Most Active Advisers - 2012 Small Market 
Number of announced and completed deals less than $250M 
  
AdviserNo. of Deals
  
Sandler O'Neill Partners38
Houlihan Lokey37
RBC Capital Markets33
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc32
Barclays30
Lazard29
Goldman Sachs & Co29
JP Morgan28
Morgan Stanley27
Evercore Partners26
Stifel Financial Corp24
Jefferies & Co Inc24
Wells Fargo & Co20
Rothschild19
Credit Suisse18
Moelis & Co18
Bank of America Merrill Lynch18
Raymond James Financial Inc16
Macquarie Group16
Deutsche Bank15
Lincoln International15