Thomson Reuters: the role of Independent Advisory Boutiques continue to grow in the M&A market. Waiting for the publication of the Thomson Reuters M&A Report on Mid-Market and Small-Cap Advisory, with the ranking of the best M&A Advisors globally and for each single country, in the meantime this data which confirms the continuos growth and importance of the Independent M&A Advisors Vs. large Merchant Banks such as (in Italy) Lazard, Rothschild, Mediobanca, Banca IMI, Unicredit, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, UBS, HSBC, etc… Arkios Italy, with its 11 Deal accomplished Deals during 2014 confirms itself and the most dynamic and the most important Independent M& A Advisor in the Mid-Market and Small-Cap segment.