IBI ranked No. 1 financial adviser for sixth year in a row

IBI Corporate Finance has been ranked as the No. 1 financial adviser in Ireland in the annual review of international mergers and acquisitions activity by specialist M&A publisher, Mergermarket.

IBI Corporate Finance has been ranked as the No. 1 financial adviser in Ireland in the annual review of international mergers and acquisitions activity by specialist M&A publisher, Mergermarket. This is the sixth successive year that IBI has been ranked No. 1 and follows IBI’s recent achievement of the Mergermarket/Financial Times 2010 Financial Adviser of the Year – Ireland award.

IBI topped the league table for the number of transactions on which it advised with a total of eight qualifying deals with a cumulative deal value of US$4.1bn in 2010. The company was also ranked top in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Innovative advice

Commenting on the announcement, Roisin Brennan, IBI Executive Chairman, said: “We are delighted that IBI’s track record of providing innovative corporate finance advice has been acknowledged independently. Mergermarket’s analysis shows that IBI consistently advises on more announced deals in Ireland than any other financial adviser.”

About Mergermarket

Mergermarket covers corporate finance activity in Europe, North America, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Mergermarket generates proprietary intelligence and delivers it, together with daily aggregated content, on its www.mergermarket.com platform.

About IBI Corporate Finance

IBI Corporate Finance is Ireland’s leading corporate finance adviser, providing expert, independent advice. It acts for public, private and semi-state companies covering a wide spectrum of domestic and international transactions.

IBI Corporate Finance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland Group and is the exclusive Irish member of M&A International Inc.

IBI Corporate Finance Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.