Source: GlobalData
JP Morgan and Houlihan Lokey top M&A financial advisers by value and volume in Q1 2025, finds GlobalData
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JP Morgan and Houlihan Lokey have emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers by value and volume for Q1 2025 in the latest Financial Advisers League Table by GlobalData, which ranks financial advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised.
Based on its Deals Database, the leading data and analytics company has revealed that JP Morgan achieved its leading position in the deal value rankings by advising on $133.6 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Houlihan Lokey led in terms of volume by advising on a total of 69 deals.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “It is interesting to note that both JP Morgan and Houlihan Lokey were also the top advisers by value and volume in Q1 2024. And despite registering a year-on-year decline in value and volume, respectively, they were still ahead of peers and managed to retain their leadership positions by these metrics in Q1 2025 as well.
“Houlihan Lokey experienced a very margin drop and the number of deals advised by it mostly remained at the same level in Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024. Meanwhile, around half of the deals advised by JP Morgan during Q1 2025 were billion-dollar deals*. Moreover, these also included four mega deals valued more than $10 billion, which played a pivotal role for JP Morgan is leading the pack by value. It also occupied the second position by volume.”
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database reveals that JP Morgan occupied the second position in terms of volume by advising on 56 deals followed by Goldman Sachs with 52 deals, PwC with 38 deals and Morgan Stanley with 36 deals.
Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $130.4 billion worth of deals followed by Morgan Stanley with $96.7 billion, Citi with $83.2 billion and Barclays with $74.7 billion.
*Deals valued more than or equal to $1 billion