Goldman Sachs ranked first among financial advisers on mergers and acquisitions in South and Central America in the first quarter of 2026, leading the table by both deal value and number of transactions, according to GlobalData.
Data from GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database showed the bank worked on two transactions with a combined value of $6.2bn.
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BTG Pactual was placed second by deal value, advising on transactions totalling $400m.
Morgan Stanley followed with $181m, while Insurance Advisory Partners advised on $158m and Deutsche Bank on $151m.
In the ranking by deal count, Rothschild & Co was second with two transactions. Barclays also recorded two deals, while BTG Pactual and Morgan Stanley advised on one deal each.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose commented: “Goldman Sachs led by value as well as volume but its leadership was more prominent in terms of value as it is way ahead of its peers. In fact, no other advisers surpassed the $1 billion mark in total deal value during Q1 2026.”
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.
