Excellera Advisory Group, Italy’s largest corporate affairs advisory group, ranked as the 3rd player in EMEA by number of deals handled in 2025, with 197 deals credited overall, and the 6th player worldwide with 207 deals, for a total value of over USD 230 billion globally. These are the findings of the rankings published by Mergermarket, a privileged financial intelligence observatory that compiles one of the most authoritative M&A deal monitors worldwide and lists financial, legal and communications advisers.
This result was achieved thanks to the contribution of B&P and Community – the two leading Italian communication firms – which are part of Excellera Advisory Group together with Cattaneo Zanetto Pomposo & Co., Excellera Intelligence, IP Excellera, Public Affairs Advisors and Value Relations.
The Group also consolidated its leadership in Italy, ranking first both in terms of number of deals handled (168) and total deal value, amounting to USD 33.8 billion.
Paolo Zanetto, CEO of Excellera Advisory Group, declared: “Excellera’s position in the global top ten and third place in EMEA testify to the quality of the Group’s expertise in financial communication, which is playing an increasingly central role in extraordinary transactions, while at the same time consolidating our undisputed leadership in Italy. This result confirms the strength of our integrated corporate affairs model and our ability to support companies, management teams and advisers in the most complex and strategic phases. With the recent entry of ICG, the Group takes a further step forward in its growth path: it will strengthen its presence in EMEA and accelerate its tech-enabled transformation, consolidating its role as a strategic partner of choice for CEOs and boards.”