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Investment banks
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France

Mergers & acquisitions

Sector: distribution & consumer goods - large-cap

— 2025 —

Leading

Centerview Partners

NEW
Nicolas Constant | Pierre Pasqual

Lazard

NEW
Jean-Philippe Bescond | Isabelle Xoual

Rothschild & Co

NEW
Grégoire Chertok | Frank Cygler

Excellent

1

Morgan Stanley France

NEW
Jean-Baptiste Charlet

Natixis Partners

NEW
Patrick Maurel | Valérie Pellereau | Bruno Stern

2

BNP Paribas

NEW
Philippe-Elie Bacot

Crédit agricole CIB

NEW
Pietro Sibille

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

NEW
Anne Bizien | Gilberto Pozzi

J. P. Morgan

NEW
Kyril Courboin | Maja Torun

Highly recommended

Deutsche Bank

NEW
Emmanuel Hasbanian

Nomura

NEW
Alexis Singer

PJT Partners

NEW
Yves Ayache | Emmanuel Gueroult | Emmanuel Guillemet | René Proglio

Société Générale CIB

NEW
Patrick Perreault | Juan Manuel Ramirez

UBS Investment Bank

NEW
Bruno Hallak | Valérie Landon

Recommended

Bank of America

NEW
Laurent Vieillevigne

Barclays

NEW
Ghislain de Brondeau

Citigroup

NEW
Roberto Costa

Publication date : Dec 29, 2025

In each tier, the firms and people are ordered alphabetically

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