Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in Europe in 2022 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 has revealed that Goldman Sachs achieved its leading position in terms of value by advising on $160.2 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co led by volume by advising on a total of 255 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Rothschild & Co was the only firm to advise on more than 200 deals in 2022. Moreover, it was just shy of hitting the $100 billion mark in total deal value. Resultantly, Rothschild & Co also managed to occupy the fourth position by value.

“Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs, despite advising on relatively much lesser number of deals, managed to top the chart by value due to its involvement in several big-ticket deals. The firm advised on 22 billion-dollar deals*, of which four were valued more than $10 billion.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that JP Morgan occupied the second position by value, by advising on $140.7 billion worth of deals; followed by Lazard with $105.1 billion; Rothschild & Co with $97.3 billion; and Bank of America with $84.9 billion.

Meanwhile, PwC occupied the second position in terms of volume with 176 deals; followed by KPMG with 170 deals; Ernst & Young with 141 deals; and Deloitte with 128 deals.

*Deals value more than or equal to $1 billion