| The winners of the North West Dealmakers Awards 2020 can today be revealed, with Jonathan Boyers of KPMG named Dealmaker of Year. Insider announced the winners at an online forum, sponsored by MC2 and Rickitt Mitchell, after the event itself had to be cancelled due to the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Bank of the Year
Winner: NatWest
Large Business Corporate Finance Team of Year
Winner: KPMG
Mid-Market Corporate Finance Team of the Year
Winner: Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance
Asset Based Lending Team of the Year
Winner: Close Brothers Invoice Finance
Mid-size Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Hill Dickinson
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Squire Patton Boggs
Private Equity/Venture Capital Team of the Year
Sponsored by Rickitt Mitchell
Winner: Praetura Ventures
Transaction Services Team of the Year
Winner: EY
International Deal of the Year
Winner: Sale of Fragrance Oils to Givaudan SA, Switzerland (RSM, DLA Piper, Olajide Oyewole, Azman Davidson & Co, Schellenberg Wittmer, Makarim, Wridleys, Slaughter and May)
Deal of the Year (sub £10m)
Winner: Investment in A Wilderness Way (BGF, Hill Dickinson, Browne Jacobson, MHA Moore and Smalley)
Highly Commended: MBO of Jackson Lees Group by MAPD Ventures (Dow Schofield Watts, Shard Credit Partners, O'Connor Legal Services, Shareholder Strategies, RSM Tax Advisory, Gateley, Brabners, NatWest)
Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Winner: Kids Planet acquisition of Kids Allowed (BGF, Pinsent Masons, Grant Thornton, Hill Dickinson, RPG, Addleshaw Goddard, Clarke Wilmott, Christie & Co, Brabners, Knight Frank, Lambert Smith Hampton)
Deal of the Year (£50m+)
Sponsored by MC2
Winner: Miss Group sale to Perwyn (BGF, GCA Altium, Squire Patton Boggs, EY)
Emerging Dealmaker
Winner: Sam Davies, Cowgills
Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Jonathan Boyers, KPMG
Highly Commended: Giles Chesher, Squire Patton Boggs
Read more about the winners and finalists… | 
