Deal of the Year
- Mid Market (over £25m enterprise value)
Sponsored by The Business Magazine |
Winner: Snell & Wilcox: £72m merger with Probel
Shortlisted:
- Microfocus: $173m acquisitions of Borland Software
and Compuware
- Chemring Group: $132m acquisition of Hi-Shear
Technology Corp plus $100m and $280m refinancing of Chemring
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Deal of the Year - Lower Mid Market (under
£25m enterprise value)
Sponsored by The Business Magazine |
Winner: Modelzone: £9.5m MBO
Shortlisted:
- Wallingford Software: Sale to MWH Inc (undisclosed
value)
- Westway Cooling: £8.5m MBO
- Hot Wheels International & Circle Bikes: Disposal to
Dorel Inc (confidential value)
- One Bill Telecom: Acquisition by XLN Telecom
(undisclosed value)
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Dealmaker of the Year
- Mid Market
Sponsored by Barclays |
Winner: Stewart Lambert, James Cowper
Shortlisted:
- Simon Davies, Grant Thornton
- Kevan Leggett, LDC
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Dealmaker of the Year - Lower Mid Market
Sponsored by Pitmans |
Winner: Duncan Lamb, Grant
Thornton
Shortlisted:
- Peter Barrand, HMT
Corporate Finance
- Mark Ward, RBS
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Bank of the Year
Sponsored by Clarke Willmott |
Winner: HSBC
Shortlisted:
- Lloyds TSB
- The Royal Bank of Scotland
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Banker of the Year
Sponsored by Paris Smith |
Winner: Mark Frettingham, HSBC
Shortlisted:
- Nigel Gibson, Lloyds TSB
- Richard Knight, Co-operative Bank
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Management Team of the Year
Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Winner: Micro Focus plc
management
Shortlisted:
- Chemring Group management
- PIMS Group management
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Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year
Sponsored by HSBC |
Winner: Simon Davies, Grant
Thornton
Shortlisted:
- Peter Barrand, HMT
Corporate Finance
- Duncan Lamb, Grant Thornton
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Corporate Finance Team of the Year
Sponsored by HSBC |
Winner: HMT Corporate Finance
Shortlisted:
- Grant Thornton
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Venture Capital Firm of the Year
Sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland |
Winner: LDC
Shortlisted:
- Maven Capital
- Zeus Private Equity
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Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Grant Thornton |
Winner: Shoosmiths
Shortlisted:
- Blake Lapthorn
- Pitmans
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