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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