Brunswick topped MergerMarket's first-half global deal rankings, pulling off 82 transactions worth $334.5B, taking first place in both categories.

Joele Frank trailed Brunswick in the value rankings with $168.2B, while FTI Consulting handled 80 deals.

Sard Verbinnen & Co. ($159B), Finsbury ($141.9B), Kekst ($136.7B), FTI ($87.2B), Hill+Knowlton Strategies ($56.6B), Abernathy McGregor ($42.3B), Hering Schuppener Consulting ($35.7B ) and Tulchan Communications ($29.2B) rounded out the Top 10 value rankings.

H&K registered an impressive 595.5 percent gain in deal values as the number of deals done soared from seven last year to 24. Tulchan (+214.2 percent) and Kekst (+126.9 percent) followed.

Abernathy McGregor (-23.5 percent) and Joele Frank (19.3 percent) had the largest declines among the Top 10 firms.

Other deal count leaders are Joele Frank (61), Sard Verbinnen (57), Kekst (44), Abernathy McGregor (40), Citigate (38), Tulchan (36), Instinctif Partners (34) and Finsbury (29).