Mitsubishi UFJ Financial and Morgan Stanley emerged as the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the automotive sector during Q1-Q3 2026 by deal value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData, the parent company of Just Auto.
GlobalData’s Deals Database analysis showed Mitsubishi UFJ Financial advised on deals valued at $29.70bn.
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Evercore, Lazard, and UBS jointly ranked second by value, with each firm advising on $2.13bn worth of deals.
According to the league table, Morgan Stanley ranked first by volume after advising on four deals.
In the volume ranking, Jefferies ranked second with three deals.
Houlihan Lokey followed with three deals, while Mitsubishi UFJ Financial advised on two deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Morgan Stanley’s ranking by volume improved from third position during Q1-Q3 2025 to the top position during Q1-Q3 2026. It also held ninth position by value.
“Meanwhile, the total deal value for Mitsubishi UFJ Financial was more than 10 times that of the adviser at the second position. Involvement in the $29.3bn deal for Toyota Asset Preparatory’s acquisition of a stake in Toyota Industries played a pivotal role in placing it well ahead of its peers.”
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm 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 submissions of deals from leading advisers.
