Credit Suisse and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the retail sector in 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData.

Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company has revealed that Credit Suisse achieved its leading position in terms of value by advising on $3.1 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co led in volume terms by advising on a total of 18 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Rothschild & Co was the only adviser to have double-digit deal volume in 2022. However, it lagged in terms of value and did not feature among the top 10 advisers by this metric.

“In contrast, Credit Suisse, which advised on relatively much lesser number of deals compared to Rothschild & Co, has managed to top the chart by value due to its involvement in two billion-dollar deals* in 2022.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that JP Morgan occupied the second position by value, by advising on $2.7 billion worth of deals, followed by Morgan Stanley with $2.6 billion, Lazard with $2.2 billion and Bank of America with $1.4 billion.

Meanwhile, Houlihan Lokey occupied the second position in terms of volume with eight deals, followed by JP Morgan with seven deals and Jefferies with six deals.

*Deals valued more than or equal to $1 billion