Thames Valley Deals Awards 2013: The finalists are announced
The finalists have been announced for the Thames Valley Deals Awards 2013, which takes place at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading on April 25. Judges met to sift through more than 200 nominations and debate which firms and individuals had made an impact in the region's corporate finance market in the previous 12-month period.
All the winners will be unveiled at the event next month. The deal and dealmaker categories will be voted on by the audience from the shortlisted list below, using voting keypads.
The finalists are (in alphabetical order):
Bank of the Year
- HSBC
- Lloyds
- RBS
Private Equity Firm of the Year
- Business Growth Fund (BGF)
- Mobeus Equity Partners
- NVM Private Equity
- Primary Capital
Corporate Finance Team
- Baker Tilly
- Grant Thornton
- HMT LLP
- Spectrum Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance Adviser
- Duncan Lamb (Grant Thornton)
- Kirsty Sandwell (Baker Tilly)
- Andrew Thomson (HMT)
Law Firm of the Year
- Manches
- Osborne Clarke
- Shoosmiths
- Pitmans
Lawyer of the Year
- Emma Gibson (Shoosmiths)
- Hugh Jones (Osborne Clarke)
- Rebecca Mauleverer (Shoosmiths)
- David Tighe (Manches)
Management Team
- CloserStill
- Ground Control
- Kerridge Commercial Systems
- TT Electronics
Dealmaker (over £25m)
- Ian Barton (HMT)
- Simon Davies (Spectrum)
- Duncan Lamb (Grant Thornton)
- Kirsty Sandwell (Baker Tilly)
Dealmaker (under £25m)
- James Austin (BGF)
- Duncan Lamb (Grant Thornton)
- Andrew Thomson (HMT)
Deal of the Year (over £25m)
- CloserStill (disposal by NVM)
- Leisure Pass Group (MBO)
- Xafinity (CBPE Capital acquisition from Equiniti Group)
Deal of the Year (under £25m)
- 8el (disposal to Selection Services)
- Serco Learning (disposal to Advanced Computer Software plc)
- SGX Sensortech (management buyin)
- Tessella (MBO)
Further details of the shortlisted firms and deals will appear in the event programme.
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