Top 10 Financial Advisors in Packaging Industry in the World in 2021 by Deal Volume

Houlihan Lokey Inc, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James Financial Inc, and Rothschild & Co SCA are among the top 5 financial advisors in the packaging industry in 2021 by deal volume. In terms of the geographic split, 7 out of 10 of the world’s top 10 financial advisors in the packaging industry are headquartered in North America and whereas the remaining 3 are based in Europe. They employed a total of 1,237,195 people in 2021. The Inversiones Y Rentas SA- Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA deal was one of the major deals in the packaging sector in 2021. Goldman Sachs & Co LLC acted as financial advisors for the transaction. Inversiones y Rentas S.A (IRSA), a beverage company, has acquired Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA (CCU), a beverage company, for $144 million. On July 12, 2021, as part of the transaction, Inversiones y Rentas purchased 16,390,172 issued and outstanding shares of common stock of CCU, representing 4.44% of CCU's outstanding shares. The Ardagh Group- Consol Holdings deal was another major deal in the packaging sector in 2021. Citigroup is acting as the exclusive financial adviser to Ardagh, and Barclays is acting as the exclusive financial adviser to Consol. Ardagh Group SA, a Luxembourg-based provider of packaging solutions, has acquired Consol Holdings Ltd (Consol Holdings Proprietary Limited), a South Africa-based producer of glass packaging on the African continent, for consideration of $1 billion. Ardagh Group SA has received approval from The South African Competition Commission to acquire Consol Holdings Ltd (Consol Holdings Proprietary Limited), for consideration of ZAR10.1 billion ($635 million). The deal closed in Q2 2022.