Rothschild & Co emerged as the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser by both value and volume, in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) market for the first half (H1) of 2024, revealed GlobalData’s latest financial advisers league table.
An analysis of the Deals Database of GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, showed Rothschild & Co advising on $4.2bn worth of deals in H1 2024 to secure the top spot by value.
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In terms of deal volume, Rothschild & Co led the ranking list by advising on six M&A deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “In the first half of 2024, Rothschild & Co maintained a consistent number of deals compared to the same period in 2023. However, there was a remarkable increase in the total value of these transactions.
“In H1 2023, the firm led as the top adviser by deal volume and continued to hold this position in H1 2024. Notably, Rothschild & Co significantly improved its ranking by deal value, moving from ninth place in H1 2023 to claim the top spot in H1 2024.
“The involvement in Masdar-Terna Energy’s $3.4bn M&A announced in June 2024 was pivotal for Rothschild & Co in experiencing more than three-fold jump in the total value of deals advised by it.”
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By GlobalDataIn terms of value, HSBC was ranked second on the list by advising on deals amounting to $1.6bn.
JM Financial secured the third position by value with advisory on $554.7m worth of deals. It was followed by Clairfield International and Rand Merchant Bank, both advising on deals valued at $506.4m.
Clairfield International was ranked second in the list by deal volume, with advisory services on six M&A deals in the MEA region in H1 2024.
HSBC, Rand Merchant Bank and PwC advised on five deals, each, over the period.
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.
To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions of deals from leading advisers.
