Top Regional Financial Advisers Ranked by Number of Deals

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Top Regional Financial Advisers Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2009. Dollars in millions Published February 11, 2010
Regional breakdown: Mid-Atlantic – Midwest – New England – Southeast – Southwest – West

Mid-Atlantic
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	2	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.	3	$337.4
	1	Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP	3	337.4
3	NR	David H. Lavine CPA LLC	1	0.3
	NR	Endicott Group	1	46.9
	NR	FinPro Inc.	1	46.9
	NR	First Wall Street Capital*	1	NA
	NR	Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Inc.	1	0.3
	9	J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.	1	239.8
	5	Lutz Advisors Inc.*	1	NA

Midwest
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	6	Austin Associates LLC	4	$26.9
	NR	Hovde Financial LLC	4	470.2
	4	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.*	4	31.7
	3	Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.*	4	409.6
5	2	Capital Corp. LLC	2	12.6
	9	Keller & Co. Inc.*	2	NA
	9	Renninger & Associates LLC*	2	9.6
	1	Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP	2	23.5
9	NR	Bank Advisory Group LLC*	1	NA
	NR	Capital Market Securities Inc.	1	10.8
	NR	Cohen & Co. Securities LLC	1	11.0
	NR	CrossFirst Advisors LLC	1	7.5
	NR	Cummings & Co. LLC	1	9.6
	9	Financial Management Consulting Group LLC	1	32.4
	NR	Milestone Advisors LLC	1	11.0
	4	Professional Bank Services Inc.	1	32.4
	9	RP Financial LC*	1	NA
	NR	RubinBrown Brokerage Services LLC	1	4.6
	NR	Varney & Associates CPAs LLC	1	2.7

New England
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	NR	FinPro Inc.*	3	$7.1
	1	Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP*	3	97.7
3	NR	Ostrowski & Co. Inc.*	2	7.1
4	NR	Endicott Group	1	60.9
	1	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.	1	24.8
	NR	KPMG LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Raymond James & Associates Inc.	1	36.9
	NR	Sterne Agee & Leach Inc.*	1	NA
	3	Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.	1	24.8
	NR	Strategic Risk Associates LLC*	1	NA

Southeast
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	3	Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP	7	$188.6
2	1	Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Inc.*	5	15.9
3	11	Carson Medlin Co.	2	21.0
	11	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC	2	9.9
	3	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.	2	121.3
6	NR	Anderson & Strudwick Inc.*	1	NA
	11	Austin Associates LLC	1	53.9
	NR	Baxter Fentriss & Co.*	1	NA
	NR	BroadSpan Securities LLC*	1	NA
	NR	Cary Street Partners LLC	1	105.4
	NR	Credit Suisse USA Inc.*	1	NA
	2	DD&F Consulting Group	1	6.0
	NR	FIG Partners LLC*	1	NA
	11	Goldman Sachs & Co.	1	93.0
	11	Hovde Financial LLC	1	15.0
	NR	Kline & Associates*	1	NA
	NR	Millennium Global Capital LLC	1	15.9
	3	Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.*	1	NA
	11	Orr Group LLC	1	8.3
	NR	Southard Financial	1	0.6
	3	Stifel Nicolaus & Co. Inc.	1	17.5

Southwest
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	2	Carson Medlin Co.	2	$13.2
	2	Commerce Street Capital LLC	2	16.4
	1	St. Charles Capital LLC	2	16.8
4	7	D.A. Davidson & Co.*	1	NA
	NR	Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Inc.	1	5.0
	NR	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.*	1	NA
	NR	National Capital LLC*	1	NA

West
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	3	Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.*	3	$20.6
2	NR	D.A. Davidson & Co.	2	28.0
3	3	Bank of America Merrill Lynch*	1	NA
	NR	CCFW Inc.	1	10.5
	NR	Hovde Financial LLC*	1	NA
	NR	Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Inc.	1	10.5
	3	Morgan Stanley*	1	NA
	1	Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP*	1	NA
	NR	Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking LP	1	17.5

*Deal value for at least one deal is not available. NR - not ranked; NA - not available. In-house advisers are included. Whole deals are included. Terminated deals are excluded. Rankings are recalculated as of Jan. 6, 2010. In event advisers merge or an adviser is purchased by the parent of another adviser, SNL retroactively adjusts historic rankings to the single, highest-level adviser. If the buyer is already receiving credit for a particular deal, it will not receive additional credit following the merger.
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SNL Financial