Jp Morgan, Houlihan Lokey Top Consumer M&a Adviser Rankings – Data

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JP Morgan and Houlihan Lokey lead 2 convention tables devised by GlobalData aft analysing nan M&A that took spot successful nan user assemblage successful nan first half of nan year.

According to GlobalData, Just Food’s parent, JP Morgan headed nan charts erstwhile measuring nan worth of transactions successful nan first six months of 2025, while Houlihan Lokey advised connected nan astir deals.

Citi worked connected deals successful nan user assemblage worthy a cumulative $7.23bn. Houlihan Lokey was appointed an advisor connected 10 transactions.

Aurojyoti Bose, lead expert astatine GlobalData, said: “Despite registering a year-on-year diminution successful nan full number of deals advised by it, Houlihan Lokey was nan only advisor to deed double-digit woody measurement during H1 2025.

“Meanwhile, JP Morgan knowledgeable astir 10% maturation successful nan full worth of deals advised by it during H1 2025 compared to H1 2024. Apart from starring by value, JP Morgan besides held nan seventh position by measurement during H1 2025.”

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When measuring nan worth of deals, Citi classed second, advising connected $4.47bn worthy of transactions.

Centerview Partners followed, moving connected 3 deals worthy a mixed $2.74bn, past came Goldman Sachs pinch $2.49bn and Barclays pinch $2.26bn.

In position of woody volume, Rothschild & Co., PwC and Spayne Lindsay each worked connected 9 transactions.

GlobalData’s convention tables are based connected nan real-time search of thousands of institution websites, advisory patient websites and different reliable sources. A squad of analysts gathers in-depth specifications for each deal, including advisor names. 

To guarantee further robustness to nan data, nan institution besides seeks submissions of deals from starring advisers.