BDO has been announced as the No.1 Financial Advisor Globally in the Factset league tables 2025 (1) by number of deals, placed second in the MergerMarket Global Financial Due Diligence provider rankings (2) and continues as Pitchbook (3) Most active Advisor & Accountant (4) globally for 2024.
Despite the market uncertainty which has led to a challenging year in merger and acquisitions, BDO’s Deal Advisory teams across the organisation’s global footprint successfully completed 1,835 deals during 2025, a 5% increase in number of transactions than the prior year.
BDO works closely with private equity and across borders. During 2025, 40% of our transactions involved private equity and 25% of our transactions were cross border.
2025 was a challenging year for M&A, but our international teams continued to deliver exceptional client service and secure top positions in industry league tables. These results are a testament to their efforts and our ongoing commitment to provide global solutions and add value to the businesses that we serve.
With over 3,000 experts in 115 countries, BDO’s deal advisory team offers a suite of complimentary services to clients including due diligence provision in commercial, ESG, IT and Tax areas, value creation and post-merger integration services, cyber security, and restructuring - alongside traditional corporate finance.
(1) https://go.factset.com/hubfs/mergerstat_em/quarterly/AdvisorQuarterly.pdf
(2) MergerMarket Accountant rankings 2025.
(3) Global league tables: 2023 Annual | PitchBook.
(4) Private Equity deals only.
