Top 10 Financial Advisors in Technology Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

Houlihan Lokey Inc, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James Financial Inc, and Rothschild & Co SCA are among the top 5 financial advisors in the technology industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, 7 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 financial advisors in the technology industry are headquartered in North America and the remaining 3 are based in Europe. They employed a total of 1,237,195 people in 2021. The Dye & Durham Corporation-Link Administration Holdings deal was one of the major deals in the technology sector in 2021. Barrenjoey Capital Partners served as financial advisors to Dye & Durham, while Macquarie Capital and UBS served as the exclusive financial advisor to Link Group. Dye & Durham Limited, a Canada-based provider of cloud-based software solutions, has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of Link Administration Holdings Ltd, an Australia-based company engaged services provider to the superannuation administration industry, at a price of AUD5.5 per share in cash for CAD3.2 billion. The offer price represents a 15% premium to the closing price of Link Group’s shares on the ASX as of December 21, 2021. The Azerion Group-Azerion Holding deal was another major deal in the technology sector in 2021. ABN AMRO Bank N.V served as financial advisor to EFIC1, while N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited served as financial advisor to Azerion. European FinTech IPO Company 1 B.V. (EFIC1), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), has acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Azerion Holding B.V., a digital entertainment, and media company. The transaction is expected to generate up to EUR405 million in gross total cash proceeds of which only a net EUR20 million is expected to flow to Azerion’s existing shareholders. The deal was completed in Q1 2022.