GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has revealed its league tables for top 10 legal advisers by value and volume in Asia-Pacific (APAC) for in its report, Global and Asia-Pacific M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1-Q3 2020’.

According to GlobalData’s M&A report, a total of 5,298 M&A deals were announced in the Asia-Pacific region in Q1-Q3 2020.

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There was a 10% increase over the 4,817 deals announced during the same period in 2019. Deal value also increased by 21.3% from $359bn in Q1-Q3 2019 to $435bn in Q1-Q3 2020.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto tops by value

As per GlobalData’s ranking, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto gained top spot in terms of deal value by advising on 17 deals of worth $67.2bn, the highest value among all the advisers.

Nishimura & Asahi occupied second position by value with 29 deals of worth $51.5bn, followed by Davis Polk & Wardwell with 31 deals of worth $42.5bn and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe with five deals of worth $41.2bn.

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AZB & Partners leads by volume

AZB & Partners led in terms of volume with 53 deals of worth $21.2bn.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Herbert Smith Freehills took second position and third position by volume with 44 deals each of worth $10.4bn and $6.7bn, respectively, followed by Khaitan with 36 deals of worth $2.1bn.

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nishimura & Asahi occupied the top position by value and volume, respectively, in the key Asia-Pacific market, Japan.

GlobalData financial deals analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Despite being the only adviser that managed to advise on more than 50 deals, AZB & Partners lost the top position by value to Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, which advised on less than half the number of deals.

“Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised on six billion-dollar deals (worth greater than or equal to $1bn), including one mega deal worth $40.7bn. AZB & Partners also advised on same number of billion-dollar deals but without any mega deal.”

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 from leading advisers, through adviser submission forms on GlobalData’s website