JP Morgan, China Everbright Bank top M&A financial advisers by value, volume in APAC for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData

JP Morgan and China Everbright Bank emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. JP Morgan advised on nine deals worth US$17.2bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, China Everbright Bank led in volume terms having advised on 11 deals worth US$727m. A total of 1,773 M&A deals were announced in the region during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Asia-Pacific M&A Report Financial Adviser League Tables Q1 2021’, deal value for the region year-on-year decreased by 25% from US$133bn to US$99bn.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “China Everbright Bank was the only adviser to advise on more than 10 deals. However, the firm not only lost the top position by value to JP Morgan but also failed to find a place among the top 10 advisors by value due to involvement in low-value transactions.

“Meanwhile, JP Morgan apart from leading by value also gave tough competition for top position by volume and occupied the second position among the top 10 advisors by volume. The firm managed to advise on five billion-dollar deals (≥ US$1bn) and involvement in such big-ticket deals helped it top the list by value.”

An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Credit Suisse occupied the second position in terms of value with four deals worth US$14.4bn followed by HSBC with seven deals worth US$11.3bn and Morgan Stanley with six deals worth US$9.3bn.

JP Morgan also occupied the second position by volume followed by Index Capital with nine deals worth US$407m and Taihe Capital with eight deals worth US$368m. HSBC occupied the fifth position by volume.

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