Here, we look at the most active advisors in the GCC region over the past five years, based on available data.
It's important to note that only 174 out of 1,173 transactions reported a financial advisor.
From this small subset of data, we were able to extrapolate the following insights, including the involvement of international players—these advisors executed 10 or more deals, out of the 174 transactions that listed their financial advisor.
Among the five advisors in this list, two are from the Big 4 including Ernst & Young and KPMG.
The other three are banks which include JP Morgan, Citigroup, and HSBC.
The Middle East & North Africa’s M&A Landscape 2017-2022
A five year review of the 2,911 M&A transactions executed across MENA region, amounting to over $276 billion in transaction value across the top 5 markets: Israel, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.