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Avendus, JP Morgan claim the No.2 & No.3 slots; PwC claims top spot including other advisory services EY topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in 2018 . EY advised PE deals worth $4.9 Billion (across 17 qualifying deals) during the period . Avendus ($2.9 Billion across 18 deals) and JP Morgan ($2.2 Billion across 2 deals) took the second and third spot. Barclays ($2 Billion across 3 deals) and KPMG ($1.7 Billion across 7 deals) completed the top five in 2018. The Venture Intelligence League Tables , the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms. EY advised deals during the year include M acquarie's $1.5 Billion investment in NHAI Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Bundle and Blackstone's investment in Indiabulls' commercial assets in Mumbai . Avendus advise...

Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank take second place; Unitus Capital and Masterkey Holdings top by deal volume EY topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity deals in Q1 2018 advising Indiabulls Properties in its sale of 50% stake to Blackstone acquisition for $730 million . Barclays, Citi and Deutsche Bank came in at second with $265 million advising the stake sale by Warburg Pincus, Abraaj and IFC in Continental Warehousing to DP World - NIIF platform . Kotak took the third spot advising $179 million (across two deals). CBRE and Axis Capital came in at fourth and fifth respectively. Unitus Capital and Masterkey Holdings topped the tables by deal volume advising 4 deals, followed by Veda Corporate Advisors and KPMG in second place with 3 deals each. Inclusive of its roles in due diligence and related advisory activities, KPMG topped by deal volume with 10 deals (worth $417 million). Venture Intelligence is India...

Ernst & Young is the Most Active Advisor inclusive of due diligence & other services Continuing its strong run from the previous year, Unitus Capital topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables for Most Active Transaction Advisor (Private Equity) during the first six months of 2014. The firm acted as financial advisor to eight qualifying PE investments during the period (notching up 32 points). Among the transactions advised by Unitus were the $13-M investment by Fidelity Growth Partners and existing investor Aavishkaar in dairy firm Milk Mantra and Norwegian Microfinance Initiative’s investment in microfinance firm Satin Creditcare Network . The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on volume of PE and M&A transactions (combined with credits based on fulfillment of criteria) advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms. Ernst & Young, with seven deals (28 p...