Insider Sheffield City Region Dealmakers Awards 2020 | Insider Media | Mercure Sheffield St Paul's Hotel & Spa, 119 Norfolk St, Sheffield S1 2JE, UK

The awards recognise the dealmakers who have helped shape businesses for sale, maximised values within companies and in the process created wealth and supported economic growth.

Awards will be given to the pre-eminent corporate finance advisers, law firms and finance providers which have driven the deals across the line this last year.

The Insider Dealmakers Awards 2020 is an evening not to be missed. The region's leading banking, funding, legal and accountancy communities will be in attendance, making this the premier networking opportunity for professional services in the Sheffield City Region.

2019 Past Winners

Bank of the Year
• Barclays
• HSBC
• Lloyds
• NatWest

Corporate Law Firm of the Year
• CMS
• DLA Piper
• Keebles
• Lupton Fawcett
• Wake Smith Solicitors

Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year
• BHP Corporate Finance
• Castle Square Corporate Finance
• Shorts Chartered Accountants

Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
• James Burdekin, Keebles
• Martin Dean, Shorts Chartered Accountants
• Henry Hill, Keebles
• David Robinson, Shorts Chartered Accountants
• Declan Savage, BHP Corporate Finance

Dealmaker of the Year
• Matt Ainsworth, Keebles
• Chis Alsop, HSBC
• Matthew Chenery, Barclays
• Don Gray, BHP Corporate Finance
• Kevan Shaw, Castle Square Corporate Finance

National/International Deal of the Year
• Acquisition of Marindus Group Ltd by Axel Johnson International (BHP Chartered Accountants, Keebles)
• Acquisition of Environmental Resource Group by Red Industries (Castle Square Corporate Finance, HSBC, BGF, Dow Schofield Watts), Wake Smith, Keebles)
• Simultaneous Management Buyout of Stewart Travel and Acquisition of Canterbury Travel (Castle Square Corporate Finance, Zachary Asset Holdings, HSBC)
• Pavers Ltd acquisition of Herring Shoes (BHP Corporate Finance, Gordons)
• Motorhog merger with Car Transplants, FAB Recycling, and DH Systems (TR Advisory, KPMG, RSM, Dow Schofield Watts)

Deal of the Year (up to £2.5m)
• Management Buyout of Harvest Healthcare (Castle Square Corporate Finance, Keebles, HSBC, BHP Corporate Finance, Excello Law, RSM UK, Hollis & Co)
• Investment by UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) in Tekfloor (BHP Corporate Finance, Keebles, UKSE, Close Brothers
• Acquisition of Epwin Group by Panoramic Group (7Legal and Finance, Eversheds)
• Acquisition of Transvac Systems by Evac (Keebles, Lupton Fawcett)
• Management Buy-in of Eyres of Chesterfield (7Legal and Finance, Shawbrook Bank)

Mid-Market Deal of the Year (£2.5m to £10m)
• Disposal of Lightwork Design to Siemens PLM Software (BHP Corporate Finance, Squire Patton Boggs)
• Management Buyout of CTW Hardfacing (Hawsons Chartered Accountants, Keebles, CMS, NatWest, Lupton Fawcett)
• Acquisitions by Coppergreen Developments (Castle Square Corporate Finance, BGF, HSBC, Keebles, Dow Schofield Watts, Addleshaw Goddard, Shoosmiths)
• Disposal of Hydratron Ltd to Pryme Group (KPMG, Grant Thornton, Pinsent Mason, Keebles)

Deal of the Year (£10m+)
• Sale of ALTEK Group to Harsco Corporation (BHP Corporate Finance, Keebles, KPMG, Withers)
• Management Buyout of Senior Architectural Systems (KPMG, Tosca Debt Capital, Keebles, Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper)
• Motorhog merger with Car Transplants, FAB Recycling, and DH Systems (TR Advisory, KPMG, RSM, Dow Schofield Watts)
• Management Buyout of City Taxis (BHP Corporate Finance, CMS, Barclays)

Turnaround Team of the Year
• Begbies Traynor Group
• Freeths
• Irwin Mitchell
• Wilson Field