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Interesting to note that Harris Williams, which per this forum is a "top" MM market shop, does not even show up in top 20 ranked by deal count (p11 top right table) whereas HW's 4-5 closest competitors are in top 20:

For Upper Middle Market top firms in order seem to be: 1. Jefferies 2. RBC 3. Houlihan

For Middle Market top firms in order seem to be: 1. Lincoln 2. Baird 3. Raymond James 4. Blair

Obviously this is just for 2011 and some firms might be doing more deals just because they have greater headcount than others but it provides a good proxy.

 
longshotSome of the middle market firms do a very poor job of reporting statistics to Merger Market/CapIQ/etc. I have a friend at HW and they had a great year and they've moved up market as well. Way better shop than Blair, Raymond, RBC, etc.

Good point. Although on HW's website under their news section where they put a press release for all their deals, I was able to count # of deals that would put them below all the firms I listed above from p11 of the league table from the link. Typically firms do a bad job at reporting deal size since most MM deals have undisclosed size but the mergermarket deal count data appears to be fairly accurate.

Again # of deals is not everything and $$$$ are important and $$$$/MD+ D is most important but clearly it seems HW has fallen behind or is losing market share to some of its top peers. I have nothing against HW and agree its a top notch MM firm but I just feel people on this forum sometimes create incorrect perceptions with no real supporting info (often because they work at a specific firm and make it sound as if their firm is the best).

 

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