At the time these awards were being decided, Goldman Sachs was topping the MA league table. This is an outstanding achievement considering it was the only major bank not to be involved in the gargantuan MA deal of the year, PCCWHKT.
However, it is an ironic mark of Goldman's MA abilities that it was thanks to the firm that the transaction even happened at all. PCCW would never have had the opportunity to launch its LBO for HKT if Goldman had not brought SingTel to the table in the first place. Aside from PCCWHKT, Goldman has advised on seven of the top 25 deals announced this...
