Top Ranked WSG Members in Mergermarket’s Latest Global & Regional M&A Report 1H20
July, 2020 - United States of America
Top Ranked WSG Members in Mergermarket’s Latest Global & Regional M&A Report 1H20World Services Group congratulates our members who have been top ranked in Mergermarket’s Global & Regional M&A Report 1H20, which provides intelligence on the world’s leading legal advisors for significant mergers and acquisitions, by both deal count and value. WSG congratulates these leaders who continue to represent the excellence standard in practice that is required of the WSG membership.Mergermarket FirmsA&L GoodbodyIreland by Deal Count - #1ALRUDRussia by Deal Value - #4CEE by Deal Value - #12 Brigard & UrrutiaLatin America by Deal Count - #5CareyLatin America by Deal Count - #16COBALTCEE by Deal Count - #16DeaconsGreater China by Value - #4Greater China by Count - #18 EllexCEE by Deal Count - #2GarriguesIberia by Deal Count - #1Spain by Deal Count - #1 Spain by Deal Value - #9 Latin America by Deal Count - #11 Europe by Deal Count - #17 Latin America by Deal Value - #17 Germany by Deal Value - #18 France by Deal Count - #20 Han Kun Law OfficesGreater China by Deal Value - #4Asia (excl. Australasia & Japan) by Deal Value - #16 Asia (excl. Japan) by Deal Value - #19 Heuking Kuhn Luer WojtekGermany by Deal Count - #8Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & PartnersItaly by Deal Count - #2Italy by Deal Value - #9 Karanovic PartnersCEE by Deal Value - #9Poland by Deal Count - #6 KrogerusFinland by Deal Count - #6MinterEllisonAustralasia by Deal Count - #2Asia Pacific (excl. Japan) by Deal Count - #9 PlesnerDenmark by Deal Count - #7Simonsen Vogt Wiig>Nordics by Deal Count - #19Veirano AdvogadosDenmark by Deal Count - #7Latin America by Deal Count - #9 Walder WyssSwitzerland by Deal Count - #2Wardynski and PartnersPoland by Deal Count- #10Global and Regional M&A Report Including League Tables of Legal AdvisorsPublished by Mergermarket, July, 2020Mergermarket, the leading provider of M&A data and intelligence, has released its 1H20 report with league tables. According to the report, the initial effects of COVID-19 were only beginning to be felt across the global economy at the end of 1Q20. However, its full impact manifested in the second quarter, where deal volume nearly halved from 4,308 deals in 1Q20 to 2,630 in 2Q20 and deal values plummeted from USD 592.6bn in 1Q20 to USD 308.9bn in 2Q20. • Contrasting 1H20 to 1H19, deal volume fell 32% compared to the previous year (6,938 deals vs. 10,155 deals), and deal values declined 53% year over year (USD 901.6bn compared to USD 1,907.5bn). Such activity levels were most evocative of 2008 and 2009. While the Global Financial Crisis remains the best historical comparison, COVID-19 has generated its own unique brand of mayhem. • To see the differences between COVID-19 and the Global Financial Crisis, one need look no further than the second top performing sector of 1H20—Financial Services. Even accounting for a sizable fall in deal count, the Financial Services sector more than doubled its global market share to 17.1%. Six of the largest financial services transactions announced in 1H20 are investing or banking related, including Morgan Stanley’s USD 13bn bid for ETrade Financial, Kuwait Finance House’s USD 9.8bn offer for Ahli United Bank, and Franklin Resources USD 5.4bn bid for Legg Mason. Meanwhile, Aon [NYSE:AON]’s USD 35.6bn plan to merge with Willis Towers Watson [NASDAQ:WLTW] is an example of one the few large transactions that has managed to move forward. • Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) also increased its relative share of global M&A, as businesses became virtual and consumers were driven online. Sectors such as Consumer and Leisure have been impacted, falling a combined 64.3% by value and 66.1% by deal count year of year, and Energy, Mining & Utilities was hit hard (declining 67.6% in value and 33.9% in volume) as commodities reacted negatively when energy demand dried up. Construction was the only sector to turn in a positive number achieving a 5.7% increase in deal value despite a one-third decline deal volume. Read the full report here |
