Yeah, yeah.
Listen! I release things when I want to release them, all right?
GlobalData has released latest Legal and Financial Adviser League Tables, in terms of total value and volume of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals they advised on in Europe during Q1-Q3 2023.
'That was weeks ago!'
I've released it today, Voice. So be it. And never mind. Only God can judge me.
Rothschild & Co was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in European region during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2023 by value as well as volume, according to the latest Financial Advisers League Table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Fine.
'Nice one!'
Fine.
'Oh, okay, boss. It's fine.'
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: "Rothschild & Co was among the only two firms that managed to advise on more than 100 deals during Q1-Q3 2023. However, the firm occupying the second position by volume was far behind Rothschild & Co."
What firm?!
Barclays occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $35 billion worth of deals, followed by Goldman Sachs with $34 billion, Morgan Stanley with $32.5 billion and HSBC with $26.3 billion.
Right.
Meanwhile, KPMG occupied the second position in terms of volume with 103 deals, followed by PwC with 93 deals, Ernst & Young with 82 deals and Clearwater International with 64 deals.
What else?
Allen & Overy was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal adviser in European region during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2023 by value as well as volume, according to the latest Legal Advisers League Table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Okay.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: "All the top 10 advisers by volume registered decline in the total number of deals advised during Q1-Q3 2023 compared to Q1-Q3 2022. However, despite experiencing decline, Allen & Overy saw its ranking by volume jump from third position during Q1-Q3 2022 to the top position in Q1-Q3 2023."
Uh.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $18.4 billion worth of deals, followed by Hengeler Mueller with $17.5 billion, Matheson with $10.4 billion, and Gide Loyrette Nouel with $9.7 billion.
Okay.
Meanwhile, Cuatrecasas occupied the second position in terms of volume with 56 deals, followed by Hogan Lovells with 30 deals, Osborne Clarke with 28 deals, and Jones Day with 26 deals.
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Yeah, not really in the mood for all this, all that.
'At least you released it.'
At least I released it. I could have left that PR email in the PR folder. I could have left it to die a lonely death, unloved. No one would have known. No one would have cared.
'But you dived in!'
Yes. I dived into the folder. I risked my sanity to bring you all the news.
'You're so brave!'
Yes. I'm so brave. But what is my reward?
'There's no reward.'
Anyway ... there will be more PR emails. They keep coming. They never stop. Alas, I can't release them all.
My health is more important.
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Anyway ...
Watching Kenneth Branagh doing the St Crispin's Day speech in Henry V ... I watch the other actors watching him.
And I wonder ...
Are they acting? I mean, pretending to be in awe of Henry the king? Or are they genuinely in awe of Kenneth Branagh because they realize he's surpassing Laurence Olivier in that moment?
Laters.
