Investment Banking Awards

Award-winning performance

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 three awards at INFINZ Awards 2024 (Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc).

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 for DB Breweries acquisition of Kāpura and merger with its majority owned Joylab. Forsyth Barr was Lead Financial Advisor to DB Breweries.

INFINZ	Years won
New Zealand Equity Market Transaction of the Year	2024 and 2023
M&A Transaction of the Year	2024, 2022 and 2014
Mid-Market M&A Transaction of the Year	2024
New Zealand Debt Market Issue of the Year	2022, 2019 and 2015

Finance Asia	Years won
Best Investment Bank – New Zealand	2023, 2022, 2021, 2017 and 2016
Best New Zealand Deal	2022 - Air New Zealand’s $1.2b Rights Offer
Best Australian M&A Deal	2021 – Joint Financial Advisor to Mercury’s $3.2b acquisition of Tilt Renewables

KangaNews	Years won
New Zealand Innovative Debt Deal of the Year	2021 – Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager on Kiwibank’s $250m Perpetual Preference Shares
New Zealand Dollar Credit Bond Deal of the Year	2021 – Joint Arranger and Joint Lead Manager on Contact’s $225m Capital Bond