Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Co have occupied the #1 position by value and volume in the latest Financial Advisers League Table by GlobalData, which ranked financial advisers by the respective value and number of mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals on which they advised.

Based on its Financial Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company has revealed that Goldman Sachs achieved its leading position in the deal value ranking by advising on $215 billion worth of deals in the quarter, placing it much ahead of competitors JP Morgan ($126 billion) and Bank of America ($109 billion). Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co scored highly on the volume ranking by advising on a total of 91 deals, ahead of Houlihan Lokey at 84 deals and Goldman Sachs at 79 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Co were clear winners. Goldman Sachs advised on 27 billion-dollar deals*, which included six deals valued more than $10 billion. Against this backdrop, it was the only firm to surpass the $200 billion mark, outpacing its peers by a large margin.

“Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co was also the only firm to advise on more than 90 deals during Q1 2022. Interestingly, Rothschild & Co also managed to occupy the tenth position by value, and Goldman Sachs secured the third position by volume.”

Analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database shows other high rankers by value were Citi, with 35 deals worth $91 billion; and Allen & Company, with four deals worth $86 billion. Meanwhile, Ernst & Young ranked highly by deal volume, with 75 deals and JP Morgan occupied fifth position by volume with 74 deals.

* Valued more than or equal to $1 billion.