Factbox: Goldman leads Asia ex-Japan M&A league table in 2016

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan, acquisitions in 2016 eased off to $1.2 trillion, down from a record $1.3 trillion in the previous year, despite announced China outbound deals touching an all-time high of $523 billion.

State-owned China National Chemical Corp's pact to buy Swiss group Syngenta for $43 billion was the biggest deal in Asia Pacific this year.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc was the top M&A adviser in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, followed by China International Capital Corp Ltd <3908.HK>, and UBS Group AG , according to the Thomson Reuters league table data.

(Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Richard Pullin)