Shortlist revealed for the East Midlands Rainmaker Awards 2024
The shortlist for the inaugural East Midlands Rainmakers Awards, celebrating the corporate finance individuals and teams responsible for the top deals of the year, has been revealed.
Our judges met yesterday
Finance professionals from 40 firms gathered at Nottingham College’s City Hub yesterday (September 18), to select the shortlist from the individuals and teams responsible for arranging hundreds of deals, mergers and acquisitions over last 12 months.
Voting to choose the finalists is now open on a one-firm, one-vote basis.
The awards will be presented at a relaxed evening of celebration at the Crowne Plaza in Nottingham on Thursday November 21. Tickets are available by clicking here.
Rainmakers is kindly sponsored by Dow Schofield Watts, MHA and Campaigner. The charity partner for the awards evening is Footprints, while the event’s data partner is Experian.
The shortlist:
Teams
Legal Team of the Year
Browne Jacobson
Flint Bishop
Freeths
Gateley
Howes Percival
Shakespeare Martineau
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Bishopsgate Corporate Finance
Breeze Corporate Finance
Cooper Parry
DSW
Grant Thornton
Provantage Corporate Finance
VC/Private Equity Team of the Year
BGF
Foresight
Maven
Mercia
LDC
Palatine
Debt Funder of the Year
Beechbrook
HSBC
OakNorth
Shawbrook
ThinCats
Asset-Based Lending Team of the Year
Close Brothers
IGF
Leumi UK
Shawbrook
Due Diligence Team of the Year
BDO
Cooper Parry
Cortus Advisory
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM
Tax Advisory Team of the Year
BDO
Claritas Tax
Cooper Parry
KPMG
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM
Deals
Private Equity Exit of the Year
Sale of Freshcut Foods by Perywn to Flywheel
Squire Patton Boggs, Stephens Corporate Finance, Perwyn, KPMG
Exit of Innovative Bites by Sculptor Capital and sale to A&M Capital Europe
Browne Jacobson, KPMG
YFM exit of KeTech Group and sale to the Wescom Group
Browne Jacobson, Knights, KPMG
YFM exit of DSP Group and sale to LDC
Browne Jacobson, Gateley Legal, BDO
Exit of Evolution Funding by LDC and sale to Carlyle
KPMG, Arma Partners
International Deal of the Year
Sale of Serif to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance
Sale of Riverside Medical Packaging to Sterimed Group
Provantage Corporate Finance, Gateley Legal, Browne Jacobson
Group Autajon Services SAS acquisition of Simply Cartons
Grant Thornton
Acquisition of Nu Chem Sciences by Sygnature Discovery
KPMG, Five Arrows
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Keysource Group acquisition of 2bm
Actons, Hill Dickinson, Breeze Corporate Finance, DSW
Funding round of £7.5m into University of Nottingham spin-out, IsomAb
Shoosmiths, Mercia Ventures, Science Creates Ventures, Broadview
Sale of Solutions For Retail Brands to Bamboo Rose and exit for Foresight Nottingham Fund
Gateley Legal, Cooley (UK)
Dains’ acquisition of HSKSG
Dains, DSW, Deloitte, HSBC
Acquisition of Horsley Lodge Golf Club by Marc Brough of Cubowork
Browne Jacobson, Geldards, Cortus Advisory, Cambridge & Counties
Fuel Learning £6m investment deal from Key Capital Partners (KCP)
DWF, Ward Hadaway, Kay Capital Partners, Azets, RSM, Evelyn Partners, KBS Corporate
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
The sale of Riverside Medical Packaging to Sterimed Group
Browne Jacobson, Provantage Corporate Finance
LDC investment into Integrated Doorset Solutions
Browne Jacobson, RSM, Keystone Law, Claritas Tax, Magma, Cortus Advisory
Dains’ acquisition of Magma Accountants
CMS, Knights, Dains, DSW, Deloitte
The sale of Buttress Group to H2 Equity Partners
Browne Jacobson, Eversheds Sutherland, Bishopsgate Corporate Finance, Hillier Hopkins, PwC
BGF investment in Metpro
Browne Jacobson, Ansons, Evolve, Claritas Tax, Cortus Advisory
BGF Investment in Troy UK
Gateley, Browne Jacobson, Burges Salmon, Santander, Beechbrook, Shawbrook, Breeze Corporate Finance, EY, PwC, Freeths
Large Deal of the Year (over £50m)
Sale of Serif Group to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance
Exit of Innovative Bites by Sculptor Capital and sale to A&M Capital Europe
Browne Jacobson, KPMG, Stephens Corporate Finance
Cooper Parry’s acquisition of Haines Watts
Clearwater, Cooper Parry, Squire Patton Boggs
Healthcare Business Solutions (UK) sale to AXA PPP Healthcare Group
Squire Patton Boggs, Grant Thornton
Mattioli Woods sale to Pollen Street Capital
Ashurst, Slaughter & May, Walker Morris, Canaccord Genuity, Fenchurch Advisory Partners, Rothschild & Co, Singer Capital Markets
YFM exit of DSP Group and sale to LDC
CMS, PwC
Individual Awards
Rising Star of the Year
Amanda Betts – Provantage Corporate Finance
Matt Bolton – Browne Jacobson
Line Gauteplass – Foresight
Adam Huckerby – BGF
Hannah Tapsel – Mercia
Hannah Tessyman – Freeths
Changemaker of the Year
David Browne – Provantage Corporate Finance
Paul Kithoray – Cortus Advisory
Beth Mather – Gateley
Ses Mehmi – Claritas Tax
Deepak Parekh – Shawbrook
Sandy Reid – Mercia
Rainmaker of the Year
Morgan Atherton – Bishopsgate Corporate Finance
David Bains – LDC
Paul Bevan – Breeze Corporate Finance
Nigel Blackwell – Browne Jacobson
David Browne – Provantage Corporate Finance
Sally Saunders – Provantage Corporate Finance
