mergermarket League Tables of PR Advisers H1 2012

• Global M&A in H1 2012 at $ 968.5bn, down 18.3 percent on same period last year

• Q2 2012 total of $ 536.3bn, reverses five consecutive quarterly declines

• US H1 2012 M&A activity lowest half-year total since 2003

• Brunswick Group tops global PR advisers league table

Brunswick Group maintained its stranglehold on the top spot for the global PR advisory table by deal value, advising on deals

worth a total of $ 122.6bn. FTI Consulting also reproduced its H1 2011 finish, as it topped the global table by deal volume

with a first-half finish of 97 deals.

RLM Finsbury topped the Europe PR advisers league table by deal value, working on $ 95.6bn in deals, while Sard

Verbinnen & Co impressed by moving up 15 places from last year to ninth in the H1 2012 table. FTI Consulting took the

European deal volume crown, advising on a total of 73 deals.

In the US, Sard Verbinnen & Co reigned supreme as it again topped the half-year standings by deal value with $ 79.0bn in

deals. Kekst & Company capped another fine half-year, as it stood atop the rankings by deal volume with 62 deals, a

position it also occupied in H1 2011.

Sard Verbinnen & Co again finished top in the Asia-Pacific PR advisory table by deal value, advising on $ 17.9bn in deals and

up from 12th in H1 2011. Meanwhile, FTI Consulting finished top by deal count with 17 deals.

Europe

European M&A (US$ 352.9bn) accounted for 36.4 percent of the global total in H1 2012, with the Construction sector seeing the biggest

percentage increase in half-year value.

US

Despite witnessing a quarter-on-quarter jump of 59.1%, the US saw a particularly weak first half (US$ 290.6bn), as it recorded its

lowest half-year total since H1 2003.

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific saw half-year M&A (US$ 144.7bn) down 12.3 percent on H1 2011, while Asian investment into Europe experienced its third

consecutive quarterly decline.

Please see the following link below for the full version of the press release:

http://www.mergermarket.com/pdf/PR-Advisers-M&A-Round-up-for-H1-2012.pdf

If you are interested in a press briefing and/or need additional data, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks and kind regards,

Jessica

Jessica Chan

Public Relations Executive, Asia-Pacific

The Mergermarket Group

Tel: +852 2158 9706

Fax: +852 2158 9701

 

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