Deals of the Year


Middle East Petrochemical 1999

Overall emerging markets 1999

Overall deal 1999 - Q-Chem

Sponsors: Qatar General Petroleum; Phillips Petroleum

Advisor: Greenwich Natwest

Asian Power - Dabhol Phase II

Sponsors: Enron, Bechtel; GE Capital Structured Finance

Joint lead arranger: Credit Suisse First Boston; ABN Amro

Middle East Water/Power 1999 - Al Taweelah 2

Sponsors: CMS Energy; Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Corp

Lead arranger: Barclays Capital

Middle East Transport 1999 - Cross Israel

Sponsors: Canadian Highway International; Africa Israel Investments; Housing & Construction Holdings

Lead arrangers: Bank Hapoalim; CIT Group

Middle East Power 1999 - Sidi Krir

Sponsors: Intergen; First Arabian Development & Investment; Kato Investments

Financial advisor and joint lead arranger:

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

Lead arrangers: ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, SG, EDC

Asian Telecoms 1999 - StarHub

Sponsors: Telemedia; Singapore Power; British Telecom; NTT

Lead Arranger: ABN Amro

Asian Real Estate 1999 - Universal Studios

Sponsors: City of Osaka; Universal Studios; Rank Holdings; Sumitomo; Hitachi Zosen

Lead arrangers: Sumitomo, Sanwa Bank, Daiwa Bank, Fuji Bank, Development Bank of Japan

Asian Water 1999 - Chengdu No.6

Sponsors: Vivendi, Marubeni

Lead arranger: Credit Lyonnais

Overall African deal - N3 Toll Road

Sponsor: N3TC consortium

Lead arranger: Rand Merchant Bank

Overall Americas deal

North American Power Acquisition 1999 - Edison Mission/ComEd

Sponsor: Edison Mission Energy

Lead arrangers: Chase Manhattan; Citibank, SG, WestLB

North American Power 1999 - Calpine Construction Finance

Sponsor: Calpine Corp

Lead Arranger and Bookrunner: Credit Suisse First Boston

Lead Arrangers: CIBC World Markets; Toronto-Dominion Bank; Scotia Capital

North American Oil and Gas - Husky Terra Nova

Sponsor: Husky Oil

Lead Arranger: Credit Suisse First Boston

North American Telecoms 1999 - FLAG Atlantic?1

Sponsors: Flag Telecom; GTS Holdings

Lead Arrangers: Barclays Capital; Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, WestLB.

North American Transport 1999 - Highway 407

Sponsors: Cintra; SNC Lavalin; Capital d'Amerique

Lead Arrangers: Bank of Montreal; Citibank; Royal Bank of Canada; Bank of Montreal; Nesbitt Burns; Salomon Smith Barney

Joint Latin American Power 1999 - Termocandelaria

Sponsor: KMR Power

Lead arrangers and advisors: Bank of America; Centre Solutions

Joint Latin American Power 1999 - AES Parana

Sponsor: AES; PSEG

Lead Arrangers: JBIC; WestLB; ING Barings; Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi

Latin American Mining 1999 - Antamina

Sponsors: Rio Algom; Noranda; Teck; Mitsubishi

Lead Arrangers: ABN Amro; ANZ; Bank of Montreal; Barclays Capital; CIBC Wood Gundy; Citibank; Deutsche Bank; Scotiabank.

Latin American Oil and Gas 1999 - Mega LNG

Sponsors: YPF SA, Petrobras; Dow Chemical

Lead arrangers: Credit Suisse First Boston; Citibank

European Water 1999 - Stirling Water Seafield Finance

Sponsors: Thames Water, MJ Gleeson; Montgomery Watson

Lead managers: SG; Royal Bank of Canada

European Telecoms 1999 - Jazztel

Sponsor: Jazztel

Lead arrangers: Argentaria; Chase Manhattan; Barclays Capital; Dresdner Kleinwort Benson; JP Morgan; Lehman Brothers.

European Power Project Bond - Eastern Norge Svartisen

Sponsor: TXU Europe

Sole Arranger: Chase Manhattan

European Transport 1999 - Beira Interior Shadow Toll Road

Sponsors: Dragados y Construcciones; Soares da Costa; Teieira Duarte; Alves Ribeiro, Sopol; Ramalho Rosa-Cobeta.

Lead arrangers: Caixa Geral de Depositos; Banco Portugues de Investimento; BCPA; Bayerische Landesbank.

Overall European deal

European Power Acquisition 1999 - Drax

Sponsor: AES

Lead Arrangers: Chase Manhattan; Industrial Bank of Japan; Deutsche Bank

European Real Estate 1999 - ExCeL

Sponsor: ExCeL

Lead Arranger: Barclays capital

Overall Australian deal - Millmerran

Sponsor: Intergen

Lead arrangers: ABN Amro; ANZ; BA Australia; Commonwealth Bank of Australia; National Australia Bank