European buyout data (debt) 1999

Lead debt arrangers in continental European buyouts in 1999, ranked by value

BNP Paribas – 18 deals worth £1,343 million

Salomon Smith Barney – 2 deals worth £678 million

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson – 2 deals worth £649 million

AIB – 4 deals worth £607 million

UBS Warburg – 3 deals worth £513 million

Deutsche Bank – 5 deals worth £502 million

Mediocredito Lombardo – 6 deals worth £431 million

SEB – 5 deals worth £380 million

Merrill Lynch – 2 deals worth £286 million

Chase Manhattan – 2 deals worth £172 million

Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data