PitchBook Announces 2024 Global League Table Awards Winners

Annual PitchBook awards recognize leading firms, lenders, and service providers across the private and public capital markets

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PitchBook, the premiere data provider for the private and public equity markets, today announced the winners of the 2024 PitchBook Global League Table Awards. These rankings, part of PitchBook’s larger annual awards program, showcase the most active firms and service providers operating globally and in US and Europe markets.

PitchBook’s Global League Table Awards program highlights market-leading firms, lenders, and service providers who shape the direction of both private and public capital markets. Backed by the industry’s most comprehensive data and research across asset classes, geographies, sectors, strategies, and segments, PitchBook’s rankings deliver a well-informed, unparalleled view of the market landscape. Market participants leverage PitchBook’s League Tables to showcase performance, identify potential partners, and understand competitors and industry disrupters.

“We are proud to recognize the achievements of the 2024 PitchBook Global League Table Awards winners,” said Rod Diefendorf, President & Chief Operating Officer of PitchBook. “PitchBook sets the standard for excellence when it comes to capital market data, research and insights, and our League Tables Awards are no exception. For years, PitchBook’s League Tables have been a go-to resource for private and public market participants to understand the competitive landscape and uncover market leaders. The firms that ranked on our League Tables represent the movers and shakers shaping the industry.”

In addition to the Global League Table Awards announced today, PitchBook will recognize the most active lenders in the US and Europe on March 20 as part of its 2024 Global Lending League Table Awards and leading fund managers from its 2024 Global Manager Performance Score League Table Awards on July 29. The Manager Performance Score ranking employs a data-driven methodology developed by PitchBook’s Institutional Research Group that leverages track record data on thousands of private funds across vintage years relative to each fund family’s peer groups. More information on PitchBook League Table Award methodology can be found below.

See the winners of the 2024 Global League Table Awards below and view the full list of top ranked firms and service providers for each category here.

Most Active VC Firm

• Global: Antler
• US: Gaingels
• Europe: Enterprise Ireland
• Rest of World: Antler

Most Active PE Firm

• Global: Ares
• US: Ares
• Europe: Bpifrance
• Rest of World: KKR Credit

Most Active Placement Agent

• Global: Independent Brokerage Solutions
• US: Independent Brokerage Solutions
• Europe: Campbell Lutyens

Most Active Investment Bank

• Global: Jefferies Financial Group
• US: Jefferies Financial Group
• Europe: KPMG
• Rest of World: SBI Securities

Most Active Advisor & Accountant

• Global: BDO
• US: Jefferies Financial Group
• Europe: BDO
• Rest of World: PwC

Most Active VC Law Firm

• Global: Gunderson Dettmer
• US: Cooley
• Europe: Orrick
• Rest of World: Gunderson Dettmer

Most Active PE Law Firm

• Global: Kirkland & Ellis
• US: Kirkland & Ellis
• Europe: DLA Piper
• Rest of World: DLA Piper

Most Active Acquirer of VC-Backed Companies

• Global: Hg
• US: Vista Equity Partners
• Europe: Hg

Most Active Acquirer of PE-Backed Companies

• Global: KKR Credit
• US: KKR Credit
• Europe: Bpifrance

Most Active M&A Advisor

• Global: Jefferies Financial Group
• US: Wells Fargo
• Europe: Translink Corporate Finance
• Rest of World: PwC

Most Active M&A Law Firm

• Global: DLA Piper
• US: Kirkland & Ellis
• Europe: DLA Piper
• Rest of World: DLA Piper

Most Active Law Firm Deals Combined

• Global: DLA Piper
• US: Cooley
• Europe: DLA Piper
• Rest of World: DLA Piper

For more information on the awards, winners and 2025 award submissions, please visit here.

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PitchBook League Table Awards Methodology

Global League Tables and Lending League Tables: PitchBook’s Global League Tables highlight the most active firms and service providers involved in PE, VC, and M&A transactions. Only publicly disclosed transactions are included.

In the PE Lending League Tables, the scope is restricted to lending to Europe and US-headquartered companies in PE transactions and transactions involving PE or formerly PE-backed companies only. In addition, we utilized current financing statuses to help define the scope, restricting all relevant businesses to status tags of PE-backed, PE-backed with an incomplete transaction, and formerly PE-backed.

All league tables are compiled using the count of completed deals for the specified deal type, region and/or other criteria. For the geographical breakouts, all relevant deal types are included in the underlying deals. When specific deal types are broken out in rankings, that is the only exception to all deal types being included and forming the basis of the rankings. Unless otherwise noted, all eligible deals align with existing PitchBook report methodologies, which can be found here.

Global Manager Performance Score League Tables: Leveraging track record data on thousands of private funds in the PitchBook Platform and our latest Benchmarks data, we rank the historical performance of each manager’s family of funds across vintage years relative to each fund family’s peer groups. More detail on the methodologies used to calculate the Performance Scores can be found here.

About PitchBook

PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides transparency into the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence, and efficiency. PitchBook collects and analyzes detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity, and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits, and people. The company’s data and analysis are available through the PitchBook Platform, industry news, and in-depth reports. Founded in 2007, PitchBook operates globally with more than 3,000 team members. Its platform, data, and research serve over 100,000 professionals around the world. In 2016, Morningstar acquired PitchBook, which now operates as an independent subsidiary.