Top 10 Financial Advisors in the Business and Consumer Services Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

Houlihan Lokey Inc, Rothschild & Co SCA, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, PricewaterhouseCoopers, International Ltd, and KPMG International Coop are among the top 5 financial advisors in the business and consumer services industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, 5 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 financial advisors in the business and consumer services industry are headquartered in North America and whereas the remaining 5 are based in Europe. They employed a total of 1,509,826 people in 2021. The Aditya Birla Fashion-Sabyasachi Couture deal was one of the major deals in the business and consumer services sector in 2021. KPMG International Coop, Transaction Square served as exclusive financial advisor to Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, while Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co served as legal advisor to Sabyasachi Couture in the Aditya Birla Fashion-Sabyasachi Couture deal. Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, a manufacturing & retail branded-fashion apparel company, has acquired a 51% stake in Sabyasachi Couture Pvt Ltd, a textiles company, from Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Sukumar Mukherjee, for a purchase consideration of INR3,980 million ($54.36 million). The deal was completed in Q1 2021. The Coca-Cola HBC Holdings-The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt deal was another major deal in the business and consumer services sector in 2021. UBS AG London Branch served as financial advisor to Coca-Cola HBC Holdings B.V., while Clifford Chance LLP served as the exclusive legal advisor to The Coca-Cola Co for the Coca-Cola HBC Holdings-The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt deal. Coca-Cola HBC Holdings B.V., the Netherlands-based consumer packaged goods business, has acquired a 94.7% stake in The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt (TCCBCE), distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverages and MAC Beverages Limited, a US-based privately owned group with investments in the beverages and packaging sectors, for a consideration of $427 million. The deal was completed in Q1 2022.