KBS Corporate Brochure

UK M&A VOLUME REACHED

UK M&A ACTIVITY FINANCIAL ADVISER RANKINGS

ADVISER NAME

RANK 2024 RANK 2023 # OF DEALS

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

254

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

246

BDO

3

4

225

AZETS

4

5

154

RSM

5

3

138

PKF

6

7

126

UK DEALS IN 2024 3,828

HAZLEWOODS

7

8

105

PWC

8

6

95

KPMG

9

9

92

Source: Zephyr, Bureau van Dijk

CAVENDISH

10

10

92

SOUTH EAST

EAST OF ENGLAND

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

73

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

53

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

36

ENSORS

2

3

23

HAZLEWOODS

3

5

32

AZETS

3

11

21

RSM

4

3

29

GRANT THORNTON

4

2

20

BDO

5

4

28

BDO

5

9

16

MIDLANDS

YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

66

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

33

PKF

2

2

40

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

26

GRANT THORNTON

3

3

37

AZETS

3

7

23

BDO

4

6

33

KPMG

4

9

18

COOPER PARRY

5

5

31

BDO

5

5

18

NORTH WEST

NORTH EAST

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

RANK 2024

RANK 2023

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

52

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

2

20

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

36

UNW

2

4

16

RSM

3

5

28

AZETS

3

1

12

AZETS

4

8

27

BDO

4

6

9

MHA

5

9

24

ARMSTRONG WATSON

5

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M&A and ECM transactions whereby the disclosed enterprise value exceeds £500,000, and are based on the volume of financial advisory services transactions provided to the target, bidder, vendor, debt or equity partner. These figures do not include transactions that cannot be disclosed publicly for confidentiality reasons.

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