Goldman Sachs came top of the Mergermarket global financial advisor rankings for the first nine months of 2023 with USD 598.7 billion of deal value across 238 deals. JPMorgan came in second place with USD 498.4 billion, with Morgan Stanley in the third place with USD 421.9 billion.

Majority of the top ten advisors show a decline in deal value compared to the first nine months of 2022.

Our full rankings are available on the right.

All data is based on transactions over 5% or USD 50m and is based on Mergermarket’s M&A deals database.

Our rankings are based on the geography of the target, bidder or seller, and exclude lapsed and withdrawn bids. 

Rankings correct as of 09:30 (GMT) 03 Oct 2023

Cut-off date - 30 September 2023