2015 Rainmaker Awards shortlist announced
THE significant deals and leading professionals in Yorkshire’s corporate finance community will battle it out for the inaugural Yorkshire Rainmaker Awards in July.
The shortlist, which was created over an afternoon of discussion and debate with more than 20 leading advisers, investors and funders, representing the different parts of the corporate finance world, has today been announced.
Deals involving Card Factory are up for two awards, with its IPO featuring in the Public Markets category while Charterhouse’s sale of its stake is nominated in the Private Equity Exit Deal. Teams from Addleshaw Goddard and Deloitte are also nominated twice for the awards, which are being held at the Queens Hotel, Leeds, on July 2.
There will be five team awards, five for deals and one individual honour, that of Rainmaker of the Year – the outstanding professional in the Yorkshire community, who has been at the heart of significant activity during the last year.
There are five shortlisted candidates for the individual prize – Darren Forshaw from Endless, LDC’s John Garner, Martin Jenkins of Deloitte, KPMG’s Christian Mayo and Garry Wilson, also from Endless.
The winners will now be chosen by an online vote, with a unique code ensuring only one person from each firm votes. Voting will open shortly across the 11 categories. To join the voting panel please email alex.turner@thebusinessdesk.com.
The Rainmaker Awards is a joint venture between TheBusinessDesk.com and Out There Events.
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The shortlist is:
Legal Team of the Year
Addleshaw Goddard
Squire Patton Boggs
Walker Morris
Corporate Finance Team of the Year
Deloitte
KPMG
Rothschild
VC/Private Equity Team of the Year
Endless
LDC
NorthEdge Capital
Prolific Team of the Year
Addleshaw Goddard
Deloitte
KPMG
Rothschild
Funder of the Year
HSBC
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland
Yorkshire Bank
Public Markets Deal of the Year
Card Factory IPO (Investec, UBS)
Connect Group’s acquisition of Tuffnells Parcels Express (KPMG, PwC, Eversheds)
Polypipe IPO (EY)
Private Equity Exit Deal of the Year
Card Factory IPO (Investec, UBS)
Secondary buy-out of Adler & Allan (KPMG, Rothschild, Squire Patton Boggs, Walker Morris)
Montagu Private Equity’s sale of Cap Automotive (EY, Addleshaw Goddard)
International Deal of the Year
Ecco, USA, bought Public Safety Equipment (PwC, Deloitte)
R&R Ice Cream acquired Peters Food Group, Australia (Rothschild)
Didix, Netherlands, bought Taste Marketing (Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Chadwick Lawrence)
M&A Deal of the Year
Management buy-out of SSP (Deloitte, Addleshaw Goddard)
Evo Business Supplies’ purchase of Office2Office (Deloitte, Rothschild, Walker Morris)
Sale of Victoria Plumb to TPG (KPMG)
Small Cap Deal of the Year
Business Growth Fund investment in Moda in Pelle
Investor buy-out, led by Endless, of Kiddicare.com from Wm Morrison Supermarkets (Rothschild, Addleshaw Goddard, Gordons)
Acquisition of York-based IT specialist Trustmarque by Liberate, backed by Endless (Squire Patton Boggs)
MBO, backed by NorthEdge Capital, acquired Sumo Digital (Deloitte, Addleshaw Goddard)
Rainmaker of the Year
Darren Forshaw, Endless
John Garner, LDC
Martin Jenkins, Deloitte
Christian Mayo, KPMG
Garry Wilson, Endless
