Four wins in J-Money's 2011 Japan Deals of the Year

J-Money magazine, Euromoney's Japan publication, announced its 2011 Japan Deals of the Year on January 27. Among the 10 award-winning deals in four categories (M&A, Equity, Bond and Structured Finance), Deutsche Bank Group was named for its key roles in four of the year's outstanding transactions:

Best M&A Deal (In-Out)
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited's acquisition of Nycomed A/S (Deutsche acted as advisor to Takeda)

Best M&A Deal (In-In)
Corporate merger of Nippon Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Deutsche acted as advisor to Sumitomo Metal)

Best IPO/PO Deal
United Urban Investment Corporation's IPO (Deutsche acted as Joint Bookrunner on the international tranche of its global offering)

Best International Bond Deal
Japan Bank for International Cooperation's three 5-year global-dollar bond issues (Deutsche acted as Joint Lead Manager for one of the three issues)