMO Capital, Maxit Capital, Norton Rose Fulbright, Paul Weiss, Davies Ward, Bennett Jones, Stikeman Elliott.

TECHNOLOGY DEAL of the YEAR │ $5 billion plus. Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to technology, hardware, software, IT, internet, mobile and related industries.

• Avago Technologies acquisition of LSI. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, Qatalyst, Latham & Watkins, Skadden. • Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp. Advisors: Allen & Co, Morgan Stanely, Weil, Fenwick & West. • SAP acquisition of Concur Technologies. Advisors: Deutsche Bank, Qatalyst, Jones Day, Paul Weiss,

Fenwick & West.








GLOBAL INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS of the Year TECHNOLOGY DEAL of the YEAR │ $5 - 1 billion plus. • Cognizant Technology acquisition of TriZetto from Apax Partners. Advisors: Credit Suisse, UBS, Centerview,

J.P Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, Nishith Desai. • Lenovo acquisition of IBM x86 Server business from IBM. Advisors: Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, BofA Merrill

Lynch, Cleary Gottlieb, AZB & Partners, Cravath, Hogan Lovells, O'Melveny & Myers. • Zebra Technologies acquisition of Enterprise business from Motorola Solutions. Advisors: Morgan

Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J.P Morgan, Kirkland & Ellis, Winston & Strawn, Wachtell Lipton. TELECOM & COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR Standards: Value-creating deals closed in 2014 year, exclusive to telecom, communications and related industries. • Fonds National d’Investissement control acquisition of Orascom Télécom Algérie from Global Telecom

and VimpelCom. Advisors: FTI Consulting, UBS, Shearman & Sterling, CMS Bureau Algiers, Akin Gump, Gide. • Level 3 Communications acquisition of TW Telecom. Advisors: Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Rothschild,

Evercore, Credit Suisse, Willkie Farr, Wachtell Lipton. • Vodafone acquisition of Grupo Corporativo ONO from investor group. Advisors: Morgan Stanley, Robertson

Robey, DLA Piper, Deutsche Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, UBS, J.P Morgan, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Garrigues, Weil.







WINNER GUEST ATTENDEE INFORMATION AWARDS GALA: March 31, 2015 │Intrepid Museum, New York.

Welcome to the annual celebration of world’s most exclusive, competitive and prestigious industry awards. Following is information on the awards gala so that you are prepared to enjoy and celebrate the evening. PROGRAM BRIEF:

6.30 pm. Guest arrivals and cocktails on Hangar 1 and 2 of the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum.

7.15 pm Dinner Seating. Seating is open for individual guest unless you have a reserved corporate table.

7.40 pm Featured Guest Speaker: Introduction. Bill Walsh, CEO and Founder, Powerteam International. Marc J. Lane, author of "The Mission-Driven Venture"

7.55 pm Awards Gala Ceremony. Introduction: Shanta Kumari, CEO, Founder and Group Publisher, Global M&A Network, LLC

Master of Ceremonies: Amanda Drury, Co-anchor, Powerlunch, CNBC

10.00 pm Farwell. The Royal Blue Trophy Box is available for you to carry your trophies.

VENUE: The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is located on the West side of Manhattan on Pier 86, 12th

Ave. & 46th Street. Please be prepared for security check-in at the entrance.

ATTIRE: Black Tie (tuxedo, recommended for that special feeling); black formal suit/necktie required.

CHECK-IN: Business card is required. ACCEPTANCE: As a winner, be prepared to deliver jubilant short remarks on the deal or your team, firm, etc. Remarks Do not make remarks about your non-involvement in the deal since this reflects poorly on the organization you are representing. ACCESS: As guest attendee at the Intrepid Museum, you have the opportunity to walk around the exhibits Networking in the hangar, the top deck, the “Concord”, etc. The gala is great place to invite and celebrate with your colleagues, clients, family and friends.

As always, Global M&A Network does not make the attendee list available.

PHOTOS: Photographer is available throughout the evening. There is a group winner’s circle photo at the end of the awards ceremony. You may also request individual photos with your colleagues and clients. Electronic file is made available 5 days post gala.

TROPHY: Yes...the trophy is made of heavy crystal, weighs @ three pounds and is breakable if you drop it. Specially designed royal blue box is available for secure carry on. We do not ship trophies including for any registered winners who may miss the gala. Hence, it is always best to register for two or more guests, and find a representative to accept the trophy on behalf of the firm and the team.

POST AWARDS: Winners Circle official press release is made available the next day. Logo's and testimonials are made available as requested.

Page │0 NOTE: Winners are honored at the annual awards gala, trophy presentation ceremony. For team awards,

senior deal team leader must attend gala to accept the winner trophy on behalf of the team and firm. Reminder: Reserve Your Corporate Tables or Individual Guest attendees for the Celebratory Awards Gala and Dinner. General Inquiries: Raj Kashyap, T (USA): +914.886.3085 Email: [email protected]



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