League tables Top 15 financial advisers value YTD 31-Mar-2009 House Value ($m) Deal count 1 JPMorgan 13,192 5 2 Macquarie Group 12,814 6 3 Nomura Holdings 12,614 2 4 Credit Suisse 11,992 3 5= Blackstone Group 11,838 1 5= China International Capital 11,838 1 5= Morgan Stanley 11,838 1 8 UBS Investment Bank 2,439 7 9 Grant Samuel 1,216 5 10 Deutsche Bank 850 4 11 Rothschild 848 3 12 Azure Capital 771 2 13 Deloitte 716 5 14 Goldman Sachs 684 3 15 Gresham Advisory Partners 627 1 Source: mergermarket volume YTD 31-Mar-2009 Australia House Value ($m) The financial adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January 2009 to 31 March 2009 and exclude lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all sectors and are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Australia Top 15 Legal advisers value YTD 31-Mar-2009 House Value ($m) Deal count 1 Mallesons Stephen Jaques 12,917 7 2 Allens Arthur Robinson 12,878 4 3 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 12,828 2 4 Linklaters 11,959 2 5 Johnson Winter & Slattery 11,896 2 6= Chiomenti Studio Legale 11,838 1 6= Clifford Chance 11,838 1 6= Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson 11,838 1 6= Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 11,838 1 10 Freehills 5,625 11 11 Blake Dawson 3,612 5 12 Gilbert + Tobin 2,420 2 13 Shearman & Sterling 2,014 3 14 Clayton Utz 1,511 9 15 Corrs Chambers Westgarth 1,210 4 Source: mergermarket volume Deal count 1 UBS Investment Bank 2,439 7 2 Macquarie Group 12,814 6 3 JPMorgan 13,192 5 4 Grant Samuel 1,216 5 5 Deloitte 716 5 6 Deutsche Bank 850 4 7 Credit Suisse 11,992 3 8 Rothschild 848 3 9 Goldman Sachs 684 3 10 Lonergan Edwards & Associates 59 3 11 Nomura Holdings 12,614 2 12 Azure Capital 771 2 13 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 369 2 14 Wilson HTM Corporate Finance 366 2 15 Lazard 218 2 YTD 31-Mar-2009 House Value ($m) Source: mergermarket The legal adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January 2009 to 31 March 2009 and include lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all sectors and are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Australia Deal count 1 Freehills 5,625 11 2 Clayton Utz 1,511 9 3 Mallesons Stephen Jaques 12,917 7 4 Minter Ellison 532 7 5 Blake Dawson 3,612 5 6 Baker & McKenzie 989 5 7 Allens Arthur Robinson 12,878 4 8 Corrs Chambers Westgarth 1,210 4 9 Deacons 349 4 10 Shearman & Sterling 2,014 3 11 McCullough Robertson 434 3 12 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 12,828 2 13 Linklaters 11,959 2 14 Johnson Winter & Slattery 11,896 2 15 Gilbert + Tobin 2,420 2 Source: mergermarket <strong>Monthly</strong> M&A report – 82
value ($m) Trend graphs Australian M&A quarterly trends value volume 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 Australian M&A quarterly private equity trends value volume value ($m) 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 Australia buyouts Australia exits number of deals number of deals 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 20 15 10 5 0 0 Australia Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 Moving average trend line Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 Australia buyouts Australia exits <strong>Monthly</strong> M&A report – 83