Goldman Sachs leads the EMEA M&A consulting market with the AI boom driving the highest merger volume in 19 years in the first half of the year.

According to the financial news app, Wise Finance, statistics compiled by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) show that in the first half of 2026, Wall Street financial giant Goldman Sachs (GS.US) expanded its market share in the mergers and acquisitions consulting business in the European, Middle Eastern, and African regions (EMEA region), capturing the largest market share in the same period in nearly a decade.