BMR Advisors Top League Tables for Most Active M&A Transaction Advisor for 2013

CHENNAI, India - Jan. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- BMR Advisors made its entry into the top of the Venture Intelligence League Table for the Most Active Transaction Advisor for Mergers & Acquisitions deals for calendar 2013 with 30 points (across 10 qualifying deals). Ernst & Young finished second with 28 points (across 7 deals) while Allegro Advisors followed close for the third spot with 26 points (across 7 deals).

The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on volume of PE and M&A transactions (combined with credits based on fulfilment of criteria) advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms.

BMR ended the year with 30 points having advised 10 qualifying deals including the $194-M acquisition of Claris Lifesciences’ Infusions Products Business by Japan’s Otsuka and the $45-M acquisition of Four Soft by Kewill Group.

Inclusive of due diligence and related advisory activities, Ernst & Young retained its status as Overall Most Active Transaction Advisor for M&A in 2013 with 76 points across a total of 52 deals (7 of them in a pure financial advisory capacity). E&Y advised transactions included TRIL Roads’ acquisition of IVRCL’s three highway projects and DHFL’s acquisition of DLF’s stake in DLF Pramerica.

Allegro Advisors earned 26 points across 7 deals during the same period, while Deloitte earned 29 points across 18 deals. Other transaction advisors who had advised a significant number of M&A deals during the year include Kotak Investment Banking (5 deals), o3 Capital and Axis Capital (4 deals each).

Some of the new entrants to this year’s M&A league tables included Merisis Advisors, J R Laddha Financial Services and Sapphire Professional Services.

The full league tables can be viewed online at http://ventureintelligence.in/leagues.php

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