Clifford Chance as well as Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have led the legal advisers’ rankings for South & Central America mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by value and volume, respectively, in the first three quarters of 2024, according to the latest financial advisers league table by GlobalData. 

According to GlobalData’s Deals Database analysis, Clifford Chance secured the top spot by advising on deals worth $6.67bn, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom handled the highest number of deals, totalling five.

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “It is interesting to note that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom registered a decline in the number of deals advised by it but still experienced improvement in ranking by volume during Q1-Q3 2024 compared to Q1-Q3 2023.

“Meanwhile, Clifford Chance registered a massive jump in the total value of deals advised by it during Q1-Q3 2024 compared to Q1-Q3 2023. Resultantly, its ranking by value also jumped significantly from 39th position during Q1-Q3 2023 to the top position during Q1-Q3 2024.”

McCarthy Tetrault came in second by deal value, advising on transactions amounting to $6.1bn. Skadden occupied the third spot, with advisory on $2.33bn worth of deals.

Mayer Brown and Tauil & Chequer Advogados followed, each advising on $1.91bn in deals.

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In terms of deal volume, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett took the second spot with five deals, equalling Skadden’s count but lower than the company in deal size.

Posse Herrera & Ruiz Abogados also advised on five deals, followed by Cuatrecasas and Demarest Advogados, each with four deals.

GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory company websites and other reliable sources available in the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.​   

To ensure further robustness of the data, the company also seeks deal submissions  from leading advisers.