Rothschild & Co and UBS were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the South & Central America region in 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData, which ranks financial advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised.

Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company reveals that Rothschild & Co achieved its leading position in terms of value by advising on $7.7 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, UBS led in volume terms by advising on a total of 17 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Rothschild & Co managed to advise on four billion-dollar deals* during 2022, which was the highest among all the advisers involved in the region. This helped it remain far ahead of its peers in terms of value. Rothschild & Co was also among the only two firms with double-digit deals volume in 2022. Resultantly, it also managed to occupy the second position by volume.

“Meanwhile, UBS, despite leading by volume, did not feature among the 10 advisers by value due to its involvement in low-value transactions. The average size of deals advised by UBS stood at $45.1 million whereas it stood at $767 million for Rothschild & Co.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Clairfield International occupied the third position in terms of volume with six deals; followed by Lazard with five deals; and Banco Santander with five deals.

Meanwhile, BTG Pactual occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $3.5 billion worth of deals; followed by Citi with $3.5 billion; Vinci Partners Investimentos Ltda with $2.6 billion; and Itau Unibanco with $2.6 billion.

*Deals valued more than or equal to $1 billion