European Mergers & Acquisitions: Prospects for the decade

Edited by: Henry Gibbon

 

More than 100 senior executives contributed directly or were interviewed as part of this report, including:

  • Cynthia Alers, investor relations director, BT
  • Simon Amies, partner, Covington & Burling
  • Carlos Ammann, managing vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton, Switzerland
  • Attilio Arietti, president, M&A International
  • Stephen Aulsebrook, chief executive, Close Brothers Corporate Finance
  • Ian Bagshaw, private equity partner, Linklaters
  • Ashley Ballard, partner, London corporate practice, White & Case
  • Adrian Barden, senior vice-president, Wolseley
  • Andrew Bell, head of M&A, Europe, Middle East and Africa, HSBC
  • Robert Bishop, partner, DLA Piper
  • Jon Breach, corporate finance partner, BDO Stoy Hayward
  • David Brooks, head of M&A, Grant Thornton
  • David Brown, head of M&A for HK and South China, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Volker Bruehl, head of strategic advisory, Dresdner Kleinwort, Germany
  • Craig Butcher, senior partner, Mid Europa Partners
  • Sarah Byrne-Quinn, director of strategy, Smith & Nephew
  • Antoine Cahuzac, CEO Global Banking, HSBC Dubai
  • Jacques Callaghan, managing director, Hawkpoint Partners
  • Peter Charlton, global head of corporate, Clifford Chance
  • Himesh Chavda, associate, Faegre & Benson
  • Adrian Clark, European head of corporate, Ashurst
  • Christopher Clark, corporate finance director, BDO Stoy Hayward
  • John Clifford, growth and acquisition finance division, Investec
  • Simon Collins, CEO, KPMG Corporate Finance
  • Daniel Confino, head of cross-border M&A, Noble
  • Rosalind Connor, partner, Jones Day
  • Andrew Cunningham, managing director, Close Brothers
  • Mike Francies, managing partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Jeremy Furniss, partner, Livingstone Partners
  • Douglas Getter, partner, Dechert
  • Ian Gomes, chair, New and Emerging Markets practice, KPMG
  • Joel Greenwood, TMT M&A, Deloitte
  • Sebastian Grigg, Head of UK Investment Banking, Credit Suisse
  • Ben de Haldevang, director, HR Ttansactions services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Matt Hanning, head of M&A, Asia-Pacific, UBS, Hong Kong
  • Simon Havers, managing director, Baird Capital Partners Europe
  • Chris Harper, director, Baird Capital Partners Europe
  • Simon Hemley, partner, Gresham Private Equity
  • David Higgins, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 
  • Jeffrey Hurlburt, partner, Hogan & Hartson
  • Hans van Ierland, managing partner, Holland Corporate Finance
  • Martin Issitt, partner and head of corporate (international), Eversheds
  • Philip Isherwood, research analyst, Dresdner Kleinwort
  • Adrian Johnson, former chief executive, LGV Capital
  • Mark Jones, partner, Norton Rose
  • Matthew Judd, partner, global investment funds practice group, White & Case
  • Jochen König, managing director, RBS Frankfurt
  • Florian Lahnstein, former co-head investment banking, Bear Stearns
  • Peter Laveran, partner, Covington & Burling
  • Ken Lindsay, head of the manufacturing team, ECI
  • David Livingstone, head of EMEA M&A, Credit Suisse
  • Hans Lotter, managing director, Rothchild Frankfurt  
  • Neil MacDougall, managing partner, Silverfleet Capital
  • Michael Magluilo, director, Baird Capital Partners Europe
  • Toby Mansel-Pleydell, managing director, Concorde Corporate Finance, Hungary (M&A International)
  • Paul Marson-Smith, chief executive, Gresham Private Equity
  • Roddy Martin, partner, Herbert Smith
  • Andrew McLean, partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Jeff Montgomery, managing partner, GMT Communications Partners
  • Andy Moore, partner, Clearwater Corporate Finance
  • Dirk Pahlke, managing director, Rothchild Frankfurt
  • Rhys Phillip, partner, Ernst & Young
  • Frédéric Pinet, managing partner, Ashurst, Paris
  • Anthony Princi, corporate partner and head of European Restructuring, Paul Hastings
  • Thomas Pütter, chief executive, Allianz Capital Partners
  • Bundeep Singh Rangar, chairman, IndusView Advisors
  • Arturo Recio, managing director, HSBC Global Banking
  • Mark Rawlinson, corporate partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Tim Richards, senior vice-president of business development, BT Global Services
  • Anthony Riley, corporate finance partner, Norton Rose
  • Tihir Sakar, partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
  • Moreis Scobie, director, HSBC Global Banking
  • Buchan Scott, partner, investor relations, Duke Street Capital
  • Wilco Schoonderbeek, private equity and corporate M&A practice, Protiviti
  • Heinz Sernetz, member of the executive board, Raiffeisen Investment, Vienna
  • Frank Slevin, head of global banking, Asia-Pacific, HSBC
  • Yann Souillard, investment director, LDC
  • Stuart Sparkes, TMT M&A, Deloitte
  • James Stewart, director, ECI Partners
  • Hugo Stolkin, partner, Linklaters
  • Anthony Sweetman, managing director, head of M&A Australia, UBS, Sydney
  • Charlie Troup, partner, Duke Street Capital
  • Denis Uvarov, partner, Linklaters
  • Luigi De Vecchi, CEO Credit Suisse Italy
  • Chris Ward, global head of corporate finance advisory, Deloitte
  • Simon Wilde, executive director, ABN AMRO
  • Ken Williamson, UK head of M&A, Ernst & Young
  • Kevin Woods, partner, GBS Finanzas, Madrid
  • Lawrence Yeo, founder, AsiaBiz Strategy