JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in Europe for 2021 by value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that JP Morgan advised on 137 deals worth $301.5 billion, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co led by volume, having advised on 329 deals worth $196.7 billion. A total of 11,842 M&A deals were announced in the region during 2021.
According to GlobalDataโs report, โGlobal and Europe M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables 2021โ, deal value for the region increased by 27.6% from $801.3 billion during 2020 to $1 trillion during 2021.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: โBoth JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were clear winners, outpacing their peers by a large margin. While JP Morgan was the only adviser to cross the $300 billion mark, Rothschild & Co was the only firm that managed to advise on more than 300 deals during 2021.
โInterestingly, Rothschild & Co also managed to secure fourth position by value, and JP Morgan occupied eighth position by volume.โ
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