TMT M&A Awards 2017 | TMTFinance | 30 September 2017 | London, UK, The Grange Hotel, St Pauls, London 10 Godliman Street, London, EC4V 5AJ

TMT M&A Awards 2017 is the biggest awards ceremony recognising outstanding Telecom, Media and Tech M&A Deals, Advisers and Dealmakers globally.

The TMT M&A Awards 2017 Ceremony and Gala Dinner follows TMT Finance World Congress 2017 which gathers the leading telecom, media and technology executives, investment bankers, investors and advisers to assess investment opportunities globally.

• About the Awards
Telecom, Media and Technology companies, their advisers and financiers are pursuing growth through Mergers and Acquisitions and these awards recognise outstanding dealmaking, advisory, financing and leadership activity.

The Awards provide benchmarks of aspiration for the companies nominated and world class recognition for winners. Nominate a company, executive, deal or advisory business if they deserve recognition.

Winners for 2016

• Telecom M&A Deal of the Year
BT Group’s acquisition of EE in the UK for E12.5bn.
Goldman Sachs advised BT. Barclays and Citi advised Deutsche Telecom. Bank of America Merrill Lynch advised Orange.

• Media M&A Deal of the Year
Baofeng Technology and Everbright Capital acquisition of MP & Silva for c. US$1bn
UBS advised MP&Silva; DealGlobe & CICC advised Baofeng/Everbright

• Technology M&A Deal of the Year
SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM for £24.3bn
The Raine Group, Robey Warshaw and Mizuho Securities advised SoftBank; ARM was advised by Goldman Sachs, Lazard, UBS and Barclays

• Mid-Cap Tech M&A Deal of the Year
Vivendi’s hostile acquisition of Gameloft (61.7%), valuing Gameloft at E700m
HSBC advised Vivendi

• Telecom Towers Deal of the Year
ATC’s acquisition of Viom Networks in India, from Tata and Srei Infrastructure for US$1.14bn
Evercore, Kotak Investment Banking advised ATC; Credit Suisse advised Viom

• TMT IPO of the Year
Mediawan IPO raised E250m on the Euronext Paris to fund acquisitions in Media sector. April 2016.
Advisers: JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale.

• TMT Financing Deal of the Year - Debt
Altice NV Neptune Finco Corp’s E10.6bn for Cablevision
BNP Paribas, Barclays and JP Morgan

Advisers and League Tables

• TMT M&A Adviser - Deal Size
Goldman Sachs

• TMT M&A Adviser - Number of Deals
Arma Partners

• TMT Legal Adviser
Clifford Chance

• TMT Financing Bank
BNP Paribas

Companies and People

• TMT Growth Story
Liquid Telecom

• TMT Leadership Award
Jean-Yves Charlier, CEO, VimpelCom