Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs names Weber and Wilkins to head real estate dealmaking in Europe
The pair take over from Johannes Fritze who is set to retire
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BNP Paribas flies in Lynagh from New York to head UK global banking
Mark Lynagh is succeeding Matthew Ponsonby who has resigned from the bank
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Trump tariffs to chill M&A say advisers: ‘Crazy s*** is horrendous for deals’
US president Donald Trump’s tariffs expected to hit global M&A
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PwC hires Jefferies managing director in deals push
Big Four firm boosts insurance M&A team with hire from US bank
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Ex-Deutsche Numis, Clearwater dealmakers launch mid-market boutique Pura
The new boutique advisory firm will target mid-market deals
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Goldman Sachs promotes Mistry and Wick to lead leveraged finance in Europe
The new roles follow the exit of former boss Dominic Ashcroft to Blackstone
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UniCredit turns to AI to uncover smaller M&A deals in ambitious growth plan
The Italian lender has set a target of increasing fees by €1.4bn in its client solutions business and doing more strategic investment banking work
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Panmure Liberum hires City broking veteran Dickenson
The dealmaker left RBC Capital Markets, where he led its equity capital markets business in Europe, in July last year
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Banks shun Canary Wharf for swanky offices in the City
Banks have taken up five times as much office space in the City of London as Canary Wharf in the past five years
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Dealmakers pin hopes on European revival as US stutters
Investment bankers expected a surge in deals this year, but it has been a disappointing start. One upside is increased interest in Europe
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Deutsche Bank names new CFO, extends CEO term in management shake-up
The German lender has also handed investment bank head Fabrizio Campelli responsibility for the Americas
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HSBC cancels UK corporate conference after dealmaking retreat
The UK lender is shuttering its M&A and equity capital markets functions in Europe, and has called off a key meeting of companies scheduled for May
Evercore banker Fallstrom set to join Ardea
Max Fallstrom is exiting the elite boutique to join the bank run by former Goldman dealmakers
Jefferies dealmaking fees slip as trade war weighs on capital markets
The US bank is viewed as a bellwether for larger Wall Street rivals
Blackstone poaches Goldman Sachs leveraged finance head Dominic Ashcroft
Private markets firms continue to hunt top banking talent
Lazard teams up with ex-Credit Suisse trader’s hedge fund on European direct lending
The independent investment bank has entered into an agreement that will see it push into private credit
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Moelis asks bankers to work in the office five days a week in hybrid shift
The boutique investment bank is the latest to tighten working-from-home rules
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Goldman Sachs names del Castano and Gomez-Villalba co-heads of Spain
The Wall Street bank is reshuffling its senior leaders in the country following the retirement of Olaf Diaz-Pintado
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UBS poaches Guggenheim’s Ethan Sawyer to be global head of media
Sawyer’s largest deals include work on Disney’s $85bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox
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UBS rehires Visconti to lead TMT coverage in Europe
The dealmaker left the Swiss bank in 2020 for entrepreneurship, but has come back to lead technology coverage
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