KBS Corporate Brochure

UK M&A VOLUME REACHED

UK M&A ACTIVITY FINANCIAL ADVISER RANKINGS

ADVISER NAME

RANK 2023 RANK 2022 # OF DEALS

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

3

292

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

193

RSM

3

4

145

BDO

4

1

142

AZETS

5

5

109

PWC

6

9

104

UK DEALS IN 2023 2,661

PKF

7

13

103

HAZLEWOODS

8

6

97

Source: Zephyr, Bureau van Dijk

KPMG

9

8

83

CAVENDISH

10

7

75

SOUTH EAST

EAST OF ENGLAND

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

86

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

47

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

39

ENSORS

2

8

21

RSM

3

3

33

GRANT THORNTON

3

2

20

BDO

4

5

28

HAZLEWOODS

4

3

19

AZETS

5

9

27

RSM

5

4

15

MIDLANDS

YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

82

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

34

GRANT THORNTON

2

2

30

GRANT THORNTON

2

3

24

RSM

3

4

29

HAZLEWOODS

3

9

21

COOPER PARRY

4

-

27

RSM

4

8

18

PKF

5

8

26

AZETS

5

4

15

NORTH WEST

NORTH EAST

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

RANK 2023

RANK 2022

# OF DEALS

ADVISER NAME

ADVISER NAME

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

56

K3 CAPITAL GROUP

1

1

14

GRANT THORNTON

2

5

33

AZETS

2

3

13

CORTUS ADVISORY

3

3

33

CLIVE OWEN

3

9

11

RSM

4

7

26

UNW

4

8

8

BDO

5

4

23

GRANT THORNTON

5

4

8

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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