The winners of the South West Dealmakers Awards for 2020 have been revealed via Insider’s South West Dealmakers Online Forum, sponsored by EY, LDC and Royds Withy King. The forum included a panel and audience discussion examining the impact of the Covid crisis on the deals and funding market in 2020, and looking ahead at what the market might do in the year to come. The event heard from a range of speakers, including Dewi Hughes of LDC, Alison Whistance of Thincats, James Worrall of Royds Withy King and Matt Eves of EY. The traditional dealmakers black tie dinner could not be held this year as a result of ongoing Covid restrictions.
Company of the Year
Sponsored by: EY
Winner: Plimsoll Productions
Alternative Finance Provider of the Year
Winner: Propel Finance
Private Equity House/Venture Capitalist of the Year
Winner: BGF
Bank of the Year
Winner: HSBC
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Sponsored by: LDC
Winner: FRP Advisory
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Winner: Osborne Clarke
Highly Commended: Michelmores
Small deal of the Year
Winner: Acquisition by Ocean Fish/Vistgate Group (Ocean Fish) of a majority stage in W. Stevenson & Sons (WSS) (Michelmores, KPMG, Foot Anstey, FRP Advisory, Clark Wilmott, Fladgates, HSBC, RBS)
Deal of the Year
Sponsored by: Royds Withy King
Winner: The investment in Plimsoll Productions Limited by LDC (KPMG, Osborne Clark, Deloitte, PwC, Oliver & Ohlbaum, Intechnica, Prelude, AON, ACF Investment Bank Westbrook Advisers, DLA Piper)
Highly commended: Prowrap’s investment from Longacre Group (Burges Salmon, Clarke Wilmott, Saffery Champness, FRP for Prowrap; TLT, RSM and Drystone Strategy for Longacre)
Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: James Skade
Highly Commended: Alex Sargeant
Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Mark Naughton
Highly commended: Dewi Hughes
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