Bloomberg Q3 2014: Amarchand tops Indian M&A table in deal volume; Shares top spot with AZB in deal count

Bloomberg has recently released its third quarter report for 2014 on M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region. Amarchand Mangaldas is the only Indian firm to have made it to both the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) and South-East Asia deal count tables, ranked 11th with a market share of 2.4% from 44 deals, and joint 14th, with a market share of 2.2% from 6 deals, respectively..AZB & Partners also features in the Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) deal count table, ranked 7th with 47 deals..Indian M&A Tables.Amarchand Mangaldas tops the India M&A tables by volume with a market share of 37.9%, advising on 43 deals having a value of $11.4 billion. AZB & Partners is joint 1st place with Amarchand in terms of deal count and 5th in terms of deal value, with 43 deals worth $4.1 billion and a market share of 13.6%..By Value.S&R Associates is in 3rd spot with a market share of 16.3%, advising on 4 deals having a total value of $4.9 billion followed by Luthra & Luthra is in the 4th position with a market share of 16.2%, having advised on 7 deals worth $4.57 billion. Crawford Bayley & Co. and SH Bathiya & Co. are joint 7th with a market share of 13.6%, having advised on the Sun-Ranbaxy deal worth $4.08 billion..[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”24061″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”style”:”line-height: 1.538em; width: 807px; height: 789px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”}}]]The international firms which feature in the top ten include Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, Shearman and Sterling LLP, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP..This quarter has seen Indian firms featuring more prominently as compared to the last, with S&R, Luthra & Luthra and AZB all moving up in the table. The new entrants in this quarter’s table include Latham & Watkins, Ernst & Young and Torys LLP..The other Indian firms in the list are Khaitan & Co (ranked 12th with 29 deals valued at $1.2 billion) and Trilegal (ranked 19th with 1 deal valued at $0.33 billion)..By Deal Count.Khaitan & Co is ranked 3rd with 29 deals followed by JSA on 4th position with 9 deals, Luthra & Luthra on 6th with 7 deals and S&R Associates is joint 8th with 4 deals. DSK Legal is ranked 15th with 3 deals..[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”24062″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”style”:”width: 806px; height: 816px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”}}]]