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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 2009, as a leading financial adviser, we completed 260 deals.

2009 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 260
2. JP Morgan 250
3. Goldman Sachs & Co.
 240
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers 229
5. Morgan Stanley 222
6. Credit Suisse 210
7. Rothschild 206
8. UBS 203
9. Bank of America Merrill Lynch 198
10. Deutsche Bank AG
 192
2008 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 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
2007 No. of Deals
1. Citi 457
2.  KPMG 450
3. Goldman Sachs & Co
 418
4. Morgan Stanley 395
5. UBS 392
6. JP Morgan 361
7. Credit Suisse 343
8. PricewaterhouseCoopers 335
9. Rothschild 329
10. Merrill Lynch
 282
2006 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 434
2. Goldman Sachs 377
3. JP Morgan 334
4. Morgan Stanley 328
5. UBS 327
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers 317
7. Citigroup 314
8. Rothschild 309
9. Credit Suisse 275
10. Merrill Lynch 253
2005 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 429
2. Goldman Sachs 349
3. JP Morgan
 325
4. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 316
5. Morgan Stanley
 315
6. Citigroup 313
7. UBS 270
8. Rothschild 258
9. Merrill Lynch
 251
10. Credit Suisse First Boston
 236
2004 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 361
2. JP Morgan 324
3. Citigroup 308
4. Goldman Sachs
 290
5. Morgan Stanley 277
6. UBS 248
7. Credit Suisse First Boston
 242
8. Rothschild 226
9. Merrill Lynch 201
10. Ernst & Young
 192
2003 No. of Deals
1. KPMG 368
2. Citigroup 268
3. Goldman Sachs 268
4. Credit Suisse First Boston
 257
5. JP Morgan 234
6. Morgan Stanley 229
7. UBS Warburg 226
8. Rothschild 185
9. Deutsche Bank 184
10. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 182
2002 No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ 344
2. KPMG 320
3. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney 312
4. JP Morgan/Chase 290
5. Morgan Stanley DW 268
6. Goldman Sachs 252
7. Merrill Lynch 201
8. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 199
9. Deutsche Bank 190
10. UBS Warburg 188
2001 No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ 441
2. KPMG 420
3. JP Morgan/Chase 405
4. Goldman Sachs 340
5. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney 336
6. Morgan Stanley DW 305
7. UBS Warburg 249
8. Merrill Lynch 230
9. Deutsche Bank 223
10. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 195
2000 No. of Deals
1. CSFB/DLJ 663
2. KPMG 544
3. JP Morgan/Chase 509
4. Morgan Stanley DW 382
5. Goldman Sachs 381
6. Salomon Smith Barney 379
7. Merrill Lynch 298
8. UBS Warburg 277
9. Pricewaterhouse Coopers 271
10. Deutsche Bank 249

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC.


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