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This slideshow is based on first-quarter M&A league tables from Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Dealogic.

You're an M&A banker at a big firm sitting outside the top 10 for global advice – and you're pitching for a large mandate. Fear not, some judicious tweaking can get you where you need to be in the rankings

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How to be number one in the M&A league tables

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Point72 hires ex-Millennium portfolio manager Prejesh Patel

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Patel, who marks the hedge fund’s latest hire, will be based in its London office

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