Here's a note of which firm is on top where in global M&A in the first-quarter:

Announced deals

Worldwide: Goldman Sachs - $241.5bn deal value, 85 deals

Any Americas Involvement: Goldman Sachs - $220.3bn, 59

Any US Involvement: Goldman Sachs - $210.1bn, 58

Any Latin American Involvement: Credit Suisse - $17.9bn, 9

Any Brazillian Involvement: Credit Suisse - $17.9bn, 9

Any Canadian Involvement: Scotiabank / Bank of Nova Scotia - $4.4bn, 4

Any EMEA Involvement: Citi - $172.5bn, 44

Any Eastern European Involvement: Merrill Lynch - $18.4bn, 7

Any UK Involvement: Lehman Brothers - $21.4bn, 7

Any Benelux Involvement: JPMorgan - $9.8bn, 7

Any French Involvement: JPMorgan - $11.3bn, 5

Any German Involvement: Deutsche Bank - $24.2bn, 10

Any Italian Involvement: UBS - $19.1bn, 4

Any Nordic Involvement: Deutsche Bank - $19.3bn, 7

Any Spanish Involvement: UBS - $20.3bn, 6

Any Middle East & North African Involvement: Citi - $4.0bn, 4

Any South African Involvement: Regions Financial Corp - $77.0m, 1

Any Asia ex-Japan Involvement: Lehman Brothers - $19.4bn, 6

Any Australian Involvement: KPMG Corporate Finance - $1.2bn,4

Any New Zealand Involvement: First NZ Capital - $260.9m, 3

Any Chinese Involvement: Lehman Brothers - $17.5bn, 3

Any Japanese Involvement: Nomura - $7.0bn, 26

Source - Thomson Financial

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