After much deliberation by our panel of judges, the finalists for this year's Deals and Dealmakers Awards have been announced.
The awards celebration dinner recognises the bankers, venture capitalists, lawyers and accountants who initiate, structure and negotiate deals for growing organisations. They are based on deals completed by this community during the fiscal year 2020/21.
You'll have to join us on the night to find out the winners, but those in the running for an award in December are:
ACQUISITIVE COMPANY OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Dow Schofield Watts
- Incremental
- United Capital Investments
CORPORATE FINANCE TEAM OF THE YEAR, sponsored by CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
BDO
EY
French Duncan
EARLY STAGE DEAL OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
Trojan Energy
Vector Photonics
EMERGING DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR
Jamie Brownlie, Santander UK
Daniel Halliday, Foresight Group
FUNDER OF THE YEAR
BGF
Foresight Group
Santander UK
LEGAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR
Addleshaw Goddard
Burness Paull
Macdonald Henderson (corporate team)
SALE OF THE YEAR
Hydro Group
Weir Group
SME DEAL OF THE YEAR, sponsored by OPPORTUNI
CSN Care Group
M Squared Lasers
The Paint Shed
TRANSFORMATIONAL DEAL OF THE YEAR
Calnex Solutions
Kingdom Holdings (trading as Real Good Dental)
Northwind 5s (trading as Goals Soccer Centres)
DEAL OF THE YEAR 2021
- The judging panel will select the best deal chosen from the category winners
Taking place on 2 December, from 6.30pm until 11.00pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Glasgow Central, the awards ceremony is not to be missed.
With hundreds of people attending - made up of dealmakers, bankers, lawyers and event sponsors - the event makes for the ideal networking opportunity.
The dinner itself not only gives time to chat with some of the leading players in Scottish dealmaking; it is also a highly entertaining evening with a high profile guest speaker.
Tickets and packages are still available. For more information, click here.
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