Venue
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX, UK

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Organizer Insider Media
Submission deadline 21 Jul 2023 5:00pm UTC (over 1 year ago)
In your time zone: Jul 21 1pm EDT
Date Awarded 12 Oct 2023 5:00pm UTC (about 1 year ago)
In your time zone: Oct 12 1pm EDT
Region EMEA
Details

The 29th annual Dealmakers is the biggest date in the region’s professional services calendar.

Dealmakers is the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the North West’s leading corporate financiers, accountants, bankers, funders, lawyers and M&A professionals.

Categories:
• Large Business Corporate Finance Team of the Year
• Mid-Market Corporate Finance Team of the Year
• Asset Based Lending Team of the Year
• Bank/Funder of the Year
• Turnaround Team of the Year
• Corporate Law Firm of the Year
• Mid-size Law Firm of the Year
• Private Equity Team of the Year
• Venture Capital Team of the Year
• Transaction Services Team of the Year
• Deal of the Year (sub £10m)
• Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
• Deal of the Year (£50m+)
• International Deal of the Year
• Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
• Dealmaker of the Year

Past winners

2022 Winners

Bank/Funder of the Year
• NatWest

Mid-Market Corporate Finance Team of the Year
• Grant Thornton

Mid-size Law Firm of the Year
• Napthens

Corporate Law Firm of the Year
• Addleshaw Goddard

Asset Based Lending Team of the Year
• Cynergy Business Finance

Transaction Services Team of the Year
• EY

International Deal of the Year
• Blue Prism acquisition by SS&C Technologies (CMS, Qatalyst Partners, Merrill Lynch, Investec, RBC Europe, Davis Polk & Wardwell)

Flotation of the Year
• LBG Media, LADBible (Zeus, Addleshaw Goddard, BDO, DWF)

Private Equity/Venture Capital Team of the Year
• LDC

International Deal of the Year (sub £10m)
• Maven VCTs invest in ORCHA (Maven, Addleshaw Goddard, PwC, Taylor Wessing, Langtons)

Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
• Shahbaz Qasim, PwC

Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
• JD Sports 60 per cent acquisition of Total Swimming (Cowgills, Gateley, Hill Dickinson, HSBC UK). Commending the social significance of this deal, the judges said it could really change the region. They also called out its 60x EBITDA multiple.

Large Business Corporate Finance Team of the Year
• Houlihan Lokey

Deal of the Year (£50m+)
• Sale of Protec Fire & Security Group to Bosch (RSM, MHA Moore & Smalley, Napthens, KPMG, EY, Ashurst, ERM)
This was an impressive deal said the judges, which saw a local company sold to a major international name.

Dealmaker of the Year
• Andy Leach, NVM