Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and TriLegal have occupied the leading rank among legal advisers for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in terms of value and volume, respectively, during the first three quarters of 2024, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData.
According to GlobalData’s Deals Database, which assesses financial advisers based on the M&A deals they have facilitated, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett secured the top spot in terms of deal value, advising on transactions worth $22.1bn.
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On the other hand, TriLegal dominated the volume chart with its involvement in 43 deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was a clear winner in terms of value, outpacing its peers by a significant margin. It witnessed a significant jump in the total value of deals advised by it during Q1-Q3 2024 compared to Q1-Q3 2023 due to involvement in some big-ticket deals. It advised on five billion-dollar deals during Q1-Q3 2024.
“The significance of these big-ticket deals can also be understood from the fact that the average value of deals advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, which stood at $258 million during Q1-Q3 2023, reached $2.2 billion during Q1-Q3 2024. Resultantly, its ranking by value also took a big leap from 40th position during Q1-Q3 2023 to the top position during Q1-Q3 2024.
“TriLegal also registered growth in the total number of deals advised by it during Q1-Q3 2024. It went ahead from occupying the 30th position by volume during Q1-Q3 2023 to top the chart by this metric during Q1-Q3 2024.”
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By GlobalDataLatham & Watkins claimed the second position by value, advising on $8.2bn worth of deals.
It was closely followed by Herbert Smith Freehills with $8bn, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu with $7.8bn, and King & Wood Mallesons with $6.5bn.
In terms of deal volume, AZB & Partners took the second place with 31 deals.
Khaitan & Co followed with 21 deals, while Herbert Smith Freehills and Baker McKenzie each advised on 16 deals.
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory company websites and other reliable sources available in 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 of the data, the company also seeks deal submissions from leading advisers.
