GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has revealed its league tables for top 10 financial and legal advisers by value and volume in construction sector for Q1 2022.

A total of 1,048 merger and acquisition (M&A) deals worth $91.4bn were announced in the sector during Q1 2022.

Top financial advisers by value and volume

According to GlobalData’s ‘Global and Construction M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1 2022’, Bank of America and JP Morgan have been identified as the top M&A financial advisers in the construction sector in Q1 2022 by value and volume, respectively.

Bank of America secured the top ranking by value by advising on $21.9bn worth of deals, while JP Morgan led by volume table, having advised on a total of eight deals.

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: Bank of America is the only adviser that managed to surpass the $20bn mark during Q1 2022. Of the six deals advised by Bank of America, five were billion-dollar deals that also included two deals valued more than $5bn. The firm’s involvement in these big-ticket deals helped it to top the chart by value. Moreover, it also occupied the third position by volume.

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“Similarly, JP Morgan, apart from leading by volume, also occupied the second position by value as it managed to advise on five billion-dollar deals*.”

According to the financial deals database of GlobalData, the other high rankers by value included JP Morgan, with deals worth $19.7bn; Citi, with $16bn; Goldman Sachs, with $13.2bn; and Bank of Nova Scotia, with $11bn.

In terms of volume, Rothschild & Co occupied the second position, with seven deals; followed by Bank of America, with six deals; Lazard, with six deals; and Clearwater International with six deals.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and Kirkland & Ellis have been identified as the top M&A legal advisers in the construction sector in Q1 2022 by value and volume, respectively.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson achieved the top ranking by value by advising on $16bn worth of M&A deals. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led by volume, having advised on a total of 10 deals, according to GlobalData’s ‘Global and Construction M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables Q1 2022’.

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said, “Kirkland & Ellis was the only adviser to register a double-digit deal volume during Q1 2022. Moreover, its involvement in three billion-dollar deals helped it to occupy the sixth position by value.

“Meanwhile, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson advised on four billion-dollar deals that also included one deal valued at more than $5bn. The firm, apart from leading by value, also occupied the fifth position by volume.”

According to the financial deals database, the other high rankers by value included Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, with deals worth $13.8bn; Alston & Bird, with $11.3bn; Hunton Andrews Kurth, with $11bn; and McDermott Will & Emery, with $11bn.

In terms of volume, Clifford Chance occupied the second position, with six deals; followed by Baker McKenzie, with five deals; CMS, with five deals; and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson with four deals.

GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.

To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions from leading  advisers, through adviser submission forms on GlobalData’s website.