Houlihan Lokey was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the automotive sector during 2024 by both value and volume, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database has revealed that Houlihan Lokey achieved the leading position by advising on four deals worth $2.1 billion.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Houlihan Lokey registered improvement in the total number of deals advised by it as well as total deal value in 2024 compared to the previous year. Resultantly, it went ahead from occupying the 15th position by value in 2023 to top the chart by this metric in 2024. Similarly, its ranking by volume also improved from the fifth position in 2023 to the top position in 2024.”

Evercore occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $1.9 billion worth of deals, followed by Citi with $1.7 billion, UBS with $1.6 billion and Lazard with $1.3 billion.

Meanwhile, UBS occupied the second position in terms of volume with four deals, followed by Lazard with four deals, Deloitte with four deals and Stifel/KBW with four deals.