GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has revealed its league tables for top 10 financial advisers by value and volume in North America for Q1 2021 in its report, ‘Global and North America M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1 2021’.
According to GlobalData’s M&A report, a total of 3,927 M&A deals were announced in the region during Q1 2021, while deal value increased by132.2% from $208bn in Q1 2020 to $483bn in Q1 2021 in the region.
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Top Advisers by Value and Volume
Goldman Sachs was as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in North America for Q1 2021, having advised on 84 deals worth $184.3bn.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Goldman Sachs was among the very few advisers that managed to surpass the $100bn mark. Moreover, it registered a significant jump of 127% and 183.4% in the total volume and value of advised deals in Q1 2021 compared to Q1 2020, respectively.
“The firm also managed to advise on 29 billion-dollar deals (deals worth greater than or equal to $1bn), which also included three megadeals valued more than $10bn. Involvement in such big-ticket deals, coupled with the significant jump in the total volume and value of advised deals, helped the firm to also occupy the top spot.”
Bank of America occupied the second position in GlobalData’s ranking of financial advisers for M&As in North America by value with 53 deals worth $140.1bn. It was followed by JP Morgan with 80 deals worth a total $133.7bn and Barclays with 46 deals worth $93.2bn.
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By GlobalDataJP Morgan and Bank of America also took the second and third spots by volume in Q1 2021, respectively, followed by Jefferies with 53 deals worth $30bn.
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.
