Goldman Sachs ranked first among financial advisers for mergers and acquisitions in South and Central America in the first six months of 2026, topping the table on both deal value and number of transactions, according to GlobalData.
Data from GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database shows the bank worked on three transactions with a combined value of $10.4bn.
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Alvarez & Marsal placed second by deal value, advising on transactions worth $4.2bn.
CIBC Capital Markets followed with $2.2bn, while Barclays, Bank of America and Houlihan Lokey advised on deals worth $1.8bn.
In the ranking by deal count, Barclays was second with three transactions. CIBC Capital Markets, Lazard and Rothschild & Co were next, each advising on two deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose commented: “Goldman Sachs led by volume as well as value, but was way ahead of its peers in terms of value by a significant margin. It was the only adviser to surpass the $10bn-mark in total deal value during the period. Two of the three deals advised by Goldman Sachs during H1 2026 were billion-dollar deals and the involvement in these big-ticket deals helped it secure the top spot by value.”
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.
