Thames Valley: Judges decide Deals Awards shortlist

Finalists have been chosen for the prestigious Thames Valley Deals Awards, which takes place at Madejski Stadium, Reading, on April 19. Judges met to sift through 600 nominations for this year's highly-contested categories.

The shortlisted deals, firms and individuals are:

Small Deal

• Acquisition of Landscape Holdings by Xeretec
• Acturis Group acquisition of ICE InsureTech
• Indigo Telecom Group acquisition of Belcom247
• Rowan International MBO supported by Connection Capital
• NVM Private Equity investment in Knowledgemotion
• LDC investment in IP Solutions

Mid-range Deal

• XP Power acquisition of Comdel Inc
• ROC Technologies exit & acquisition
• Magal Engineering sale to Arlington Industries
• Tempcover MBO supported by Connection Capital
• Lucid Group Communications MBO
• Reverse takeover of SecurEnvoy by Shearwater Group

Large Deal

• Hogg Robinson Group plc sale to Global Business Travel (Amex) and Visa
• Clifford Thames sale to OE Connection Inc
• Xtrac acquisition by Inflexion/MBO
• Alpha FX Group plc AIM IPO
• Readypower Engineering MBO backed by Primary Capital Partners
• TI Fluid Systems (IPO) – listing on main market

Young Dealmaker

• Richard Boyden, Spectrum Corporate Finance
• Adrian Howells, HMT
• Mark Kennedy, Deloitte
• Mark Metcalfe, Gateley plc
• Miles Otway, Connection Capital
• David Wrench, Grant Thornton, now BDO

Corporate Finance Team

• BDO LLP
• Grant Thornton
• HMT LLP
• James Cowper Kreston
• Spectrum Corporate Finance
• Wilson Partners Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance Adviser

• Simon Davies, Spectrum Corporate Finance
• Wendy Hart, Grant Thornton
• Clive Hatchard, Spectrum Corporate Finance
• Ian Milne, Spectrum Corporate Finance
• Andrew Thomson, HMT LLP

Bank

• Clydesdale Bank
• HSBC
• Lloyds
• NatWest
• Santander

PE Firm

• BGF
• Connection Capital
• Inflexion
• LDC
• Maven Capital Partners
• NVM

Management Team

• Alpha FX
• Clifford Thames
• Hogg Robinson
• Hunter Macdonald
• TeamSport

Law Firm

• Gateley plc
• IBB Solicitors
• Osborne Clarke
• Penningtons Manches
• Pitmans Law
• Shoosmiths

Lawyer

• Rob Hayes, Penningtons Manches
• Andrew Peddie, Gateley plc
• Stephanie Perry, Pitmans Law
• Sara Valentine, Osborne Clarke
• Rob Wood, Osborne Clarke

Due Diligence

• BDO
• Crowe Clark Whitehill
• HMT LLP
• KPMG
• PwC
• RSM UK
• Wilson Partners

Finalists for Alternative Lender will be announced later, following further evaluation by judges.