Advising deals worth $918 million, KPMG topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to M&A Deals for the quarter ending March 2020. Arpwood Capital took the second place with $770 million followed by Ernst & Young with $571 million. RBSA Advisors ($530 million) and Ambit Corporate Finance ($297 million) completed the top five.
KPMG advised the takeover of distressed RattanIndia Power by a consortium of investors for $568 million. Arpwood Capital advised Nuvoco Vistas’ $770 million acquisition of Emami Cement. Ernst & Young advised Zomato's acquisition of Uber Eats. RBSA Advisors advised NTPC’s acquisition of NEEPCO and Ambit Corporate Finance advised Siemens acquisition of C&S Electric.
By Deal Volume
Ernst & Young topped the table in terms of deal volume with 3 deals. EY was followed by Ambit Corporate Finance, KPMG, SA Global Advisors, Transaction Square, Singhi Advisors, and Candle Partners in second place with 2 deals each.
Including Other Advisory Services
Inclusive of its roles in due diligence and related advisory activities, RBSA Advisors topped the tables with $5.3 Billion (across 9 qualifying deals). Deloitte took the second place with $966 million (across 3 deals). KPMG followed closely with $918 million (across 2 deals). This was followed by Arpwood ($770 million) and Transaction Square ($723 million across 5 deals) in fourth and fifth place respectively.
With 9 deals, RBSA also stood first by deal volume. Transaction Square came in second advising 5 deals, followed by BDO India in third place with 4 deals.
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