Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Co have emerged as the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in Europe for the first three quarters of 2024 by value and volume, respectively, 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, Goldman Sachs secured the top spot by value with advisory on deals worth $67.37bn.

Rothschild & Co topped the chart by volume with advisory on 114 deals.

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GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Rothschild & Co was the top adviser by volume in Q1-Q3 2023 and managed to retain its position by this metric during Q1-Q3 2024 as well. Interestingly, despite witnessing a year-on-year decline in the number of deals advised by it, Rothschild & Co was the only adviser to hit triple-digit deal volume during Q1-Q3 2024.

“Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs registered improvement in the total value of deals advised by it during Q1-Q3 2024 compared to Q1-Q3 2023 due to its involvement in big-ticket deals. Resultantly, its ranking by value improved from second position during Q1-Q3 2023 to the top position during Q1-Q3 2024. Goldman Sachs advised on 21 billion-dollar deals* during Q1-Q3 2024.”

Morgan Stanley was second in the list in terms of value, advising on deals totalling $45.64bn.

Lazard, Barclays, and Deutsche Bank also featured prominently, advising on $40.36bn, $38.14bn, and $31.75bn worth of deals, respectively.

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In terms of deal volume, PwC claimed the second position with 91 deals, while Clearwater International, Ernst & Young, and KPMG were key players, advising on 78, 77, and 73 deals, respectively.

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.