Investment Banking Awards

Forsyth Barr is proud to have been consistently recognised with numerous awards over the past 15+ years spanning across Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets (including IPOs) and Debt Capital Markets.

Most recently, Forsyth Barr won one award at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2024 and three awards at INFINZ Awards 2024 (Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc).

The annual FinanceAsia Achievement Awards recognises excellence across Asia Pacific’s financial markets.

• The Best M&A Deal of the Year Award was Eastland Group’s NZ$500m+ 50% sale of Eastland Generation to Obayashi Corporation. Forsyth Barr was Financial Advisor to Eastland Group.
  

The annual INFINZ Awards recognise innovation and excellence in New Zealand's financial sector and are the leading financial industry awards in New Zealand.

• The NZ Equity Market Transaction of the Year Award was Infratil's NZ$750m Placement and NZ$185m Upsized Retail Offer. Forsyth Barr was a Joint Lead Manager.
• The M&A Transaction of the Year Award was the NZ$260m sale of Eastland Network to First Gas / Igneo Infrastructure Partners. Forsyth Barr was Financial Advisor to Eastland Group.
• The Mid-Market M&A Transaction of the Year Award was for DB Breweries acquisition of Kāpura and merger with its majority owned Joylab. Forsyth Barr was Lead Financial Advisor to DB Breweries.