Insider Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2023 | Insider Media | Hilton Birmingham Metropole, National Exhibition Centre, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PP, UK

Now in its 29th year, more than 700 of the region’s senior and rising dealmakers will gather to celebrate the incredible success of a sector that has carried on actively transacting and trading, even through a difficult year.

2022 Winners

Turnaround Team of the Year
• Alvarez & Marsal

Specialist Services Team of the Year
• Claritas Tax

SME Advisory Team of the Year
• PKF Smith Cooper

Corporate Law Firm of the Year
• Gateley Legal

Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
• Clearwater International

Bank of the Year
• HSBC UK

Funder of the Year
• NorthEdge Capital

Non-bank Lender of the Year
• Beechbrook Capital

Corporate Lawyer of the Year
• Lee Clifford, Freeths

Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
• Jack Browne, Beechbrook Capital

Award for Outstanding Contribution
• Phil Griesbach

Refinance Deal of the Year
• £40m refinancing of Construction Testing Solutions (Palatine Private Equity, Kartesia, Clearwater International, Browne Jacobson)

International Deal of the Year
• Acquisition of Solid Solutions Group by Trimech (BGF, Alantra, Gowling WLG, LDC, Claritas Tax)

SME Deal of the Year
• United Tooling Solutions’ £11m triple acquisition of Mettex, Nuts & Bolts and Fast Fix (Shawbrook, Beechbrook Capital, Breeze Corporate Finance, Gateley Legal, Gunner Cooke, Freeths, Mazars, Dains)

Mid-Market Deal of the Year
• MBO of Kingswood Corporation (Pinsent Masons, Browne Jacobson, LDC, Virgin Money, Cooper Parry)

Deal of the Year
• Sykes Holiday Cottages debt raise and acquisition of Forest Holidays (Clearwater International, Phoenix Equity Partners, LDC, Springboard Corporate Finance, Vitruvian Partners, Eversheds Sutherland, Travers Smith, Mayer Brown, Liberty Corporate Finance, Harris Williams & Co, FTI Consulting, Burness Paull)

Dealmaker of the Year Award
• Andy Skinner, NorthEdge Capital