Centerview Partners and Houlihan Lokey were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in North America for Q1 2023 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 Centerview Partners achieved its leading position in terms of value by advising on $71.7 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Houlihan Lokey led in volume terms by advising on a total of 30 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Centerview Partners registered close to a four-fold jump in deal value in Q1 2023 compared to Q1 2022, despite experiencing a drop in deals volume. Resultantly, it went ahead from occupying the 17^th position by value in Q1 2022 to top the chart by this metric in Q1 2023.

“Meanwhile, Houlihan Lokey, despite experiencing a significant drop in deals volume in Q1 2023 compared to Q1 2022, managed to retain its leadership position by this metric.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Goldman Sachs occupied the second position in terms of value by advising on $60.7 billion worth of deals, followed by Guggenheim Partners with $59 billion, MTS Securities with $43.6 billion, and Bank of America with $42.9 billion.

Goldman Sachs also occupied the second position in terms of volume with 29 deals, followed by JP Morgan with 24 deals, Piper Sandler with 24 deals, and Bank of America with 21 deals.