Investment Company of the Year Awards 2018 | TMT Finance | Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 7BX, UK

Investment Week's Investment Company of the Year Awards aim to recognise and reward excellence in close-ended fund management. These awards highlight investment companies that produce consistent performance and where there is, in the judges' opinion, a high likelihood that the investors will not be disappointed in the future.

Award categories for 2018 include:

Deals of the Year:
• Telecom M&A Deal of the Year
• Media M&A Deal of the Year
• Technology M&A Deal of the Year
• Telecom Infrastructure M&a Deal of the Year
• Fintech Deal of the Year Software Deal of the Year
• Cloud Services Deal of the Year
• TMT Ipo of the Year
• TMT Financing Deal of the Year - Debt and Equity
• Emerging Markets TMT Deal of the Year
• TMT Mid-cap Deal of the Year

Advisers and League Tables:
• TMT M&A Adviser - Deal Size and Number of Deals
• Telecom M&A Adviser - Deal Size and Number of Deals
• Media M&A Adviser - Deal Size and Number of Deals
• Tech M&A Adviser - Deal Size and Number of Deals
• TMT M&A Legal Adviser
• TMT M&A Financing Bank

Companies and People:
• TMT M&A Growth Story
• TMT M&A Leadership Award
• TMT M&A Adviser - Person
• TMT M&A Banker - Person
• TMT M&A Lawyer - Person
• TMT M&A Adviser - Rising Star

2017 Winners

Media M&A Deal of the Year – EMEA
• Mediawan’s E313m acquisition of French TV Broadcaster AB Groupe
• Advised by Deutsche Bank, Lazard and Perella Weinberg Partners

Technology Mid-Cap Deal of the Year for EMEA
• BC Partners’ acquisition of PlusServer from GoDaddy
• Advised by Oakley Partners and Arma Partners

Cloud and Datacentre Deal of the Year
• GoDaddy’s acquisition of Host Europe Group for E1.69bn
• Advised by Deutsche Bank and Greenhill

Technology LargeCap Deal of the Year – EMEA
• Ctrip’s acquisition of Skyscanner for £1.4bn
• Advised by Qatalyst

Telecom Infrastructure Deal of the Year – EMEA
• KKR's acquisition of Telxius stake from Telefonica
• Advised by HSBC

Emerging Markets Telecom Deal of the Year
• Omantel’s acquisition of a minority stake in Zain Group for US$2.2bn
• Advised by Credit Suisse and Citi

Telecom Mid-Cap Deal of the Year – EMEA
• MASMOVIL’s acquisition of Yoigo for E612m
• Advised by Deutsche Bank and HSBC

Telecom M&A Deal of the Year – World (excl. USA)
• Merger of Wind Italia (VEON) and 3 Italia (Hutchison)
• Advised by Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Morgan Stanley

TMT IPO of the Year – EMEA
• P4, Play IPO
• Advised by JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS

TMT Financing Deal of the Year – EMEA
• Oberthur Technologies LBO financing for the acquisition of Safran
• Arranged by Goldman Sachs

TMT M&A Growth Story 2017
• Grupo MASMOVIL

TMT M&A Banker of the Year
• Pierre-Emmanuel Houllier, Managing Director, HSBC

TMT M&A Rising Star
• Spyro Korsanos,Corp Development, Delivery Hero/ Rocket Internet

TMT M&A Legal Adviser
• Herbert Smith Freehills

TMT Financing Bank of the Year
• Societe Generale

TMT M&A League Tables for Deal Volume
• Goldman Sachs

TMT M&A League Tables Number of Deals (EMEA)
• Arma Partners