Goldman Sachs Winning CEOs as Global No. 1 With M&A-Equity Deals

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is poised to win the top spot among advisers on both global takeovers and equity offerings for the first time in five years, a sign the bank hasn’t lost the trust of corporate executives.

The global mergers-and-acquisitions team, led since May by Gene T. Sykes, 53, in Los Angeles and London-based Yoel Zaoui, 50, climbed to No. 1 on deals announced this year after trailing Morgan Stanley in 2010 and 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The bank, the fifth-largest by assets in the U.S., also dominated equity, equity-linked and rights offerings, overseen by London-based Matthew Westerman, 46, the data show.