Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has led the financial advisers charts for mergers and acquisitions in Asia-Pacific during the first quarter of 2026, taking the top spot by both total deal value and number of transactions, according to GlobalData.
Figures from GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database showed the firm worked on 12 transactions with a combined value of $36.7bn.
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In the ranking by value, Morgan Stanley was placed second after advising on deals worth $16.1bn.
UBS was third with $4.8bn, followed by BMO Capital Markets on $4.3bn and RBC Capital Markets on $4bn.
Morgan Stanley also came second in the volume table, with eight deals.
Singhi Advisors was next with five transactions, while UBS and Ernst & Young each recorded four deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose commented: “Mitsubishi UFJ Financial was the top sixth adviser by both value and volume in Q1 2025. It registered improvement in both deal volume and value in Q1 2026 but the jump was more prominent in terms of value, mainly due to its involvement in $29.3 billion deal for the acquisition of Toyota Industries’ remaining 76.5% stake by Toyota Asset Preparatory.”
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.
