Rothschild & Co and UBS were the top M&A financial advisers in South & Central America region for Q1-Q3 2022 by value and volume, respectively, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

Based on its Financial Deals Database, GlobalData compiled League Tables that ranked financial advisers by the value and volume of the M&A deals on which they advised. This analysis revealed that Rothschild & Co advised on $7.4 billion worth of deals while UBS advised on a total of 12 deals.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “UBS was the only firm with double-digit deal volume. As a result, it emerged as a clear winner by deal volume. However, the company lagged it terms of value due to its involvement in relatively low-value transactions. The average size of deals advised by UBS during Q1-Q3 stood at $54.9 million.

“Meanwhile, the average deal size of those advised by Rothschild & Co during the Q1-Q3 period stood at $824.9 million. Apart from leading by value, Rothschild & Co also occupied the second position by volume.”

Analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Clairfield International occupied the third position in terms of volume with six deals; followed by Lazard, with four deals; and JP Morgan, with four deals.

Meanwhile, Citi occupied the second position by value, by advising on $3.5 billion worth of deals; followed by Vinci Partners Investments, with $2.6 billion; Lazard, with $2.3 billion; and Barclays, with $2.2 billion.

According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and South & Central America M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1-Q3 2022’, a total of 836 M&A deals worth $63.5 billion were announced in the region during Q1-Q3 2022.