OREANDA-NEWS. May 17, 2010. The international news website Mergermarket (a member of the Financial Times group), which specializes in data gathering and analysis on the M&A market, has published individual league tables on financial consultants in the M&A market. ING Bank specialists have taken the top seven positions in the league, reported the press-centre of ING Bank:

Andrey Zubarev (ING Commercial Banking, Russia)

Alexander Kabanosky (ING Commercial Banking, Russia)

Igor Kosov (worked in ING Commercial Banking to February 2010, currently heads OJSC OEZ)
David Dimatteo (ING Commercial Banking, UK)

Hendrik Cornelis (ING Commercial Banking, UK)

Alex Ballantine (ING Commercial Banking, UK)

Elkhan Alnazarov (ING Commercial Banking, Russia)

The main criteria used in these ratings are the number and size of M&A transactions completed over a specified period in which the consultants’ names were disclosed.

Mergermarket Group is a prestigious international agency that specializes in gathering and analysis of financial information, including on mergers and acquisitions and the equity markets. The information is supplied to clients on subscription. Mergermarket forms part of the Financial Times Group and has offices in the US, Europe and Asia, employing over 250 journalists worldwide. The company’s clients include top global investment banks, investment and hedge funds, legal and financial consultants.