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Worldwide M&A Activity by Volume

KPMG Corporate Finance is a leading middle market financial adviser serving domestic and international clients. Operating in 62 countries, KPMG’s Corporate Finance practice has more than 2,200 professionals around the globe and has ranked first or second on the M&A advisory league tables (by deal volume) for over the past ten years. In 2008, as a leading financial adviser, we completed 390 deals.

2008 No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance 390
2. JP Morgan 357
3. Goldman Sachs & Co.
 316
4. Credit Suisse 315
5. Citi 314
6. Merrill Lynch 307
7. UBS 306
8. Morgan Stanley 298
9. PricewaterhouseCoopers 284
10. Rothschild
 269
2007No. of Deals
1. Citi457
2.  KPMG Corporate Finance450
3. Goldman Sachs & Co
418
4. Morgan Stanley395
5. UBS392
6. JP Morgan361
7. Credit Suisse343
8. PricewaterhouseCoopers335
9. Rothschild329
10. Merrill Lynch
282
2006No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance434
2. Goldman Sachs377
3. JP Morgan334
4. Morgan Stanley328
5. UBS327
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers317
7. Citigroup314
8. Rothschild309
9. Credit Suisse275
10. Merrill Lynch253
2005No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance429
2. Goldman Sachs349
3. JP Morgan
325
4. Pricewaterhouse Coopers316
5. Morgan Stanley
315
6. Citigroup313
7. UBS270
8. Rothschild258
9. Merrill Lynch
251
10. Credit Suisse First Boston
236
2004No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance361
2. JP Morgan324
3. Citigroup308
4. Goldman Sachs
290
5. Morgan Stanley277
6. UBS248
7. Credit Suisse First Boston
242
8. Rothschild226
9. Merrill Lynch 201
10. Ernst & Young
192
2003No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance368
2. Citigroup268
3. Goldman Sachs268
4. Credit Suisse First Boston
257
5. JP Morgan234
6. Morgan Stanley229
7. UBS Warburg226
8. Rothschild185
9. Deutsche Bank184
10. Pricewaterhouse Coopers182
2002No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ344
2. KPMG Corporate Finance320
3. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney 312
4. JP Morgan/Chase290
5. Morgan Stanley DW268
6. Goldman Sachs252
7. Merrill Lynch201
8. Pricewaterhouse Coopers199
9. Deutsche Bank190
10. UBS Warburg188
2001No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ441
2. KPMG Corporate Finance420
3. JP Morgan/Chase405
4. Goldman Sachs340
5. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney336
6. Morgan Stanley DW305
7. UBS Warburg249
8. Merrill Lynch230
9. Deutsche Bank223
10. Pricewaterhouse Coopers195
2000No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ663
2. KPMG Corporate Finance544
3. JP Morgan/Chase509
4. Morgan Stanley DW382
5. Goldman Sachs381
6. Salomon Smith Barney379
7. Merrill Lynch298
8. UBS Warburg277
9. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 271
10. Deutsche Bank249
1999No. of Deals
1. KPMG Corporate Finance516
2. Morgan Stanley DW361
3. Goldman Sachs357
4. Merrill Lynch337
5. Pricewaterhouse Coopers334
6. DLJ313
7. CSFB301
8. Salomon Smith Barney252
9. Deutsche Bank244
10. Warburg Dillon Read243

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC.


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