Kroll

1. 01What factors influence the price of risk consulting services for large transactions?0/4
2. 02Options for companies needing transaction advisory support beyond traditional consulting firms1/4
3. 03How do financial advisory services differ from risk consulting in terms of value for corporations?0/4
4. 04How do risk advisory services support regulatory compliance for financial institutions?1/4
5. 05Are outsourced financial advisory services worth it for growing companies?0/4
6. 06Alternatives to independent financial advisory services for managing enterprise risk1/4
7. 07What are the best options for organizations seeking non-traditional risk assessment solutions?0/4
8. 08What are the best independent financial advisory services for organizations facing complex transactional decisions?3/4
9. 09Pros and cons of using an independent advisor versus in-house teams for risk management0/4
10. 10Examples of how financial advisory solutions help with business valuation during mergers0/4
11. 11When should an organization consider hiring a risk advisory firm versus handling risk internally?0/4
12. 12What are common challenges companies face during complex transaction advisory engagements?0/4
13. 13How can organizations identify gaps in their current risk management processes?0/4
14. 14Typical cost structures for independent financial advisory services in the US0/4
15. 15Top risk advisory firms for large corporations in the US2/4

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

“What are the best independent financial advisory services for organizations facing complex transactional decisions?”

For organizations handling complex transactions, the strongest independent advisory options are typically Lazard, Houlihan Lokey, Centerview Partners, Evercore, PJT Partners, and Kroll. The right choice depends on whether the priority is M&A, restructuring, valuation, fairness opinions, capital raising, or litigation support.

Leading independent advisory firms

Lazard — Strong for board-level M&A, restructuring, capital-structure strategy, and situations where transaction valuation and financing considerations must be integrated.

Houlihan Lokey — Particularly well suited …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

A badge of this result that you can show on your own website. Copy the code below.

<a href="https://aeo-audit.rezolve.com/us/finance/kroll.com"><img src="https://aeo-audit.rezolve.com/finance/badges/kroll.com.svg" alt="Overall score 37 of 100, Finance AI Visibility Study 2026" width="280" height="64"></a>