Goldman Sachs has emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the North America region for Q1 2022, by both deal value and volume, 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 Goldman Sachs gained this leading position by advising on 54 deals worth $179.4 billion.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Goldman Sachs was the clear winner. It was the only firm to surpass the $100 billion mark while also advising on more than 50 deals during Q1 2022. The firm advised on an impressive 19 billion-dollar deals*, which also included six deals valued more than $10 billion. Although Houlihan Lokey advised on the same number of deals as Goldman Sachs, the value of its deals were not as significant.”

According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and North America M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1 2022’, a total of 4,003 M&A deals worth $434.5bn were announced in the North America region during Q1 2022.

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Analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database shows that other high rankers by value were JP Morgan, advising on deals worth $97.2 billion; Bank of America, with deals worth $88.1 billion; Allen & Company, with $86.4 billion; and Citi, with $84 billion. Meanwhile, Houlihan Lokey ranked highly by deal volume, with 54 deals; followed by JP Morgan, with 44 deals; Jefferies, with 33 deals; and Evercore, with 32 deals.

* Valued more than or equal to $1 billion.