Prestige Tier List of IB Transactions

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Cumulative Score Out Of 100

Advisory Mandate (Out of 20)

20 - Company-Side RX (Chapter 11)
18 - Target-Side Hostile Bid Defense
15 - Company-Side RX (OOC)
15 - Buy-Side Hostile Bid / White Knight
12 - Sell-Side M&A
10- Creditor-Side RX (Ad Hoc Group, UCC)
10- Buy-Side M&A
7 - IPO
3 - Equity Raising
2 - Debt Raising

Transaction Size (EV for M&A, Debt for RX) - Out of 30

30 - Over $50bn
20 - Over $10bn
15 - Over $5bn
5 - Over $1bn
3 - Over $250mm
0 - Under $250mm

Transaction Context (Out of 15)

15 - Cross Border, Sovereign Intervention, National Security
10 - Two of the Above
5 - One of the Above
0 - None of the Above

Counterparties (Out of 20)

15 - 8+ Groups (Target, Creditors, Bidders), Dozens of Legal Counsel / Consultants / Financial Advisors

10 - 5+ Groups, 10+ Advisors

5 - 3 or More Groups

3 - Bilateral

Sector (15)

15 - High Technology, Telecom, Media, Defense, Aerospace, Biotech

10 - Healthcare, Consumers, O&G, PU&I, Metals & Mining

5 - Industrials, Real Estate, etc

 

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For example, a 100/100 prestige transaction.

Hostile Bid Defense Advisor to Nvidia ($6T EV) Amidst A Sovereign-Watched National Defense Restructuring (Chapter 11) With $2T Debt, Simultaneously Defending Against 6 International Consortiums (TSMC, ASML, MAG7, SK Hynix, Samsung, etc) Bidding, Exclusive Sell-Side Advisor, Virtually Ever Bulge Bracket Advising A Counterparty, A&M/Alix/FTI Involved, Entire Vault 50 Involved, MBB Involved, Parthenon, Strategy&, Oliver Wyman Involved, Congress Intervenes, 10+ Sovereigns Intervening (UK, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Australia, China, South Korea), Dominates Global Headlines For 5+ Years

 

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