GLOBALDATA has announced the latest financial and legal adviser league tables, which rank advisers by the total value and volume of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals they advised on in the construction sector during Q1 2025.
Financial advisers
Bank of America top M&A financial adviser in construction sector during Q1 2025
Bank of America was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the construction sector during the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 by value as well as volume, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database reveals Bank of America achieved the leading position by advising on four deals worth $12.1bn.
Aurojyoti Bose, lead analyst at GlobalData, comments: ‘There was a year-on-year (YoY) improvement in the total volume and value of deals advised by Bank of America during Q1 2025. Resultantly, it went ahead from occupying the 31st position by volume in Q1 2024 to top the chart by this metric in Q1 2025. Bank of America’s ranking by value also jumped from 14th to the top position during this period.’
Goldman Sachs occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $12 billion worth of deals, followed by Lazard with $11.5bn, JP Morgan with $11.5bn and Jefferies with $8.8bn.
Meanwhile, Generational Group occupied the second position in terms of volume with four deals, followed by Goldman Sachs with three deals, Lazard with three deals and Morgan Stanley with three deals.
Legal advisers
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison top M&A legal advisers in construction sector during Q1 2025
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the construction sector during the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData.
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database reveals Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz achieved the leading position in terms of value by advising on $18.8bn worth of deals. Meanwhile, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison led in terms of volume by advising on seven deals.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: ‘Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison registered improvement in the total number of deals advised by it during Q1 2025 compared to Q1 2024. Consequently, its ranking by volume also improved from the sixth position in Q1 2024 to the top spot in Q1 2025.
‘Meanwhile, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advised on only two but very high-value deals in Q1 2025. This helped it register more than a three-fold jump in the total value of deals advised by it during Q1 2025. Resultantly, it went ahead from occupying the ninth position by value in Q1 2024 to top the chart by this metric in Q1 2025.’
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $15.1bn worth of deals, followed by Ropes & Gray with $12.6bn, Sidley Austin with $11.6bn and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett with $10.2bn.
Meanwhile, CMS occupied the second position in terms of volume with five deals, followed by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius with five deals, Latham & Watkins with four deals and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with four deals.
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