JPMorgan Chase dominates the leveraged buyout financing leaderboard, its "cash power" leaving its Wall Street rivals in the dust.

Despite the discussions of the "territorial disputes" between banks and private credit funds in the market, JPMorgan Chase, as the top bank in the United States, overwhelmingly dominates this arena because only it can write such large checks. This bank has repeatedly defeated private credit institutions and Wall Street competitors with its strong financing capabilities. It took the lead in providing $80 billion in financing for 3G Capital's acquisition of Skechers, and then offered $175 billion to help Warner Bros. explore corporate spin-offs. But the most notable is the $200 billion in financing provided by JPMorgan Chase for the acquisition of Electronic Arts, making it the largest commitment ever made by a single bank in leveraged buyouts. When Silver Lake Capital co-CEO Egon Durban called JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to confirm if the bank was determined to invest such a huge amount of money, the deal was finalized in just 11 days. JPMorgan Chase and the banks that subsequently participated in the deal received approximately $500 million in fees. Dimon has repeatedly warned about the risks in the current credit market, and if he believes the transaction risks are too high, JPMorgan Chase would rather sit on the sidelines. But for transactions with manageable risks and trustworthy clients, the bank will go all out. "If we enter, we will be fully committed," said Kevin Foley, head of JPMorgan Chase's global capital markets, in an interview. JPMorgan Chase has assets of $4.6 trillion, about one-third higher than the second-ranked Bank of America. According to U.S. regulatory rules, the bank theoretically has an exposure of nearly $500 billion to a single client.