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Top 25 Corporate development advisors worldwide

Name: Corporate development advisors worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 21,530 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 21,530 corporate development advisors worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 160,644 professional contacts across them, including 52,797 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers corporate development advisors worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for corporate development advisors follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

21,530Companies

160,644Contacts tracked

52,797Verified emails

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The 25 largest corporate development advisors worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 21,530 corporate development advisors worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to corporate development advisors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ey-Parthenon	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	17,070 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions and corporate finance delivers real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Lazard	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,912 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1848, Lazard is the preeminent financial advisory and asset management firm, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Evercore	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,296 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	TENEO	Partial evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,930 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Moelis & Company	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,742 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Lincoln International	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,489 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lincoln International, Inc.(NYSE: LCLN) is a trusted investment banking advisor to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and their portfolio…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	PJT Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	1,420 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PJT Partners is a premier, global, advisory-focused investment bank that was built from the ground up to be different.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Riveron	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With over 1,200 professionals across 18 international offices, Riveron delivers tailored solutions for CFOs, private equity firms, and key stakeholders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Nassau Street Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	904 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nassau Street Partners is an independent capital advisory firm focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets advisory, and strategic financial solutions for early-stage and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Eight Advisory	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	895 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Eight Advisory, Europe's leading independent advisory firm specialising in financial, operational and strategy consulting, is involved in transactions, restructuring and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Perella Weinberg	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	883 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Perella Weinberg is a leading global independent financial services firm, founded in 2006 to address the need for experienced, trusted and unconflicted advice in the financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	FRP Advisory	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	731 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FRP is a leading national business advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Centerview Partners	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	693 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Centerview Partners is a premier provider of independent investment-banking advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Greenhill & CO	Indirect evidence	New York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	625 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Greenhill & Co, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Benchmark International	Indirect evidence	Tampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	503 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Benchmark International is a global M&A firm that provides business owners with creative, value-maximizing solutions for growing and exiting their businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Valueonshore 'vos' Advisors	Partial evidence	San Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	429 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Valueonshore (‘VOS’) Advisors is a global business advisory services firm of Big 4 alumni and industry executives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Solomon Partners	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	427 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Solomon Partners is a leading investment bank – one of the first independent firms in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Clearwater	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	384 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Clearwater is an independent corporate finance house focused on unlocking the latent potential in every business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	YHB Cpas & Consultants	Indirect evidence	Winchester, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	376 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We Are All About You That is why we take a holistic approach to assisting clients with growing, managing, and protecting their hard work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia BHD	Indirect evidence	Jalan Todak 5, MalaysiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	376 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd is a management consulting company based out of 11 Bangunan Tm Asia Life, Jalan Todak 5, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Prairie Capital Advisors, INC	Partial evidence	Oakbrook Terrace, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	364 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Prairie is a leading financial advisory firm specializing in creating and executing ownership transition strategies for middle-market companies nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Sellside Group, LLC	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	339 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Selling a business is one of the most important financial decisions you'll ever make.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Geller	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	310 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Geller provides financial services and strategic advisory to private companies and not-for-profit organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Bellwether	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	308 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bellwether is the trusted advisory partner to global institutional real estate investors, acting as a force multiplier for their internal teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Leonard Curtis	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Leonard Curtis is a team of 300+ financial, legal and business experts, operating across the UK and offshore.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: corporate development advisors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names corporate development advisors.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of corporate development advisors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name corporate development advisors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Corporate development advisors worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

32.9%Verified-email coverage

7.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

16,494

11-50

4,200

51-200

569

201-500

122

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among corporate development advisors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for corporate development advisors are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “corporate development advisors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names corporate development advisors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among corporate development advisors, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 52,797 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Corporate development advisors by location

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Every Corporate development advisors list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names corporate development advisors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many corporate development advisors are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 21,530 corporate development advisors worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ey-Parthenon, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most corporate development advisors?

The United States leads with 5,037 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (1,449) and France (1,090). Every corporate development advisors list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most corporate development advisors?

London leads with 679 headquartered companies, followed by New York (489) and Sao Paulo (464).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.