Morgan Stanley and Clairfield International have led the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) rankings for financial advisers in South & Central America for 2025, according to figures released by GlobalData.
Based on GlobalData’s data, Morgan Stanley led by deal value, having advised on transactions worth a combined $17.8bn.
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Clairfield International topped the volume ranking, working on 10 transactions during the year.
Other firms in the top five by value were Jefferies at $9.4bn, Mizuho Financial Group at $9bn, RBC Capital Markets with $4.9bn, and Bank of America with $4.2bn.
In terms of deal volume, UBS advised on nine transactions to take second place, followed by Morgan Stanley with seven deals.
Lazard advised on five deals, while Rothschild & Co was involved in four.
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By GlobalDataGlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Clairfield International was the only adviser to hit double-digit deal volume in 2025. Similarly, Morgan Stanley was way ahead of its peers in terms of value as the only firm to surpass the $10 billion mark during the year. Of the seven deals advised by Morgan Stanley, four were billion-dollar deals.”
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.
To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions of deals from leading advisers.
