Morgan Stanley, Houlihan Lokey top consumer M&A advisor ranks

Morgan Stanley and Houlihan Lokey topped the charts of financial advisors working on consumer M&A in 2025, according to newly released deals data. According to GlobalData, Just Drinks’ parent, Morgan Stanley led the chart for deal value while Houlihan Lokey worked on the most consumer-sector transactions by volume. Morgan Stanley advised on deals worth a cumulative $79.71bn. The data showed Houlihan Lokey was appointed an adviser on 30 transactions. Aurojyoti Bose, lead analyst at GlobalData, said: “Ho ...