Middle East’s best for independent advisory 2025: Moelis & Company

Moelis & Company’s Middle East team has translated its independent-advisory philosophy into a record-setting run of transactions that are reshaping the region’s capital markets landscape. 

Commanding the largest dedicated investment banking bench in the Gulf – about 50 bankers, larger than Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley combined – the firm delivers fully local execution, a contrast to rivals that route work to offshore centres. This on-the-ground model, paired with a deliberate focus on sell-side M&A, IPOs and restructurings, produced the strongest financial performance in the bank’s history.

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