BNP Paribas has been recognized as US Private Placement Agent of the Year in GlobalCapital’s Syndicated Loans Awards, as voted by private placement industry participants. This outstanding achievement is a testament to the Bank’s commitment to delivering high-quality origination and execution to its clients.
The private placement market saw record volumes in 2024 with continued growth in demand from the investor base meeting enhanced supply from new asset classes, structure types and continued strong flow from more traditional sources.
Against this backdrop, the BNP Paribas US Private Placement team excels as a top choice for cross-border issuers and cross-currency transactions, exhibiting its breadth of experience originating and structuring transactions, from landmark size issuance to bespoke structures.
We appreciate the recognition we received for our deep commitment to clients and our creative and flexible alternative financing solutions tailored to their needs across sizes, sectors and jurisdictions. Our worldwide investor network provides efficient access to global pools of liquidity and enables our clients to succeed in meeting their business goals.
Erin Brown, Co-Head of Global Capital Markets Americas, BNP Paribas
Leadership and evolution with the US Private Placement market
Over the past 5 years, BNP Paribas’s US Private Placement team has focused on the strategic expansion of its business, reflected in the ascent to the top of the cross-border league tables.
As markets for private capital continue to grow, so does the team’s increasingly prominent role across the global private placement markets. With offices across US, Europe, Asia and other regions, BNP Paribas successfully leverages a breadth and depth of local market expertise that allows the team to provide holistic advice and strategy on global private placement execution. In a testament to the strength and reach of our global private placement capabilities and investor relationships across regions, BNP Paribas also garnered the Euro Private Placement Agent of the Year accolade by GlobalCapital.
We are absolutely delighted to be awarded GlobalCapital’s US Private Placement Agent of the Year—a tremendous achievement for our team reflecting the market’s recognition of our leading position with this product. 2024 was a standout year for our franchise and this continued our strong year-on-year growth trajectory. We are equally delighted to see our client, Messer, awarded USPP Deal of the Year, and we would like to thank our clients for their ongoing trust and support.
Adam Terranova, Head of US Private Placements, BNP Paribas
US Private Placement Deal of the Year win
BNP Paribas’ German client Messer, the world’s leading privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases, issued a landmark USD1.1 billion of Senior Notes in the US Private Placement market which GlobalCapital awarded US Private Placement Deal of the Year.
As a result of strong investor demand and the long-term orientation of investor relationships, the issuance was several times oversubscribed. BNP Paribas acted as Joint Lead Placement Agent.
Brown notes, “it is an immense honor for us to be acknowledged for our dedication to clients who trust us to deliver best-in-class execution and ideas. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this success, we aim to continue moving the US Private Placement market forward with access to new forms of capital raising for our clients and investors.”