Raiffeisen Centrobank awarded “Financial Adviser of the Year in Turkey” at Financial Times and Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2013

London/Istanbul/Vienna – Raiffeisen Centrobank (RCB) was awarded "Financial Adviser of the Year in Turkey" by the Financial Times and Mergermarket.

On 12th December the top M&A dealmakers in Europe were named at the annual awards ceremony hosted at The Savoy in London. This renowned industry event awarded the top financial and legal advisers from the past year across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

"This internationally renowned award underlines anew our strong performance in one of the largest and most dynamic markets worldwide. It will certainly be a motivator for our financial advisory experts – especially Gökce Kabatepe, managing director of our Turkey office, and his team – to continue their highly professional work", explains RCB CEO Eva Marchart.

In 2013 Raiffeisen Investment Turkey closed 12 transactions for a total deal volume of USD 5.7 billion.

Photo: The successful RCB team (from right to left) Aydin Ozol, Gerhard Grund, Gökce Kabatepe


Photo credit: Mergermarket


About Raiffeisen Centrobank and Raiffeisen Investment

Raiffeisen Centrobank, jointly with its Raiffeisen Investment network, is a leading Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advisor in Central Eastern Europe and Turkey. The core fields of business besides M&A are Equity Capital Markets (ECM), Privatisations, Structured Transactions, Private Placements and Merchant Banking. This is done by combining top-level industry sector expertise in Consumer Goods, Agro & Retail, Energy/Utilities, Financial Sponsors, Financial Institutions, Industrials, Life Sciences, Telecoms Media Technology with local know-how. Raiffeisen Centrobank is a 100% subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG.

For further information please contact:
Andrea Pelinka-Kinz
Phone: + 43 (0) 1 515 20-614
E-Mail: pelinka-kinz(at)rcb.at