Data compiled by Dealogic shows that in 2004 the UK had the highest announced M&A volume in the European region - a total of $305.8 billion, up 45.3% from 2003.
Morgan Stanley was the top bank in 2004 UK announced volume rankings with $71.8 billion in volume, while BNP Paribas topped the French rankings, Deutsche Bank topped German rankings and Lazard topped Italian rankings.
Overall M&A volume in the four countries was $700 billion through 6825 deals.
Here are the rankings in full:
UK Announced M&A
| Advisor |
Value $ million |
Deals |
Rank 03 |
|
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley |
71, 754 |
46 |
1 |
| 2 |
Goldman Sachs |
68,945 |
48 |
2 |
| 3 |
JP Morgan |
63,408 |
59 |
3 |
| 4 |
UBS |
56,636 |
67 |
4 |
| 5 |
Merrill Lynch |
56,485 |
46 |
6 |
| 6 |
Citigroup |
51,365 |
60 |
5 |
| 7 |
Cazenove |
43,121 |
32 |
- |
| 8 |
Rothschild |
40,640 |
102 |
7 |
| 9 |
Lehman Brothers |
32,381 |
24 |
- |
| 10 |
CSFB |
30,104 |
33 |
10 |
| Grand Total |
305, 836 |
3236 |
French Announced M&A
| Rank |
Advisor |
Value $ million |
Deals |
Rank 03 |
| 1 |
BNP Paribas |
107,640 |
65 |
1 |
| 2 |
Rothschild |
104,460 |
69 |
3 |
| 3 |
Morgan Stanley |
95,044 |
15 |
- |
| 4 |
Goldman Sachs |
94,179 |
17 |
4 |
| 5 |
Merrill Lynch |
92,111 |
17 |
6 |
| 6 |
Lazard |
27,418 |
46 |
2 |
| 7 |
HSBC |
23,954 |
20 |
- |
| 8 |
Citigroup |
23,252 |
15 |
7 |
| 9 |
JP Morgan |
20,119 |
27 |
...