Goldman Sachs lands in Calvi the same week it logs a record $1 trillion in M&A

Goldman Sachs flew from London to Calvi on the morning of June 19, 2026, a short hop aboard its Gulfstream G650ER (N650WS) that touched down at Sainte Catherine Airport just before 9 a.m. local time. The flight, which lasted barely long enough to climb above 1,500 feet, arrived the same week Goldman Sachs announced it had advised on more than $1 trillion in announced mergers and acquisitions in the first half of 2026 — a record for any investment bank in a six-month window, per a LinkedIn post citing Dealogic data.

That milestone, covered by Reuters and others on June 17, follows Goldman’s role as lead-left underwriter for SpaceX’s initial public offering and its co-advisory role on Dominion Energy’s $66.8 billion sale to NextEra Energy. The bank’s CEO, David Solomon, noted in a separate post that global M&A volumes have already surpassed $2.6 trillion this year, driven by artificial intelligence and strategic consolidation. Calvi, a seaside town on Corsica’s northwest coast, is a known summer retreat for finance executives; the brief visit may have been a personal stop or a quiet moment before the next leg of a busy quarter.

The G650ER, Goldman’s long-range workhorse, had flown from Teterboro to Paris just two days earlier, and from Paris to London the day before the Calvi hop. The pattern suggests a week of transatlantic meetings — boardroom conversations in Europe, then a pause on the Mediterranean — before the bank’s next dealmaking push.