Morgan Stanley tops GlobalData’s M&A financial adviser league table in the construction sector for FY2018
12.02.2019
M&A top 10 legal advisers for construction sector by total deals value, USD (bn) FY2018 (Figure: GlobalData Financial Deals Database)
Morgan Stanley has topped the latest M&A league table of the top 10 financial advisers in the construction sector for FY2018, compiled by GlobalData, a leading data analytics company.
Morgan Stanley beat its fellow counterparts JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi to lead the table with 24 deals worth $129.1bn, including the sector’s highest value deal–the $40.44bn investment by ACS, Hochtief and Atlantia in Abertis Infraestructuras.
According to GlobalData, which tracks all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world to compile the league table, JP Morgan occupied second position with 34 transactions worth $124.5bn, followed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch with 19 transactions worth $123.4bn.
Ravi Tokala, Financial Deals Analyst at GlobalData, said: “With a large number of big-ticket deals, five financial advisers crossed the $100bn mark in 2018. The sector witnessed ~50 deals with more than $1bn value, which resulted in over 25% jump in the year-on-year overall deal value in 2018.”
CONTACT
GlobalData
John Carpenter House
7 Carmelite Street, London
EC4Y 0BS/United Kingdom
+44 207 936 6400
