GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has revealed its league tables for top 10 financial advisers by value and volume in Europe for 2021 in its report, ‘Global and Europe M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables 2021’.
According to GlobalData’s M&A report, a total of 11,842 merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in the region during 2021. The deal value for the region increased by 27.6% from $801.3bn during 2020 to $1 trillion during 2021.
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Top advisers by value and volume
JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co emerged as the top M&A financial advisers in Europe for 2021 by value and volume, respectively.
JP Morgan advised on 137 deals worth $301.5bn, while Rothschild & Co advised on 329 deals worth $196.7bn.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Both JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were clear winners in their own space and outpaced their peers by a big margin by value and volume, respectively. While JP Morgan was the only advisor to cross the $300bn mark, Rothschild & Co was also the only firm that managed to advise on more than 300 deals during 2021.
“Interestingly, Rothschild & Co also managed to secure the fourth position by value and JP Morgan also occupied the eighth position by volume.”
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By GlobalDataGoldman Sachs took the second spot in terms of value with 117 deals worth $294.7bn, followed by Morgan Stanley with 67 deals worth $224.1bn.
Rothschild & Co got the fourth place by value followed by Citi with 75 deals worth $162.7bn.
PwC secured the second position in the volume table with 245 deals worth $36.6bn, followed by Ernst & Young with 217 deals worth $30.4bn, Houlihan Lokey with 202 deals worth $10.4bn and KPMG with 198 deals valued at $28.8bn.
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.
