South Coast: Solent Deals Awards – finalists announced

Judges sifted through more than 600 nominations for the Solent Deals Awards yesterday – and have announced the finalists.

The judging panel of 10 agreed the shortlist in a dozen categories for the 2016 awards, which will be presented on June 9 at a gala dinner at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.

In the two Deal of the Year categories, plus the Dealmaker category, the winners will be chosen from a mix of judges’ votes, and audience votes on the night.

The other category winners have been agreed by the judging panel and will be revealed on the night.

 

The finalists are:

 

Corporate Finance Team of the Year

Grant Thornton

James Cowper Kreston

Meridian Corporate Finance

Spectrum Corporate Finance

 

Corporate Finance Adviser

Michael Barcia (Meridian)

Rob Holmes (WK Corporate Finance)

Darren Miller (Spectrum)

Ian Milne (Spectrum)

 

Due Diligence Team

BDO

PwC

RSM

 

Dealmaker

Michael Barcia (Meridian)

Simon Davies (Spectrum)

Ian Milne (Spectrum)

Darren Thompson (Meridian)

 

Law Firm

Blake Morgan

Coffin Mew

Moore Blatch

Pitmans

Shoosmiths

Trethowans

 

Lawyer

Dean Drew (Irwin Mitchell)

Nick Gross (Coffin Mew)

Sean Kelly (Pitmans)

Mark Shepherd (Shoosmiths)

Sean Wright (Shoosmiths)

 

Alternative Lender

Boost & Co

Leumi ABL

Market Invoice

 

Management Team

Innovation Group

Lakesmere

Mortgages Made Easy

 

Bank of the Year

HSBC

RBS NatWest

Santander

 

Private Equity Firm

Altitude Partners

Connection Capital

LDC

Livingbridge

Meridian Growth Capital

 

Deal of the Year (over £25m)

Drilling Systems acquisition by Blue Water Energy

Innovation Group public-to-private by Carlyle Group

Meggitt plc acquisitions of Cobham composite business and EDAC

Mortgages Made Easy acquisition of Contractor Financials

 

Deal of the Year (under £25m)

23.5 Degrees franchisee deal with Starbucks

aap3 MBO

Airsys Communications MBO

Bowman Power Group funding round

Lakesmere MBO

Westfield Medical MBO