Monthly M&A Insider - Mergermarket

Mid-market league tables
Top 15 mid-market financial advisers –
Europe
(€10m to €250m)
YTD
31-Mar-09
value:
Volume:
House Value
(€m)
Deal
count
1 Lazard 2,059 20
2 JPMorgan 1,340 12
3 Rothschild 926 10
4 Morgan Stanley 853 6
5 Goldman Sachs 758 8
6 UBS Investment Bank 666 9
7 Credit Suisse 438 3
8 PricewaterhouseCoopers 392 6
9 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 384 5
10 Bank Degroof 376 2
11 Deloitte 361 7
12 Deutsche Bank 342 5
13 ING 327 5
14 CALYON 273 2
15 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 262 6
1 Lazard 2,059 20
2 JPMorgan 1,340 12
3 Rothschild 926 10
4 UBS Investment Bank 666 9
5 Goldman Sachs 758 8
6 Deloitte 361 7
7 Morgan Stanley 853 6
8 PricewaterhouseCoopers 392 6
9 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 262 6
10 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 384 5
11 Deutsche Bank 342 5
12 ING 327 5
13 KPMG 215 5
14 Ernst & Young 229 4
15 Seymour Pierce 173 4
Source: mergermarket
The financial adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January
2009 to 31 March 2009 and exclude lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all
sectors and are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Europe
Top 15 mid-market legal advisers –
Europe
(€10m to €250m)
YTD
31-Mar-09
value:
Volume:
Europe
House Value
(€m)
Deal
count
1 Linklaters 1,871 18
2 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 928 10
3 Clifford Chance 861 6
4 Jones Day 689 8
5 Weil Gotshal & Manges 589 7
6 Chiomenti Studio Legale 515 7
7 SJ Berwin 495 3
8 Mannheimer Swartling 446 5
9 Dewey & LeBoeuf 415 4
10 DLA Piper 407 7
11 Bredin Prat 406 4
12 Wiersholm 383 5
13 Vinge 374 5
14 Allen & Overy 364 8
15 Schjodt 358 7
1 Linklaters 1,871 18
2 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 928 10
3 Jones Day 689 8
4 Allen & Overy 364 8
5 Weil Gotshal & Manges 589 7
6 Chiomenti Studio Legale 515 7
7 DLA Piper 407 7
8 Schjodt 358 7
9 Clifford Chance 861 6
10 Mannheimer Swartling 446 5
11 Wiersholm 383 5
12 Vinge 374 5
13 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison 304 5
14 Slaughter and May 274 5
15 Dewey & LeBoeuf 415 4
Source: mergermarket
The legal adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January
2009 to 31 March 2009 and include lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all
sectors and are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Europe
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