Goldman Sachs leads GlobalData’s top 20 global M&A financial adviser league table for Q1 2020

Goldman Sachs has dominated the latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table of the top 20 financial advisers for the first quarter of 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The American investment bank advised on 63 deals worth US$180.3bn, including the big ticket deal of Aon’s acquisition of Willis Towers Watson.

According to GlobalData, which tracks all M&A, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world to compile the league tables, JP Morgan was at the second position with 46 deals worth US$131.1bn.

Third position was occupied by Morgan Stanley, which advised on 45 deals worth US$92.3bn.

Rothschild & Co and Credit Suisse secured fourth and fifth positions, having advised on 65 deals worth US$66.3bn and 21 deals worth US$57.3bn, respectively. In terms of growth in the year-on-year deal value, Rothschild & Co recorded a 52.07% increase while Credit Suisse’s growth declined 28.04%.

Ravi Tokala, Financial Deals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “In the first quarter of 2020, 12,605 deals were recorded globally, marking a 12.13% decrease from the first quarter of 2019.