Thames Valley: Deals Awards finalists chosen by judging panel
The 12-strong judging panel for the Thames Valley Deals Awards has met to consider 680 nominations for this year's campaign - and has drawn up a shortlist of finalists.
The winner of each of the three Deal of the Year categories below will be decided by a mix of votes on the night, at the awards ceremony at Madejski Stadium, Reading, and judges' votes.
The contenders are:
Small Deal (under £10m)
- Channel Mum investment by NVM
- CIPHR MBO backed by LDC
- Factor 21 group MBO
- ULS Technology acquisition of Conveyancing Alliance
Mid-range Deal (£10m to £50m)
- Box Technologies sale to Flytech Technology
- CH&Co acquisition of Brookwood
- Costain acquisition of SSL
- Rush Hair Group investment by LDC
Large Deal (over £50m)
- ByBox MBO funded by LDC
- Micro Focus acquisitions of HP and Serena Software
- Opus Energy sale to Drax Group plc
- Property Software Group exit by LDC
- Ridgeway Group sale to Marshall Motor Holdings
- Xafinity IPO
Law Firm
- Osborne Clarke
- Penningtons Manches
- Pitmans
- Shoosmiths
Lawyer
- Will Axtell (Penningtons Manches)
- Emma Gibson (Shoosmiths)
- John Hutchinson (Pitmans)
- Hugh Jones (Osborne Clarke)
- Sara Valentine (Osborne Clarke)
Alternative Lender
- IGF Business Credit
- Leumi ABL
- PNC
- Santander (Breakthrough)
Bank
- Barclays
- HSBC
- RBS NatWest
- Santander
Private Equity Firm
- Connection Capital
- LDC
- Maven Capital Partners
- Mobeus Equity Partners
- NVM Private Equity
Management Team
- Micro Focus
- Opus Energy
- Property Software Group
- Ridgeway
- Xafinity
Corporate Finance Team
- Deloitte
- HMT LLP
- James Cowper Kreston
- Spectrum Corporate Finance
- Wilson Partners
Corporate Finance Adviser
- Simon Davies (Spectrum)
- Clive Hatchard (Spectrum)
- Andrew Thomson (HMT)
- Adam Wardle (Wilson Partners)
Young Dealmaker
- Chris Baker (LDC)
- Rinesh Dookhee (Deloitte)
- James Mines (Spectrum)
- Stuart Williams (James Cowper Kreston)
- David Wrench (Grant Thornton)
Due Diligence Team
- BDO
- HMT
- PwC
- RSM
The Thames Valley Deals Awards is on Thursday, April 6. Some places are still available for the black-tie gala dinner. For details, email Libby Sharp at [email protected]
