Thames Valley: 2019 Deals Awards finalists announced
From a total of over 580 nominations, judges have shortlisted the finalists for The Business Magazine’s 2019 Thames Valley Deals Awards.
Winners will be announced at the gala awards night at The Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading on April 4.
The finalists are:
Private Equity Firm of the Year sponsored by HMT LLP
BGF
Connection Capital
LDC
NVM Private Equity
YFM Equity Partners
Non-Bank Lender of the Year sponsored by Quantuma
Beechbrook Capital
Leumi ABL
PNC
ThinCats
Triplepoint
Lawyer of the Year sponsored by BDO
Andrew Peddie – Gateley Plc
Sara Valentine – Osborne Clarke
Rob Wood – Osborne Clarke
Sanjeev Sharma – Shoosmiths
Adam Dowdney – IBB Solicitors
Jeremy Parkes – Field Seymour Parkes
Management Team of the Year sponsored by PwC
ByBox
Capital Economics
GTK
Martin Audio
Peter Brett Associates
Wireless Logic
Due Diligence Team sponsored by Coffin Mew
BDO
Crowe
Deloitte
HMT
PwC
RSM
Wilson Partners
Corporate Finance Team of the Year sponsored by HSBC
BDO
Grant Thornton
James Cowper Kreston
KPMG
Quantuma
Spectrum Corporate Finance
Law Firm of the Year sponsored by Grant Thornton
Field Seymour Parkes
Gateley Plc
IBB Solicitors
Osborne Clarke
BDB Pitmans
Shoosmiths
Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year sponsored by Gateley Plc
Andrew Thomson – HMT
Clive Hatchard – Spectrum Corporate Finance
Duncan Lamb – BDO
Ian Barton – Quantuma
Sami Fairris – KPMG
Stewart Lambert – James Cowper Kreston
Bank of the Year sponsored by Crowe
AIB
Barclays
Clydesdale
HSBC
NatWest
Santander
Young Dealmaker (under 35) sponsored by IBB Solicitors
Michael Mackintosh – BDO
Paul Tillstone – Grant Thornton
Gemma Legg – KPMG
Kiran Dhesi – Shoosmiths
Max Whitehead – BDO
Sarah Souter – Gateley Plc
Small Deal of the Year – under £10m sponsored by Shoosmiths
Arden Group – acquisition by babble cloud holding
HeleCloud – investment by BGF
The Royal Berkshire Shooting School – acquisition by James Purdey
Smyle Creative – investment by Rockpool and Chad Lion Cachet
Primal Pantry – investment by NVM Private Equity
Majenta PLM – acquisition by Cutting Edge Solutions backed by BGF
Mid-range Deal of the Year – £10m to £50m sponsored by NVM Private Equity
Martin Audio – MBO backed by LDC
Miles 33 – MBO backed by Ethos Partners
Shuttercraft – MBO backed by Beechbrook Capital
Mode Print Solutions – MBO backed by Connection Capital
GTK – acquisition by Volex plc
UAP – secondary buyout backed by Maven
Peter Brett Associates – acquisition by Stantec
The Appointment Group – acquisition by Apiary Capital
Large Deal of the Year – over £50m
ByBox – exit by LDC, investment by Francisco Partners
Capital Economics – secondary buyout
MWR InfoSecurity – sale to F-Secure Corporation
SDL – acquisition of Donnelly Language Solutions
Wireless Logic – acquisition by Montagu
