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European M&A Awards 2026

20 years of recognising brilliance in European dealmaking

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2026 Shortlist

This year's shortlist combines Mergermarket's league table data with editorial insight, placing emphasis on regional trends to spotlight the firms making the greatest impact across Europe.

Pitch Deadline
Friday, 16 October 2026
Submit To
Yulianna.Hovoradlo@iongroup.com
Winners Announced
1 December 2026, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
European
European Accountancy
BDO
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
European M&A Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
PwC
Rothschild & Co.
European M&A Legal Advisor
BAHR
Clifford Chance
CMS
DLA Piper
Freshfields
Latham & Watkins
European Independent Advisor
Centerview
Evercore
Houlihan Lokey
Lazard
PJT Partners
Rothschild & Co.
European Mid-Market M&A Legal Advisor
A&O Shearman
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields
Goodwin Procter
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Regional
Austria - Financial Advisor
Citi
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Houlihan Lokey
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild & Co.
Austria - Legal Advisor
BINDER GRÖSSWANG
CERHA HEMPEL
E+H
Freshfields
Noerr
Schoenherr
Wolf Theiss
Baltics - Financial Advisor
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs
KPMG Corporate Finance
Lazard
Oaklins International
PwC
Superia Corporate Finance
Baltics - Legal Advisor
COBALT
Ellex
Motieka & Audzevicius
Sorainen
TEGOS
Walless
Benelux - Financial Advisor
BNP Paribas
Goldman Sachs
Jefferies
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
Rabobank
Rothschild & Co.
Benelux - Legal Advisor
A&O Shearman
Clifford Chance
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DeBreij
Ingen Housz
Linklaters
NautaDutilh
CEE (ex. Poland) - Financial Advisor
DLA Piper Business Advisory
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Oaklins International
PwC
Rothschild & Co
CEE (ex. Poland) - Legal Advisor
COBALT
Dentons
Ellex
Schoenherr
Sorainen
White & Case
Denmark - Financial Advisor
ABG Sundal Collier
BofA Securities
Clearwater
Ernst & Young
JPMorgan
Nordea
SEB
Denmark - Legal Advisor
Accura
BAHR
Bech-Bruun
Bruun & Hjejle
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Finland - Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
Danske Bank
DNB Carnegie
Goldman Sachs
KPMG Corporate Finance
Morgan Stanley
PwC
Finland - Legal Advisor
Borenius
Castren & Snellman
EY Law
Freshfields
Hannes Snellman
Krogerus
Roschier
France - Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
BNP Paribas
Credit Agricole CIB
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Lazard
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild & Co.
France - Legal Advisor
Bredin Prat SAS
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
De Pardieu Brocas Maffei & Associates
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Goodwin Procter
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Germany - Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
KPMG Corporate Finance
Morgan Stanley
PwC
Germany - Legal Advisor
CMS
Freshfields
GOERG
Latham & Watkins
Noerr
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher
Taylor Wessing
Iberia - Financial Advisor
ALANTRA
Arcano Partners
Barclays
Ernst & Young
Norgestion
Santander
Iberia - Legal Advisor
Cuatrecasas
Deloitte Legal
Freshfields
J&A Garrigues
Perez-Llorca
Uria Menendez
Ireland - Financial Advisor
Deloitte
Focus Capital Partners
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
KPMG Corporate Finance
Morgan Stanley
PWC
Ireland - Legal Advisor
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Flynn O'Driscoll
Kirkland & Ellis
Matheson
Philip Lee
Israel - Financial Advisor
Barclays
BofA Securities
Evercore
Goldman Sachs
Jefferies
Israel - Legal Advisor
Barnea & Co
DLA Piper
Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar
Italy - Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Vitale & Co
Italy - Legal Advisor
BonelliErede
Clifford Chance
Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici
Gianni & Origoni
PedersoliGattai
White & Case
MENA - Financial Advisor
Barclays
BofA Securities
Goldman Sachs
Jefferies
JPMorgan
Rothschild & Co.
MENA - Legal Advisor
Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Herzog Fox & Neeman
KECOS
Meitar
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Norway - Financial Advisor
ABG Sundal Collier
Arctic Securities
BofA Securities
DNB Carnegie
JPMorgan
SB1 Markets
Norway - Legal Advisor
Advokatfirmaet Schjodt
BAHR
Gorrissen Federspiel
Thommessen
Wiersholm
Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma
Poland - Financial Advisor
Deloitte
Excalibur Capital sp z oo
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
PwC
Poland - Legal Advisor
Baker McKenzie
CMS
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka sp k
GESSEL
Greenberg Traurig
White & Case
Sweden - Financial Advisor
Citi
Clearwater
DNB Carnegie
Goldman Sachs
PwC
SEB
Sweden - Legal Advisor
BAHR
DLA Piper
Gernandt & Danielsson
Mannheimer Swartling
Roschier
Vinge
Switzerland - Financial Advisor
BofA Securities
Centerview Partners
Citi
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Rothschild & Co.
UBS
Switzerland - Legal Advisor
Baer & Karrer
Homburger
Kirkland & Ellis
Lenz & Staehelin
NKF
Walder Wyss
Turkey - Financial Advisor
Alpacar Associates
Core Finance Advisory
Danista Capital Partners
Dora Capital
Turkey - Legal Advisor
Akol Law
Baker McKenzie
KECOS
Paksoy
Pekin Bayar Mizrahi
United Kingdom - Financial Advisor
Barclays
Evercore
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild & Co.
United Kingdom - Legal Advisor
Clifford Chance
Eversheds Sutherland
Freshfields
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Slaughter and May
Private Equity
European Private Equity Buyouts - Financial Advisor of the Year
Barclays
Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs
Houlihan Lokey
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild & Co
European Private Equity Buyouts - Legal Advisor of the Year
BAHR
Clifford Chance
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
European Private Equity Exits - Financial Advisor of the Year
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Houlihan Lokey
Rothschild
UBS
European Private Equity Exits - Legal Advisor of the Year
Clifford Chance
Freshfields
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham and Watkins
Linklaters
Weil, Gotshal & Manges