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WRITTEN BY Adam Orlando

PwC most active on M&A advisory globally

Multinational firm PwC has been the most active M&A advisory firm globally so far this year, according to PitchBook’s Q1 2024 Global League Tables.

PitchBook lists 82 M&A deals through PwC during the first quarter worldwide, at a time when the firm faces financial and job cuts in Australia.

PitchBook’s Q1 2024 Global League Tables show in second place is KPMG with 73 deals it has advised on, followed by Jeffries Group (69), Houlihan Lokey (68), BDO (63), JP Morgan (43), Deloitte (41), and Lincoln International, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs each with 37 deals.

Write to Adam Orlando at Mining.com.au

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Mining.com.au Editor-in-Chief Adam Orlando has more than 20 years’ experience in the media having held senior roles at various publications, including as Asia-Pacific Sector Head (Mining) at global newswire Acuris (formerly Mergermarket). Orlando has worked in newsrooms around the world including Hong Kong, Singapore, London, and Sydney.

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