04 Aug, 2022 Cassels Brock & Blackwell top M&A legal adviser in the metals & mining sector for H1 2022, finds GlobalData
Posted in Business FundamentalsCassels Brock & Blackwell was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal adviser in the metals & mining sector for H1 2022 by both value and volume, according to the latest Legal Advisers League Table by GlobalData. Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company has revealed that Cassels Brock & Blackwell achieved this leading position by advising on eight deals worth $8.3 billion.
According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Metals & Mining M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables H1 2022’, a total of 660 M&A deals worth $30.1 billion were announced in the region during H1 2022.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “None of the advisers we tracked, including Cassels Brock & Blackwell, reached double-digit deal volume in H1 2022. In fact, Cassels Brock & Blackwell advised on fewer deals in H1 2022 compared to H1 2021, but they were generally of higher value. The firm’s involvement in the $6.7 billion Gold Fields–Yamana Gold deal played a pivotal role for Cassels Brock & Blackwell in securing the top position by value.”
Analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Fasken Martineau DuMoulin occupied the second position by value, by advising on $7.6 billion worth of deals; followed by Webber Wentzel, with $6.7 billion. Linklaters, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Veirano Advogados also advised on deals worth $6.7 billion.
Meanwhile, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin occupied the second position in terms of volume with six deals; followed by Blake Cassels & Graydon, with five deals; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, with three deals; and Stikeman Elliott, with three deals.