Abernathy Tops Mergermarket Ranking
Brunswick is working with AT&T on the T-Mobile USA deal, but Abernathy MacGregor tops the mergermarket ranking for deal value.
Abernathy MacGregor Group leads the pack for value of international deals in Q1 2011 according to the latest mergermarket League Tables. The firm worked on 16 deals worth $73.3 billion, putting it ahead of Brunswick Group, which came in at number two with 41 deals valued at $67.9 billion, and Sard Verbinnen, which handled 21 deals valued at about $64.4 billion. According to mergermarket, this is the first time since the rankings began in 2001 that Abernathy has topped the list.
And, The New York Times Dealbook blog notes that Brunswick is advising on the biggest deal of the quarter, AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA. (Brunswick is working with AT&T while Kekst & Co is working with T-Mobile.)
In terms of volume, FD comes out on top with 47 deals for the quarter followed by Brunswick (41) and Finsbury Group with 29.
Global M&A for the quarter was up 33 percent from 2010 totaling $610.1 billion, with the most deals since Q1 2007. Deal value, however, was down 3.6 percent.
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