Sard Verbinnen & Co. took the top spot across four categories in Mergermarket’s rankings of PR advisors to mergers and acquisitions deals during the first-half of `17.
SVC emerged as the top firm both globally and in the US, measured by both number of transactions and by total value.
Globally, SVC racked up 113 transactions, followed by FTI Consulting with 86, Joele Frank Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher with 77, Brunswick Group with 74 and Kekst with 68.
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In terms of value, SVC notched $200 billion, with Brunswick Group at $188 billion, Joele Frank at $151 billion, Kekst at $102 billion and FTI at $99 billion.
US figures told a similar story. SVC was at top in terms of volume, with 101 transactions. Joele Frank recorded 76, Kekst had 62, Abernathy MacGregor had 49 and FTI racked up 35. When measured by dollar value, SVC led at $183 billion, with Joele Frank at $151 billion, Brunswick Group at $110 billion, Kekst at $94 billion and Finsbury at $83 billion.
An Acuris company, Mergermarket employs correspondents across 67 international locations to assemble a comprehensive database of information about the mergers and acquisitions market.
The data for the PR firm rankings measured deals with a value of over $5 million, or deals with an undisclosed value where the target’s turnover exceeds $10 million. If the deal is for a stake of less than 30%, the value must be greater than $100 million.
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