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Euromoney awards GILD Bankers as the Best M&A House in Estonia
Prominent international finance magazine Euromoney recognised the leading independent Baltic investment bank GILD Bankers as the Best M&A House in Estonia in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2008. Total of 600 leading banks and other financial institutions from all over the world participated in the selection process this year.
Euromoney acknowledged GILD Bankers for an impressive track record of innovative and market leading transactions in the assessed period across a number of industries in Estonia. In 2007 GILD Bankers completed several landmark transactions in online media, arranging for example the sale of popular web portals auto24.ee and cvkeskus.ee. In addition GILD advised the leading pan-Baltic car retail group ELKE in the sale of shares to Amber Trust, the leading distributor of alcoholic beverages in the Baltics L.I.O.N. & Ko in the sale to Liviko and Olympic Entertainment Group, the leading gaming and entertainment group in CEE, in acquiring casino operator Kristiine Kasiino.
In 2007 GILD Investment Banking team was involved in 17 advisory projects with the total value of over EUR 380 mln, whereas 11 of them were mergers and acquisitons. Since 1999 GILD has advised and successfully completed more than 130 transactions with a combined value around EUR 3 bn. GILD Investment Banking unit is a member of M&A International, a global alliance of 41 independent M&A advisory and investment banking firms in 40 countries.
Euromoney Awards for Excellence research team and awards panel assessed the performance of financial institutions on both quantitative and qualitative factors such as key performance indicators, financial ratios and innovation over the trailing 12 month period to decide the award.
For further information please contact:
Kadri Kütt
GILD Communication Manager
kadri.kytt(at)gildbankers.com
+372 56 800 467