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Deutsche Bank AG hired Thomas Piquemal as head of global mergers and acquisitions and chairman of corporate and investment banking in France.
Piquemal, 47, most recently senior executive vice president for finance at French electricity utility Electricite de France SA, will be based in Paris and report to corporate and investment banking chief Jeff Urwin, Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank said in a statement last week.
Deutsche Bank is ranked 11th in advising on completed or pending deals announced this year. However, the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in the top spot, followed by Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
The German bank is ranked seventh in Europe.
In recent months, the bank has advised Anheuser-Busch InBev NV on its $105 billion takeover of SABMiller Plc, and Shire Plc on its $32 billion offer for Baxalta Inc.