Thames Valley: Deals Awards finalists chosen by judging panel

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TBM Team

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

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 libby@elcot.co.uk

TBM Team