Scott Bok, chief executive of Greenhill, is confident of strong full-year revenues after it beat analyst expectations in third quarter advisory revenues.

Greenhill reported Wednesday that for the nine months to the end of September, advisory revenues were $217.3m, 11% more than in the same period last year. In the first three quarters of this year, the firm earned $1m or more from 51 clients, compared to 42 clients at this time last year.