TMT M&A Awards 2019 | TMT Finance | 30 June 2019 | Leonardo Royal Hotel London St Paul's, 10 Godliman St, London EC4V 5AJ, UK

TMT M&A Awards 2019 Categories:

DEALS OF THE YEAR:
• Telecom M&A Deal of the Year
• TMT Deal of the Year
• Mid-Cap Telecom M&A Deal of the Year
• TMT Private Equity Deal of the Year 2019
• Cloud Services Deal of the Year 2018 - EMEA
• Telecom Infrastructure Deal of the Year 2019
• Tech M&A Deal of the Year 2019
• TMT Financing Deal of the Year 2019
• Media M&A Deal of the Year 2019
• Broadband Finance Deal of the Year 2019
• TMT IPO of the Year 2019

PEOPLE AND COMPANIES
• TMT M&A Growth Story - Company
• TMT Private Equity Firm of the Year
• TMT M&A Leadership Award
• TMT M&A Adviser - Person
• TMT M&A Lawyer - Person
• TMT M&A Adviser - Rising Star
• Woman TMT M&A Industry Leader
• Woman TMT M&A Leader (Banking & PE)
• Woman TMT M&A Adviser

DEAL DATA
• 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
• TMT Private Equity League Table
• TMT Due Diligence Provider

2018 Past Winners

DEALS OF THE YEAR:

TELECOM M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR - EMEA:
• Winner: Macquarie-led consortium’s acquisition of TDC for US$6.7bn

MID-CAP TELECOM M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR - EMEA:
• Winner: EQT’s acquisition of Caiway from Rabo Bouwfonds Communication Infrastructure for E453m

TMT PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and TCV’s acquisition of EQT VI’s 35% stake in Sportradar for E777m

CLOUD SERVICES DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: GTT Communications’ acquisition of Interoute from Aleph Capital Partners, Crestview Partners and the Sandoz Family Foundation for £1.65bn.

TMT INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: The sale by Cinven’s Fifth Fund of Ufinet Group to a consortium led by Antin Infrastructure Partners (Ufinet Spain) and Cinven’s Sixth Fund (Ufinet International) for a total consideration of E2bn.

TECH M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: Thales’ acquisition of Gemalto in a deal worth around E4.8bn

FINTECH DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: Vantiv’s acquisition and subsequent merger with UK-listed Worldpay Group for £8bn, valuing the combined business at £22.2bn.

MEDIA M&A DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 – EMEA:
• Winner: Comcast’s acquisition of a majority stake in Sky from 21st Century Fox, valuing Sky at £29.7bn.

TMT ACQUISITION FINANCING DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: PPF Telecom’s E3.025bn loan facilities supporting the acquisition of Telenor’s CEE assets.

TMT INFRASTRUCTURE LOAN OF THE YEAR 2018 – EMEA:
• Winner: Open Fiber’s E3.5bn financing package to build a new Italian FTTH network.

TMT IPO OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMEA:
• Winner: Direct Listing of Swedish music streaming service, Spotify, on the New York Stock Exchange valuing the company at US$26.5bn.

TMT DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - EMERGING MARKETS:
• Winner: Liberty Global’s split off of Latin American subsidiary LiLAC, and subsequent launch as a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ Global Select Market

TMT DEAL OF THE YEAR 2018 - ASIA:
• Winner: Vodafone India and Idea Cellular’s merger of Indian MNO businesses

PEOPLE AND COMPANIES

TMT M&A GROWTH STORY 2018:
• Winner: CityFibre

TMT PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM 2018:
• Winner: Antin Infrastructure

WOMAN TMT M&A LEADER OF THE YEAR - 2018:
• Winner: Jennifer Smith, CFO, EuNetworks

TMT M&A LEADER OF THE YEAR - 2018:
• Winner: Jake Donavan, President of Europe, LionTree

TMT DUE DILIGENCE ADVISER OF THE YEAR 2018:
• Winner: Solon Management Consulting

TMT M&A LEGAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR 2018:
• Winner: Herbert Smith Freehills

DEAL DATA

TMT M&A ADVISER OF THE YEAR 2018 – EMEA:
• Winner: Credit Suisse

TMT M&A FINANCING BANK OF THE YEAR 2018 – EMEA:
• Winner: BNP Paribas