Q1 2010 M&A League Tables: Thomson Reuters

Worldwide Announced 1. Goldman Sachs 2. JP Morgan 3. Credit Suisse 4. Morgan Stanley 5. Deutsche Bank 6. Lazard 7. Citi 8. UBS 9. Barclays Capital 10. Blackstone Group 11. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12. Rothschild 13. Houlihan Lokey 14. Santander 15. Miller Buckfire 16. HSBC 17. Greenhill 18. Nomura 19. Allen & Co 20. BNP Paribas 21. Standard Chartered 22. Tudor Pickering 23. BTG Investments 24. Global Investment House (KSCC) 25. Macquarie

Worldwide Completed 1. Goldman Sachs 2. Morgan Stanley 3. Citi 4. Deutsche Bank 5. Barclays Capital 6. Evercore Partners 7. JP Morgan 8. Credit Suisse 9. UBS 10. Centerview Partners 11. Lazard 12. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 13. Houlihan Lokey 14. Rothschild 15. Blackstone Group 16. Yuanta-Corepacific Securities 17. Tudor Pickering 18. Perella Weinberg Partners 19. China International Capital 20. HSBC 21. Mizuho Financial Group 22. Nomura 23. UniCredit Group 24. Foros 25. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Top Worldwide Announced M&A Advisory by Target Industry

Energy and Power 1. Goldman Sachs 2. Morgan Stanley 3. JP Morgan

Financials 1. Deutsche Bank 2. Goldman Sachs 3. Credit Suisse

Real Estate 1. Morgan Stanley 2. JP Morgan 3. UBS

Telecommunications 1. Credit Suisse 2. Santander 3. Barclays Capital

Consumer Staples 1. Credit Suisse 2. Allen & Co. 3. Lazard

Any U.S. Involvement Announced 1. Goldman Sachs 2. Morgan Stanley 3. JP Morgan 4. Lazard 5. Citi 6. Credit Suisse 7. Deutsche Bank 8. Blackstone Group 9. UBS 10. Barclays Capital 11. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 12. Houlihan Lokey 13. Miller Buckfire 14. HSBC 15. Allen & Co. 16. Greenhill 17. Tudor Pickering 18. Rothschild 19. Perella Weinberg Partners 20. Centerview Partners 21. Guggenheim Securities 22. RBC Capital Markets 23. Peter J. Solomon 24. Stifel Financial Corp 25. Evercore Partners

Any US Involvement Completed 1. Goldman Sachs 2. Citi 3. Morgan Stanley 4. Evercore Partners 5. Barclays Capital 6. Deutsche Bank 7. Centerview Partners 8. UBS 9. Credit Suisse 10. Lazard 11. JP Morgan 12. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 13. Houlihan Lokey 14. Blackstone Group 15. Tudor Pickering 16. Rothschild 17. Perella Weinberg Partners 18. UniCredit Group 19. Foros 20. Nomura 21. Jefferies 22. Greenhill 23. Societe Generale 24. Standard Chartered 25. Allen & Co.

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HybridIt's only been a quarter. The current rankings are very subjective to one or two large deals. I highly doubt HLHZ, Santander, or Miller Buckfire end up above Greenhill by year's end

HLHZ has been consistently ranked top 10-15 in the U.S. M&A League Table in terms of deal # and value in the past few years. I am not surprised to see where they stand now. but yea I agree, how Santander and MB end up there is a mystery to me. Elite boutiques like Evercore and PWP will likely surpass them on the league table later this year

 

Headlines from the Review: • Worldwide M&A up 21%, Number of Deals up 4% • Emerging Markets Account for 32% of M&A • Completed Advisory Fees up 19% • Financials, Energy & Power Lead Activity • Private Equity M&A ticks up 89%

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Only a guess: Santander is something like the 7th or 8th largest commercial bank by assets. They also have an enormous foothold in LatAm, whilst having recently gobbled up European banks. In emerging markets such as LatAm, it pays to have access to key infrastructure industries, such as telecoms. Depending on the transaction, the client may have mainly been interested in financing capacity. Who knows if Santander was more willing to use its balance sheet for that transaction?

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I'm surprised by how much the new ML is struggling.

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