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2008 M&A - Who Was King Where (Completed Deals)

last updated: 6 January 2009
Here's a note of who was top dog in M&A around the world in 2008 (completed deals).

Worldwide 

JPMorgan - $898.2bn rank value, 353 deals

Any Americas Involvement

Goldman Sachs - $567.7bn, 201

US Targeted

Goldman Sachs - $373.4bn, 140

Any US Involvement

Goldman Sachs - $520.8bn, 190

Any Latin American Involvement

Goldman Sachs - $33.2bn, 9

Any Brazilian Involvement

Credit Suisse - $22.1bn, 31

Any Canadian Involvement

RBC Capital Markets - $58.8bn

Any European Involvement

JPMorgan - $607.0bn, 191

Any UK Involvement

Merrill Lynch - $131.7bn, 43

Any French Involvement

BNP Paribas - $142.3bn, 50

Any Spanish Involvement

Morgan Stanley - $66.3bn, 18

Any German Involvement

Deutsche Bank - $61.7bn, 91

Any Italian Involvement

Mediobanca - $67.4bn, 55

Any Nordic Involvement

JPMorgan - $33.7bn, 15

Any Benelux Involvement

JPMorgan - $145.0bn, 46

Any Asia (ex-Japan) Involvement

Nomura - $44.7bn, 27

Any Australian Involvement

UBS - $37.4bn, 33

Any New Zealand Involvement

First NZ Capital - $3.5bn, 7

Any Chinese Involvement

China International Capital Co - $34.8bn, 5

Any Japanese Involvement

Nomura - $31.4bn, 111

Source - Thomson Reuters

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