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46 corporate finance roundup DEALS AWARDS2015 THAMES VALLEY


Entries open for TV Deals Awards


Entries are now open for the 2015 Thames Valley Deals Awards – the biggest and best corporate finance event in the south


High-profile sponsors include PwC, HMT, BCMS, Grant Thornton, HSBC, Leumi ABL, Wilson Partners, Pitmans and UBS.


With entries closing on February 28, and the awards night planned for Thursday, April 23, it is now time to focus on getting your nominations in for the prestigious deals awards categories.


The Thames Valley Deals Awards will cover deal activity between January 1, 2014, and February 28, 2015. Judging will take place in late March.


The dealmaking community will be canvassed to nominate their Deals and Dealmaker candidates. Judges will review these nominations – and the final vote will be a mix of judges’ choices and voting on the night.


Awards chairman David Murray said: “Following feedback, and to make the process even more bullet-proof, we have decided to allow a certain weighting for judges’ votes against keypad votes on the night.


THE CATEGORIES:


Management Team sponsored by PwC


Private Equity Firm sponsored by HMT LLP


Bank of the Year sponsored by BCMS


Law Firm of the Year sponsored by Grant Thornton LLP


Corporate Finance Adviser sponsored by HSBC


Corporate Finance Team sponsored by Leumi ABL


Alternative Lender sponsored by Wilson Partners


Dealmaker sponsored by Pitmans LLP


Deal of the Year sponsored by UBS


There will also be a Due Diligence award


“This should help avoid a situation where tactical voting by tables at the dinner itself skews the result. This has happened at least once with the Dealmaker vote, so we are keen to ensure that the judges, with their broad knowledge of the dealmaking scene in the past year, have their say in the final decision.”


Deals must be geographically relevant to the Thames Valley – either the target, acquirer, funder, law firm or adviser must be located in this region.


Multiple nominations by different firms in a deal are allowed – but judges will not necessarily give extra weight to the number of nominations. Third parties can nominate too – and judges will pay particular attention to client testimonials on specific deals.


“Judges are not just looking at the size of the deal. They will take into account deal complexity, who led the deal, the mix of advisers and whether the deal was led and completed ‘on patch’, whether cross-border, completed to a tight timeframe, and a number of other criteria,” said Murray.


Table bookings should be secured as soon as possible.


Contact Linda Morse by emailing linda@elcot.co.uk


www.dealsawards.co.uk


www.businessmag.co.uk


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – DECEMBER14/JANUARY15


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