Winners revealed at East Midlands Rainmaker Awards
Davis Bains, LDC
It was quite a night for private equity firm LDC at the East Midlands Rainmaker Awards, held at the Crowne Plaza in Nottingham on Thursday evening (November 21).
Not only did David Bains, head of the East and East Midlands at LDC, walk away with the Rainmaker of the Year crown, the firm also triumphed in the VC/Private Equity Team of the Year award, while its acquisition of DSP was named as the Private Equity Exit of the Year and its investment into Integrated Doorset Solutions won in the Medium Deal of the Year category.
The winners and shortlisted were celebrated in front of more than 250 corporate finance professionals at the inaugural edition of the Rainmaker Awards in the East Midlands.
The Rainmaker Awards was kindly sponsored by Dow Schofield Watts, MHA and Campaigner. The charity partner for the awards evening was Footprints, while the event’s data partner was Experian.
THE WINNERS
Teams
Legal Team of the Year
Winner: Browne Jacobson
Shortlisted
Flint Bishop
Freeths
Gateley
Howes Percival
Shakespeare Martineau
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Winner: Provantage Corporate Finance
Shortlisted
Bishopsgate Corporate Finance
Breeze Corporate Finance
Cooper Parry
DSW
Grant Thornton
VC/Private Equity Team of the Year
Winner: LDC
Shortlisted
BGF
Foresight
Maven
Mercia
Palatine
Debt Funder of the Year
Winner: HSBC
Shortlisted
Beechbrook
OakNorth
Shawbrook
ThinCats
Asset-Based Lending Team of the Year
Winner: Shawbrook
Shortlisted
Close Brothers
IGF
Leumi UK
Due Diligence Team of the Year
Winner: Cortus Advisory
Shortlisted
BDO
Cooper Parry
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM
Tax Advisory Team of the Year
Winner: Claritas Tax
Shortlisted
BDO
Cooper Parry
KPMG
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM
Deals
Private Equity Exit of the Year
Winner: YFM exit of DSP Group and sale to LDC
Browne Jacobson, Gateley Legal, BDO
Shortlisted
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
Exit of Evolution Funding by LDC and sale to Carlyle
KPMG, Arma Partners
International Deal of the Year
Winner: Sale of Serif to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance
Shortlisted
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)
Winner: Dains’ acquisition of HSKSG
Dains, DSW, Deloitte, HSBC
Shortlisted
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)
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)
Winner: LDC investment into Integrated Doorset Solutions
Browne Jacobson, RSM, Keystone Law, Claritas Tax, Magma, Cortus Advisory
Shortlisted
The sale of Riverside Medical Packaging to Sterimed Group
Browne Jacobson, Provantage Corporate Finance
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)
Winner: Sale of Serif Group to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance
Shortlisted
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
Winner: Amanda Betts – Provantage Corporate Finance
Shortlisted
Matt Bolton – Browne Jacobson
Line Gauteplass – Foresight
Adam Huckerby – BGF
Hannah Tapsel – Mercia
Hannah Tessyman – Freeths
Changemaker of the Year
Winner: Paul Kithoray – Cortus Advisory
Shortlisted
David Browne – Provantage Corporate Finance
Beth Mather – Gateley
Ses Mehmi – Claritas Tax
Deepak Parekh – Shawbrook
Sandy Reid – Mercia
Rainmaker of the Year
Winner: David Bains – LDC
Shortlisted
Morgan Atherton – Bishopsgate Corporate Finance
Paul Bevan – Breeze Corporate Finance
Nigel Blackwell – Browne Jacobson
David Browne – Provantage Corporate Finance
Sally Saunders – Provantage Corporate Finance
