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Morgan Stanley and UBS leaders in financial advisory for construction M&A in H1 2024

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UBS led in volume with a total of eight advised deals. Source: GlobalData.

Morgan Stanley and UBS have emerged as the leading advisory firms for construction mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals by value and volume in the first half of 2024, according to the latest ranking by leading data and analytics firm GlobalData.

GlobalData – the parent company of World Construction Network – ranked advisors by the value and volume of M&A transactions they advised on.

According to the GlobalData transaction database, Morgan Stanley advised on transactions worth $15.5 billion, making it the value leader during the period.

Meanwhile, in terms of volume, UBS took the lead, advising on eight transactions.

GlobalData Principal Analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Morgan Stanley was the only advisor to exceed $10 billion in total deal value in H1 2024. It advised on four billion-dollar deals (transactions valued at around $1 billion) during the period under review. Its involvement in these large deals helped Morgan Stanley to become the top value advisor in H1 2024.

“In the meantime, UBS saw an improvement in the total number of deals advised on, followed by a significant jump in its ranking by deal volume in H1 2024 compared to H1 2023. The firm moved up from 52nd position by volume in H1 2023 to leading the table in H1 2024. In addition to leading by volume, UBS also held the second position by value during the period under review.”

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In terms of value, UBS came second, advising on transactions worth a total of $9.4 billion, followed by Lazard with $7.8 billion, Barclays with $7.1 billion and RBC Capital Markets with $6.8 billion.

Lazard came second in terms of transaction volume, with eight deals.

KPMG came next with eight deals, followed by Barclays and Moelis & Company, each with seven deals.

GlobalData’s league tables are based on real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firms and other authoritative sources accessible via a secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all of these sources to gather detailed information about each transaction, including the names of the advisors.

To ensure greater robustness of its data, the company also looking for offers from leading advisors.