Dealogic’s western European M&A rankings

Data compiled by Dealogic shows that in 2004 the UK had the highest announced M&A volume in the European region - a total of $305.8 billion, up 45.3% from 2003.

Data compiled by Dealogic shows that in 2004 the UK had the highest announced M&A volume in the European region – a total of $305.8 billion, up 45.3% from 2003. 

Morgan Stanley was the top bank in 2004 UK announced volume rankings with $71.8 billion in volume, while BNP Paribas topped the French rankings, Deutsche Bank topped German rankings and Lazard topped Italian rankings.

Overall M&A volume in the four countries was $700 billion through 6825 deals.

Here are the rankings in full:

UK Announced M&A

Advisor

Value $ million

Deals

Rank 03

1

Morgan Stanley

71, 754

46

1

2

Goldman Sachs

68,945

48

2

3

JP Morgan

63,408

59

3

4

UBS

56,636

67

4

5

Merrill Lynch

56,485

46

6

6

Citigroup

51,365

60

5

7

Cazenove

43,121

32

8

Rothschild

40,640

102

7

9

Lehman Brothers

32,381

24

10

CSFB

30,104

33

10

Grand Total

305, 836

3236

 French Announced M&A

Rank

Advisor

Value $ million

Deals

Rank 03

1

BNP Paribas

107,640

65

1

2

Rothschild

104,460

69

3

3

Morgan Stanley

95,044

15

4

Goldman Sachs

94,179

17

4

5

Merrill Lynch

92,111

17

6

6

Lazard

27,418

46

2

7

HSBC

23,954

20

8

Citigroup

23,252

15

7

9

JP Morgan

20,119

27

10

10

UBS

17, 413

10

Grand Total

181,579

1286

German Announced M&A

Rank

Advisor

Value $ million

Deals

Rank 03

1

Deutsche Bank

23,364

48

1

2

Goldman Sachs

20,537

20

2

3

Morgan Stanley

17,933

31

5

4

JP Morgan

17,668

36

3

5

DrKw

15,053

26

7

6

Rothschild

14,272

32

8

7

CSFB

13,473

19

8

Citigroup

10,778

20

9

Sal Oppenheim Jr

10,740

20

10

UBS

10,368

25

6

Grand Total

127,065

1614

Italian Announced M&A

Rank

Advisor

Value $ million

Deals

Rank 03

1

Lazard

42,873

48

1

2

Mediobanca

39,049

26

5

3

JP Morgan

35,453

10

3

4

Merrill Lynch

34,797

5

4

5

Goldman Sachs

33,900

8

2

6

MCC

31,550

9

7

CSFB

30,858

9

10

8

Unicredit Banca Mobilaire

30,842

7

8

9

Banca Intensa

28,178

6

9

10

Rothschild

6,153

35

Grand Total

85,811

689

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