In the 2023 Global Investment Bank Mergers and Acquisitions Ranking: Goldman Sachs, a boutique investment bank with seven consecutive championships, expanded against the trend. In the 2023 global investment bank competition for M&A transaction consulting, Goldman Sachs, which was once surpassed by Xiaomo in the middle of the year, made efforts in the latter half of the year and ultimately maintained its dominant performance of seven consecutive championships. Data shows that Goldman Sachs has provided consulting services for 235 announced mergers and acquisitions this year, with a corresponding value of over $671 billion. It is worth mentioning that this year is also the worst year for M&A transactions in the past decade. The total amount of completed and still pending M&A transactions worldwide is only $2.16 trillion, far from the record breaking $3.8 trillion in 2021 under the same data caliber.