Solent: Deals Awards finalists announced

The finalists for the 2017 Solent Deals Awards have been announced. The judging panel assessed 519 nominations and decided on the shortlist below.

The three Deal of the Year category winners will be chosen by a combination of judges' votes and judging on the night when guests at the awards dinner will use voting keypads.

The Solent Deals Awards will be held at the Hilton at Ageas Bowl, Southampton, on Thursday, June 15. Tickets are available from Libby Sharp at libby@elcot.co.uk

The finalists are:

• Hendy Automotive acquisition of Lifestyle Group
• University of Southampton bond issue
• Utility Funding sale to Foresight Metering
• Trustmarque Solutions sale to Capita

• China Tool Projects/CT Automotive MBO
• Dyer & Butler sale to First Reserve
• Onecom acquisition of Evolve
• Raymond Brown Minerals sale to Elysian Capital
• Wellian Investments acquisition and IPO on AIM

• AndersElite MBO
• Deacons Boatyard sale to Dean & Reddyhoff
• Opus Telecom sale to NIX Communications
• ProcessFlows sale to Konica Minolta
• Stewart Signs MBO

• HSBC
• Lloyds Banking Group
• RBS NatWest

• Altitude Partners
• LDC
• Meridian Growth Capital

• Oliver Kelly (Pitmans Law)
• Philip Mettam (Meridian Corporate Finance)
• Lisa Sigalet (Shoosmiths)
• Gemma Wild (HSBC)
• Mat Wilson (Blake Morgan)

• Michael Barcia (Meridian Corporate Finance)
• Helen O’Kane (BDO)
• Stewart Lambert (James Cowper Kreston)
• Darren  Miller (Spectrum Corporate Finance)
• Darren Thompson (Meridian Corporate Finance)

• BDO
• Meridian Corporate Finance
• Spectrum Corporate Finance

• KPMG
• Mazars
• PwC
• RSM

• Steve Cole (Blake Morgan)
• Peter Jeffery (Moore Blatch)
• Stephen Porter (Shoosmiths)

• Blake Morgan
• Shoosmiths
• Trethowans

• CEGA Group - Alistair Hardy
• CT Automotive - David Wilkinson
• Hendy Group - Paul Hendy, Simon Gulliford and Jonathan Moritz
• Stewart Signs - Anthony Townson