Insider Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2020 | Insider Media | Stormont Hotel Belfast, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3LP, UK

Insider would like to invite you to the Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2020 - the biggest date in the region's corporate finance calendar.

The Dealmakers Awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the achievements of Northern Ireland's corporate M&A professionals. It's the night to show what this community can really do and to acknowledge excellence.

The shortlisted companies will be announced by Insider a few weeks before the event. We will then announce the winners at the dinner.

2019 Past Winners

Bank-funded Deal of the Year:
• Funding for Devenish Nutrition, provided by Danske Bank, European Investment Bank and Ulster Bank Ireland (advised on by EY, KPMG, Tughans, Cleaver Fulton Rankin, A&L Goodbody, • Dorsey and Whitney, Mathesons and Norton Rose Fulbright)
• Investment in Uform Holdings by Danske Bank (advised on by EY, A&L Goodbody, Elliott Duffy Garrett, OKT, DWF, Tughans and Grant Thornton)
• Ulster Weavers acquisition of J Rosenthal & Sons funded by HSBC (advised on by DWF, DLA Piper, A&L Goodbody and PwC)
• Development capital fundraise for DRT (NI) by First Trust Bank (advised on by Grant Thornton and Johnsons Law)

Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year:
• Grant Thornton
• HNH
• KPMG
• HannawayCA Corporate Finance
• Keenan CF
• EY

Corporate Law Firm of the Year:
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin
• TLT
• Tughans
• Pinsent Masons
• Keystone Law
• A&L Goodbody
• Carson McDowell

Deal of the Year (below £2.5m):
• Investment in Kraydel Ltd (advised on by TLT and PMP Accountants)
• Investment and Seedrs crowdfunding in Orca Money (advised on by Davidson McDonnell and Tughans)
• Sale of fscom’s KYC-Pro product to PwC (advised on by HNH and Davidson McDonnell)
• Acquisition of Beech Hill House Hotel by The House Hospitality Collection (advised on by John McKee Solicitors, O’Reilly Stewart, TDK Valuers, PKF/FPM and First Trust Bank)
• Funding for ISL Waste Management Ltd (advised on by HNH, Whiterock Capital Partners, Pinsent Mason, Cleaver Fulton Rankin and HSBC)

Deal of the Year (£2.5m - £10m):
• Acquisition of Alumasc Facades by Kilwaughter (advised on by HNH and Carson McDowell)
• Sale of Key Hardware to Haldane Fisher (advised on by KPMG, Tughans and A&L Goodbody)
• Acquisition of McGimpsey Brothers (Removals) Ltd (advised on by KPMG, TLT, PwC, Russell & Co; and Carson McDowell)
• Sale of Farmvet Systems to Vetoquinol (advised on by Tughans, Moore Stephens, Beltrae Partners and A&L Goodbody)
• Acquisition of Niche Drinks by Luxco Inc. (advised on by Pinsent Masons, Mazars, Elliott Duffy Garrett and BDO)

Deal of the Year (above £10m):
• Launch of Growth Finance Fund (advised on by Mills Selig, Tughans, Pinsent Masons, A&L Goodbody, Eversheds Sutherland, KPMG and ASM)
• Sale of Lagan Group to Breedon Group (advised on by EY, Carson McDowell and PwC)
• Sale of Kilco to Kersia (advised on by HannawayCA Corporate Finance and Mills Selig)
• Investment in Elite Electronic to Lonsdale Capital Partners (advised on by Tughans, PKF-FPM, La Salle Corporate and CMS)

Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal of the Year:
• Investment in Braidwater by BGF (advised on by A&L Goodbody, TLT LLP, Caldwell Robinson and PwC)
• Investment round for Neurovalens by Theama Ltd (an SPV of Wharton Asset Management) (advised on by A&L Goodbody, Tughans and Geldards LLP)
• Investment in Textile Recycling International by Waterland Private Equity (advised on by Pinsent Masons, Deloitte, Burness Paull LLP and Mazars )
• Investment in Elite Electronics by Lonsdale Capital (advised on by Tughans, PKF-FPM, La Salle Corporate and CMS)
• Follow-on investment in B-Secur by ADV & Kernel Capital (advised on by Tughans, Watson Burton LLP and Carson McDowell)
• Investment in Uform Holdings by BGF (advised on by EY, A&L Goodbody, Elliott Duffy Garrett, OKT, DWF, Tughans and Grant Thornton)

Emerging Dealmaker of the Year:
• Jenna Mairs, WhiteRock Capital Partners
• Chris Donnelly, KPMG
• Raymond Duddy, Davidson McDonnell
• Breige McEldowney, EY
• Glenn Watterson, Mills Selig

Dealmaker of the Year:
• Russell Smyth, KPMG
• Paul Millar, WhiteRock Capital Partners
• Cary Wilson, EY
• Craig Holmes, HNH