Dealmakers at Rothschild, Goldman Sachs, Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters dominate a list of the top advisers to private equity companies in Europe at a time when bankers and lawyers are chasing more business from these cash-rich clients.

Anthony Gutman, the co-head of UK investment banking at Goldman, worked on more investment banking deals involving buyout firms than any other banker in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the 12 months to June 30, according to data from MergerLinks.