Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher led US M&A PR advisors in the first quarter with 18 deals, according to The Deal.
Sard Verbinnen & Co. followed with seven transactions, along with Abernathy MacGregor Group and Brunswick Group at five apiece.
The Deal (PDF of report) tallied 184 deals of more than $100M with at least one US participant during the quarter, including a crush of Chinese buyers like China National Chemical Corp. ($43B for Syngenta) and Haier ($5.4B for General Electric's appliance division).
Top proxy firms for the quarter were Innisfree M&A (10), D.F. King & Co. (3), while Georgeson, MacKenzie Partners and Maorrow & Co. each handled one transaction
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