Commerzbank Securities made full use of banking relationships to take the central advisory role on Soros Private Equity Partners' €235m ($256m) acquisition of PolymerLatex from Bayer and Degussa.

Matthew Roeser, global head of Commerzbank Securities' financial sponsors group, said: "This is the model for what we try to do. Commerzbank has corporate relationships with both Bayer and Degussa and were able to take this opportunity to Soros in September."