Rainmaker Awards

Teams

Regional Legal Team
National Legal Team
Corporate Finance Team - Regional
Corporate Finance Team - National
VC/Private Equity Team
Turnaround Team
Asset-based Lending Team
Debt Funder Team
Transaction Services Team
Insurance Team

Deals

Early Stage Deal
Out of Region
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Individual

Rising Star
Changemaker
Rainmaker
Lifetime Achievement

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Brabners
Browne Jacobson
CG Professional
Winner: Hill Dickinson
Leonard Curtis Legal
Mills & Reeve
Napthens
Pannone Corporate

National Legal Team

Winner: Addleshaw Goddard
DLA Piper UK
DWF
Eversheds Sutherland
Gateley Legal
Pinsent Masons
Squire Patton Boggs
TLT

Regional CF Team

Carbon
Cortus Advisory Group
Winner: Cowgills
Dow Schofield Watts
Knight Corporate Finance
MHA
Rickitt Mitchell

National CF Team

Alvarez & Marsal
BDO
Winner: Clearwater
DC Advisory
EY
Grant Thornton
Houlihan Lokey
KPMG
Rothschild & Co

VC/PE Team

BGF
Endless
Foresight
LDC
Maven
NorthEdge Capital
Winner: Palatine
Praetura Ventures
River Capital
YFM Equity Partners

Debt Funder Team

HSBC
Lloyds
OakNorth
Santander UK
Shawbrook Bank
Winner: TDC
Thincats
Virgin Money

Asset Based Lending Team

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset-Based Lending
Close Brothers Invoice Finance
Cynergy Business Finance
IGF
Secure Trust
Winner: Shawbrook
Virgin Money

Transaction Services

BDO
Claritas Tax
Winner: Cortus Advisory Group
Cowgills
EY
PwC
RSM Corporate Finance
Saffery

Insurance Team

Aon
Gallagher
Howden
Marsh
Winner: Wiispa

Turnaround Team

Alvarez & Marsal
Begbies Traynor
EY
Winner: FRP
Interpath
Leonard Curtis
Teneo

Early-stage Investment Team

Deepbridge
Dow Schofield Watts Ventures
Maven
Mercia
Northern Gritstone
Winner: Praetura Ventures
River Capital

Liverpool City Region Team

Bermans
Brabners
Winner: Hill Dickinson
LYVA Labs
Napthens
River Capital

Cheshire Team

Aaron & Partners
DTM Legal
JS. Accountants & Business Advisors
Winner: Myerson
SJC

Lancashire Team

Ashworth Treasure
MHA
Winner: Napthens
Pierce
PM+M
Rosebud

Deals

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Eleven Sports Media, investment by BGF

DLA Piper, Hurst, Squire Patton Boggs, RSM, BGF

Launch of SKOF

Knights, DLA Piper

Investment into Street Group

Praetura, Gateley, Squire Patton Boggs

Armstrong bought by Foresight

Addleshaw Goddard, Cowgills, Foresight

Winner: The Networking People Ltd investment by YFM Equity Partners

Knight Corporate Finance, Hill Dickinson, Cowgills, Cyber DueDil, Megabuyte, Confidas, Lockton, MHA, Claritas Tax

Exciting Instruments investment by Northern Gritstone

Mills & Reeve, Taylor Wessing, Northern Gritstone

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

Classic Football Shirts investment

DWF, Carbon

APEM acquires Biosis

Dow Schofield Watts, WestBridge Capital

Beyond Corporate investment by Waterland

Pinsent Masons, Squire Patton Boggs, Beyond Corporate

Winner: Blueprintx investment by Palatine

Browne Jacobson, Gateley, Clearwater, RSM, Armstrong, Lockton, Cyberfort, StrattonHR, GHF Advisory, Hurst, Palatine

Latus Group buyout

Addleshaw Goddard, BDO

Aliter Capital LLP’s buyout of BBS Law

Browne Jacobson, BDO, FRP, Addleshaw Goddard

Zelus sale to Sullivan Street

Rickitt Mitchell, Addleshaw Goddard, Sullivan Street Partners, Deloitte, DLA Piper, Blazehill

Digital Rewards Group’s investment from Maven Capital Partners

DC Advisory, Grant Thornton, Gateley, Hill Dickinson, Maven

Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Sale of Ultimate Performance to Inflexion

CMS, Addleshaw Goddard, PwC, Inflexion, Pinsent Masons

Sale of NRG and DTM by Palatine

Palatine, Clearwater, Gateley, PwC, Deloitte

Sale of MirrorWeb to Mainsail

DC Advisory, Squire Patton Boggs, BDO, Mainsail Capital, Charles Russell Speechlys, Pinsent Masons, Addleshaw Goddard

Sale of Edge Worldwide Logistics to DP World

DC Advisory, DLA Piper

Winner: Applied Nutrition IPO

Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons, Deutsche Numis, BDO

CMap sale by NorthEdge to ECI

NorthEdge, Houlihan Lokey, DWF, PwC, Crosslake, Liberty, Squire Patton Boggs

Primary sale of Metamark to UPM

Rothschild & Co, DLA Piper, Primary Capital Partners, PwC, MCF Corporate Finance, Burges Salmon, EY, Anthesis, Aon

Sale of DR&P to BMS

DWF, Skadden Arps, PwC, Hines Associates, Deloitte

Individual

Rising Star

Josh Bean, BGF
Ffion Brumwell-Hughes, Gateley Legal
Louise Chapman, Praetura
Thomas Dutton, WestBridge
Daniel Gallagher, Cortus Advisory Group
Simon Keppie, Grant Thornton
Brett Marsden, Cowgills
Winner: Laura Wiggins, YFM Equity Partners

Changemaker

Tom Astbury, Fletchers Solicitors
Fiona Hatch, Foresight
Winner: Greg Holmes, Palatine
Jenny Kirkham, Cortus Advisory Group
Michelle Mullany, MHA
Rebecca Rennison, EY
Louise Stephenson, DRAX Executive
Lizzy Tindall, Eversheds Sutherland

Rainmaker

Claire Alvarez, Foresight
Hayley Brightmore-Cox, Saffery
Giles Chesher, Squire Patton Boggs
Richard Darlington, DC Advisory
Sam Davies, Cowgills
Roger Hart, Addleshaw Goddard
Winner: Michael Loudon, Clearwater
Pete Terry, Grant Thornton

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Brabners
Winner: Clarion
Gordons
Hill Dickinson
Schofield Sweneey
Walker Morris
Ward Hadaway

National Legal Team

Addleshaw Goddard
Eversheds Sutherland
Freeths
Pinsent Masons
Shoosmiths
Winner: Squire Patton Boggs
Womble Bond Dickinson

Regional CF Team

Castle Square Corporate Finance
Cerelo Advisory
Dow Schofield Watts
Winner: Park Place Corporate Finance
Sentio
Translink Corporate Finance

National CF Team

Azets
Winner: Clearwater
Forvis Mazars
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Rothschild
RSM

VC/PE Team

BGF
Winner: Endless
Foresight
LDC
Nimbus
YFM Equity Partners

Debt Funder Team

Winner: HSBC
Lloyds
OakNorth
Santander
ThinCats
Virgin Money

Asset Based Lending Team

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset-Based Lending
Close Brothers
Hilco Valuation
Independent Growth Finance
Winner: Reward Funding
Secure Trust Bank
Shawbrook
Ultimate Finance
XL Business Finance

Transaction Services

Cortus Advisory
Winner: Dow Schofield Watts
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
RSM
Translink Corporate Finance

Insurance Team

Aon
Winner: Gallagher
Howden Group
Markel
Marsh
Partners&
PIB Insurance Brokers
Tysers

Turnaround Team

Alvarez & Marsel
Begbies Traynor
Cortus Advisory
EY
FRP
Winner: Interpath
PwC
Teneo

Early-stage Investment Team

Finance Yorkshire
Lifted Ventures
Maven Capital Partners
Mercia
Northern Gritstone
Par Equity
Praetura
Winner: YFM Equity Partners

North Yorkshire Team

Crombie Wilkinson
Hunter Gee Holroyd
Lithgow Perkins
Parsons
Winner: Raworths
Ware & Kay

East Yorkshire Team

Winner: Andrew Jackson
Dutton Moore
Gosschalks Solicitors
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
Smailes Goldie
TC Group

South Yorkshire Team

Winner: Castle Square Corporate Finance
gbac
Hart Shaw
Hawsons
Hentons
Shorts
Virgin Money
Wake Smith

Deals

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Winner: Boxphish secured £3.25m from BGF

Squire Patton Boggs, BGF, The Tax Advisory Partnership, Walker Morris, KPMG

My Pension Expert acquired Tenet&You from Tenet

Addleshaw Goddard, Park Place, Palatine, Cortus Advisory, Thistle Advisory

Newsome bought equipment manufacturer Penmann

Shoosmiths, Schofield Sweeney, Castle Square Corporate Finance, Brown Butler

MBAA acquired Riva Foods and Mother Riley's Bakery

Thincats, Park Place, RSM, Irwin Mitchell, Cortus Advisory

BGF's £5.5m investment in TaperedPlus

Comhar, Dow Schofield Watts, Freeths, Deloitte, BGF, Squire Patton Boggs, BDO

Pressure Technologies sold its Precision Machined Components division to Indian group Raghu Vamsi Machine Tool

Dow Schofield Watts, Addleshaw Goddard, BDO, Shoosmiths

Whitakers Chocolates was bought by LDC-backed Bramble Foods

Gordons, Fivefold Associates, Armstrong Watson, Gateley Legal, Virgin Money, LDC

Disposal of Bartoline by Paramount Retail Group to Tetrosyl

Hill Dickinson, CG Professional, Forvis Mazars

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

NVM invested into Helix Tools owner MRO+ Solutions

Womble Bond Dickinson, NVM Private Equity, Browne Jacobson, Cairngorm Capital

BGF backed Hull-based Tevalis

Addleshaw Goddard, PwC, Squire Patton Boggs, BGF, BDO

Latus Health Group secured investment from NorthEdge Capital

Shoosmiths, Addleshaw Goddard, NorthEdge Capital, Pinsent Masons, Santander, Houlihan Lokey, BHP, BDO, PSMI

Winner: NorthEdge completed the sale of Cutwel to Inflexion

NorthEdge Capital, Inflexion, Womble Bond Dickinson, Sentio, Addleshaw Goddard, PwC, Virgin Money, Squire Patton Boggs

Nimbus acquired manufacturer National Floorcoverings Group

Shoosmiths, Travers Smith, Geldards, Gateley, Together Commercial Finance, Nimbus, TLT, Arbuthnot Commercial Asset-Based Lending, Squire Patton Boggs

Online florist Prestige Flowers merged with Flowerline

Squire Patton Boggs, Park Place, ThinCats, Clarion, Blacks Solicitors, Cortus Advisory

Three Hills invested in Operam Education Group, with BGF exiting

HSBC, Dow Schofield Watts, Squire Patton Boggs, Grant Thornton, Tax Advisory Partnership, BGF, KPMG, Addleshaw Goddard, Three Hills, DLA Piper, RSM, Clearwater, Pinsent Masons

Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Triple Private Equity took a majority stake in software provder SmartSearch

Squire Patton Boggs, Rothschild & Co, KPMG; Skadden, Arps, Slate; Meagher & Flom, Deloitte

Investment into Elland-based A-Safe by IK Partners

Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK), IK Partners, HSBC, KPMG, Freeths

Apollo Global Management acquired Evri, providing an exit for Advent International

HSBC, Rothschild & Co, EY, PwC

US-based Automated Industrial Robotics bought Sewtec Automation from Endless

Endless, Rothschild & Co, Squire Patton Boggs, KPMG, EY

MBO of Huddersfield-based e-commerce retailer Interior Goods Direct and Green & Brown

Sentio, EY, Forvis Mazars, Addleshaw Goddard, Walker Morris, Santander

Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquired Adler & Allan, providing an exit for Sun Capital

Park Place; Weil, Gotshal and Manges; Houlihan Lokey, Sun Capital, KPMG, Goldman Sachs, HSBC

BJSS was bought by CGI Group Holdings Europe

Addleshaw Goddard, KPMG

Sale of Doncaster-based Senior Architectural Systems to ASSA ABLOY

Clearwater, Shakespeare Martineau, KPMG, Eversheds
Sutherland, Grant Thornton

Winner: Exponent Private Equity invested into Hippo Digital, with Growth Capital Partners exiting

Park Place, KPMG, Squire Patton Boggs, Exponent, Grant Thornton

Individual

Rising Star

Sophie Andran, KPMG
Josh Astill-Headley, Squire Patton Boggs
Winner: James Atkinson, RSM
James Baker, BGF
Rob Cunningham, Pinsent Masons
Tom Hopwood, Addleshaw Goddard
Andy Hyde, HSBC
Tom Kaye, Clearwater
Megan Thurman, Pinsent Masons

Changemaker

Jessica Armstrong, Lloyds Bank
Anna Ashford, ALT Legal
Ben Coggin, EY
Winner: Alexandra Fogal, EY
Hannah Kendrick, Squire Patton Boggs
Rebecca Rennison, EY
Jeremy Thomas, Clearwater

Rainmaker

Andy Barlow, Sentio
Richard Goldsack, Clearwater
Carly Gulliver, Addleshaw Goddard
Barry Jackson, BGF
Winner: Paul Mann, Squire Patton Boggs
Ben Peacock, Park Place
Andrew Ross, Endless
Giles Taylor, KPMG

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Ansons Solicitors
George Green
HCR Law
Winner: Higgs
Legal Clarity
Lodders
mfg Solicitors
The Wilkes Partnership

National Legal Team

Browne Jacobson
Eversheds Sutherland
Fieldfisher
Winner: Freeths
Gateley Legal
Shoosmiths
Squire Patton Boggs

Regional CF Team

Cattaneo
Winner: Clairfield
Debrett's
Evolve Corporate Finance
Provantage
Springboard Corporate Finance

National CF Team

BDO
Winner: Clearwater
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
RSM

VC/PE Team

Beech Tree PE
BGF
Winner: LDC
NorthEdge
Palatine
YFM Equity Partners

Debt Funder Team

Barclays
Beechbrook
Winner: HSBC
OakNorth
Santander
Shawbrook
Virgin Money

Asset Based Lending Team

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset-Based Lending
Winner: Close Brothers
HSBC
Leumi
Secure Trust Bank
Shawbrook

Transaction Services

BDO
Winner: Claritas Tax
Cortus Advisory
EY
KPMG
PwC
RSM

Insurance Team

AON
Gallagher
Howden
Lockton
Marsh
Winner: Partners&
RSA
Wesleyan

Turnaround Team

Alvarez & Marsal
Begbies Traynor
FRP Advisory
Winner: Interpath
Quantuma Advisory
RSM
Teneo

Early-stage Investment Team

BGF
Foresight
Maven Capital Partners
Winner: Mercia Asset Management
Midven
YFM Equity Partners

Deals

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

YFM Equity Partners invested to support the MBO of Replay Maintenance

Browne Jacobson, Actons Solicitors, PSMI, Triple Point Advance Leasing, Claritas Tax, Cooper Parry, Heligan Group, Freeths, Bishopsgate Corporate Finance

Winner: BGF's investment in Skewb

Clearwater, Freeths, Fairgrove, Browne Jacobson, Claritas Tax

Beech Tree PE-backed Obsequio Group acquired Metro Safety

Browne Jacobson, Higgs, RSM, Kartesia, Beech Tree PE

Sale of Pet Treat Wholesale to Scandinavian pet treat consolidator The Nutriment Company

Evolve Corporate Finance, Freeths, Claritas Tax

Deltron Lifts acquisition of Elevate UK Lifts

The Wilkes Partnership, Higgs, Jerroms Corporate Finance

Debrett’s PE acquisition and investment into Ortecha

Browne Jacobson, Knights, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Headpoint Advisors, Debrett's Private Finance

LDC-backed Bramble Food’s acquisition of Whitakers Chocolates

Gateley, Cooper Parry

Knighthead Capital acquired a stake in Netball Super League team Birmingham Panthers

Higgs, Squire Patton Boggs , Knighthead Capital

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

Sale of Phoenix Health and Safety to Wilmington

Grant Thornton, Higgs, PMSI, Strategy, Crowe, CIL, Marsh, Osborne Clarke

Winner: NorthEdge invests in Telford-headquartered EdTech software provider, PebblePad

PwC, Strategy&, Cortus Advisory, Squire Patton Boggs, Fellwood, Deloitte, Claritas Tax, Lockton, Outside In, ReThought Solutions, Swan Partners, Catalysis Advisory, Bishopsgate, Gateley Legal, Crosslake

OpenSignal's acquisition of Stickee Technology

Freeths, KPMG, Ropes & Gray, Headpoint Advisors, Santander, Browne Jacobson, Claritas Tax, Deloitte

Management led buy-out of Arden Fine Foods

Springboard Corporate Finance, Higgs, Hill Dickinson, Claritas Tax, Barclays

LDC’s investment in Deltron Group

Gateley Legal, BDO, PMSI, Clearwater, Higgs, LDC, Claritas Tax

Danx Carousel acquired Logik Logistics from exiting investors Debrett’s and FDC

Debrett's, Browne Jacobson, Jerroms, KPMG, Mills & Reeve, MDP, Gateley Legal, FDC

Fullers acquired Lovely Pubs Group, a collection of 7 pubs in Warwickshire

Higgs, Wedlake Bell, Barclays, HSBC, Rabobank, Virgin, Mediobanca

The sale of Argus Fire from the shareholders of Slademain to Mitie Group

Gateley Legal, Headpoint Advisors, Mayer Brown

Jacopa's sale to Rubicon Partners

Clearwater, Gateley Legal, OC&C, KPMG, PwC, Aon, Proskauer Rose, Waterman Group, Crosslake, Shawbrook

Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Winner: The sale of Boss Design to Japanese listed conglomerate, Okamura Corporation

EY, Higgs, PwC, ERM

Oakley Capital backed Steer Automotive Group acquired Gemini Accident Repair Centres

RSM, HCR Law, Cooper Parry, Eversheds Sutherland

IK Partners investment in HSL Compliance Group alongside the management team and existing investor LDC

Clearwater, DLA Piper, KPMG, OC&C, HCR Law, Panamoure Liberty, DC Advisory, Fried Frank, Alvarez & Marsal, BCG

The sale of MSS Group to Swedish multinational Atlas Copco

Squire Patton Boggs, Heligan Group, BDO, Greenberg Traurig

BAE Systems acquisition of Kirintec

Clearwater, Evershed Sutherland, EY, LEK, Gleacher Shacklock, Mills & Reeves, KPMG

CBPE Capital's acquisition of HealthNet Homecare

Eversheds Sutherland, Pinsent Masons, Hill Dickinson, Addleshaw Goddard, KPMG, PwC, Barclays, HSBC

LDC initial exit of Independent Governance Group to ECI Partners and its £15m reinvestment

KPMG, PwC, Gateley Legal, Eversheds Sutherland, Liberty, Squire Patton Boggs, Alvarez & Marsal, Clearwater

International food and beverage company Paulig acquires Panesar Foods

Freeths, Walker Morris, KPMG, RMY Clements, Oghma Partners

Individual

Rising Star

Winner: David Bellis, BGF
Josh Gorman, Clearwater
Rosie Hendon, Shoosmiths
Olivia Johnson, Freeths
Karen Mann, LDC
Will Mason, Debrett's
Hayley Simonds, Mills & Reeve
Rob Worsfold, Eversheds Sutherland

Changemaker

Kelly Henney, PNC
Scott Peters, Quantuma Advisory
Tom Rush, Fieldfisher
Rena Sandhu, AON
Kim Strachan, Gateley
Winner: Richard Swann, Inflexion
Sarah Taylor, Clearwater
Sophie Wardell, Higgs

Rainmaker

Rob Burden, Clearwater
Lee Clifford, Freeths
Joe Dyke, Clearwater
Gary Ecob, Clairfield
Richard Griffiths, Higgs
Winner: Chris Handy, LDC
Jeremy Harrison, EY
Beth Mather, Gateley Legal
Andy Oates, HSBC

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Actons
WINNER: Austin Moore & Partners
Buckles
Flint Bishop
Howes Percival
Nelsons

National Legal Team

WINNER: Browne Jacobson
Eversheds Sutherland
Freeths
Gateley
Shakespeare Martineau
Shoosmiths

Regional Corporate Finance Advisory

WINNER: Bishopsgate
Breeze CF
Dains
DSW
PKF Smith Cooper
Provantage

National Corporate Finance Advisory

Alvarez & Marsal
BDO
WINNER: Clearwater
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
RSM

VC/PE Team

BGF
Foresight
WINNER: LDC
Palatine
Maven
Mercia
YFM

Debt Funder Team

Beechbrook
WINNER: HSBC
Maven
OakNorth Bank
Shawbrook
Thincats
Virgin Money

Asset Based Lending Team

WINNER: Allica Bank
Bibby
Close Brothers
HSBC
IGF
Leumi
RBS/Natwest
Shawbrook

Transaction Services

BDO
Claritas Tax
Cooper Parry
WINNER: Cortus Advisory
Dains
Grant Thornton
PKF Smith Cooper
PwC
RSM

Insurance Team

Aon
Howden
WINNER: Lockton
Marsh
Wiispa

Turnaround Team

Alvarez & Marsal
BDO
Begbies Traynor
FRP Corporate Finance
WINNER: Interpath
PKF Smith Cooper
PwC
RSM

Early-stage Investment Team

WINNER: Foresight
Haatch
Maven
Mercia
Octopus

Deals

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

WINNER: LDC supported doorset manufacturer IDSL on its acquisition of passive fire products business Hartland Fire

Browne Jacobson, Cortus Advisory, Claritas Tax

Waste management provider Willshees Waste & Recycling acquired Stanton Recycling

Claritas Tax, Marktlink, Shoosmiths, Gateley

YFM-backed management buyout of sports surface maintenance provider Replay Maintenance

Actons, Bishopsgate, Browne Jacobson, Claritas Tax, Cooper Parry, Confidas, Freeths, Grant Thornton, Heligan Corporate Finance, Triple Point Advance Leasing, Partners&, PMSI, Somerbys

Private equity firm Palatine Private Equity acquired majority stake in AI solutions provider Atombit

Clearwater, Gateley, Palatine Private Equity, RSM, Lockton

LDC-backed Bramble Foods Group acquired chocolates manufacturer Whitakers Chocolates

Armstrong Watson, Cooper Parry, FiveFold Associates, Freeths, Gateley, Gordons, Virgin Money

MBO of Churchill Specialist Contracting

AG Corporate Law, Durbin Consulting, Ellis-Fermor & Negus, Freeths, PKF Smith Cooper, Profusion Wealth Management, Virgin Money

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

Scheduling infrastructure provider Cronofy secured £15m investment from BGF

Alvarez & Marsal, Browne Jacobson, Cooper Parry, RP Advisory, RSM, Scalewise, Shakespeare Martineau

LDC made a significant investment in battery power specialist Power Saving Solutions

BDO, Better Faster Growth, BFY Group, CIL, FRP Corporate Finance, Gateley, Grant Thornton, Jamieson Alexander, KPMG

Italian packaging company Carton Pack acquired Clifton Packaging Group and subsidiaries

Charles Russell Speechlys, Chiomenti, Freeths, Gunnercooke, KPMG, Torr Waterfield, Watergates, BDO

WINNER: Caffè Nero acquired coffee roaster 200 Degrees

Alix Partners, Browne Jacobson, KPMG

August Equity invested in B-Corp certified wealth management firm Superbia Group

BDO, Cortus Advisory, DLA Piper, DSW, Eight advisory, FRP Corporate Finance, Hill Dickinson, Macfarlanes, PwC Strategy&, Syon Tax, TCC, Lockton

Swedish industrial group Indutrade acquired family-owned rail hydraulics specialist Tidyco

CMS, Dains, Flint Bishop

Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

LDC successfully exited supply teacher provider The Edwin Group to US investor Quad Partners

BDO, Browne Jacobson, Deloitte, EY Parthenon, Grant Thornton, Grange Equity Advisors

Intelligence software provider Altia Intel sold to Bowmark Capital

Browne Jacobson, OC&C, PwC, KPMG, BDO

WINNER: Cooper Parry's secondary buyout with US investor Lee Equity Partners

Addleshaw Goddard, Arcmont, Deloitte, Herbert Smith Freehills, Houlihan Lokey, HSBC, KPMG, Liberty Corporate Finance, Oliver Wyman, Proskauer Rose, PwC

IT solutions specialist CCS Media sold to Advania, one of Northern Europe's largest IT services providers

Bain & Co, BDO, Browne Jacobson, Clearwater, Deloitte, White & Case

LDC exited energy software provider ENSEK to Centrica

KPMG, Eversheds, LDC

LDC successfully exited advertising solutions provider Blis to T-Mobile, valued at $175m (£136m), delivering 75% turnover growth over 3 years

Allen & Company, Clearly Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, DLA Piper, Houlihan Lokey, Maven

Individual

Rising Star

Tom Boss - Breeze CF
Rosie Butler - Gateley
Philip Dean - Cortus Advisory
Tom Herbert - KPMG
Leanne Hopper - PwC
Adam Huckerby - BGF
Fahim Kassam - DSW
WINNER: Sam Reynolds - Bishopsgate
Andy Shepherd - Provantage

Changemaker

Katie Cash - Cooper Parry
Tom Johnson - Grant Thornton
WINNER: Ses Memhi - Claritas Tax
Sally Saunders - Provantage
Hannah Tessyman - Freeths

Rainmaker

WINNER: Morgan Atherton - Bishopsgate
David Bains - LDC
Paul Bevan - Breeze
David Crump - PKF Smith Cooper
Roy Farmer - Dains
Ania Gabrielczyk - Freeths
Sally Saunders - Provantage
Seb Saywood - BGF
Harry Walker - DSW

Teams

Regional Legal Team

WINNER: Foot Anstey
BPE Solicitors
Michelmores
Porter Dodson
Roxburgh Milkins
RWK Goodman
Stephens Scown
VWV

National Legal Team

WINNER: Osborne Clarke
Ashfords
Birketts
Burges Salmon
Freeths
HCR
TLT
Womble Bond Dickinson

Regional Corporate Finance Advisory

WINNER: Momentum Corporate Finance
Albert Goodman
Bishop Fleming
Hazlewoods
Isca Ventures
PKF Francis Clark
Shaw & Co
Unify

National Corporate Finance Advisory

WINNER: Grant Thornton
BDO
EY
Forvis Mazars
FRP Corporate Finance
KPMG
PwC
RSM

VC/PE Team

WINNER: BGF
Foresight
LDC
Maven
Mercia

Debt Funder Team

WINNER: HSBC
Barclays
FW Capital
Lloyds
NatWest
Santander
Shawbrook
Thincats

Asset-Based Lending Team

WINNER: Shawbrook
Close Brothers
Future Leap
HSBC
Lloyds
Lombard

Transaction Services Team

WINNER: PwC
BDO
EY
Grant Thornton
Hazlewoods
KPMG
PKF Francis Clark
RSM

Insurance Team

WINNER: Howden
Aon
Castlemead
Gallaghers
HWF Partners
Lockton
Marsh
Partners&

Turnaround Team

WINNER: FRP Corporate Finance
BDO
Forvis Mazars
Grant Thornton
Interpath
PKF Francis Clark
PwC
Teneo

Early Stage Investment Team

WINNER: Foresight
BGF
FSE Group
Maven
Mercia
QantX
Science Creates
SWIG Finance

Deals

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

WINNER: Natural food ingredients manufacturer Plant-Ex Ingredients secured a £9m investment from BGF

Ashfords, BGF, Claritas Tax, Oghma Partners, Osborne Clarke

Green energy yachts manufacturer Drift Energy secured £5m from Octopus Ventures and Blue Action Accelerator

Blue Action Accelerator, Octopus Ventures

IT infrastructure solutions provider Kubus Group raised £9m in funding led by BGF

BGF, Michelmores, PKF Francis Clark

Private equity firm August Equity, in partnership with management, acquired logistics software provider Fargo Systems

EY, Eight Advisory, Isca Ventures, Michelmores, PwC, Travers Smith

Sensor technology company Zero Point Motion closed a £4m pre-Series A funding round led by SCVC, Foresight Group and Verve Ventures

Foresight Group, Science Creates Ventures, Verve Ventures

Vehicle testing equipment manufacturer AB Dynamics acquired automotive testing equipment supplier Bolab Systems GmbH for €11m

Momentum Corporate Finance

Senseca Germany acquired weather and environmental monitoring instruments manufacturer Biral Holdings

Burges Salmon, KPMG

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

WINNER: LendingMetrics, the credit risk technology group, secured a significant investment from LDC

Alvarez & Marsal, Aon, Armstrong, BDO, Coppett Hill, FRP Corporate Finance, RWK Goodman, Sequence Advisers, Womble Bond Dickinson

Piper PE and Japan's sovereign wealth fund, CJF, invested £20m supporting an MBO at Inside Travel Group (ITG), with Blandford Capital exiting

Addleshaw Goddard, Cavendish Corporate Finance, Clearwater, Herbert Smith Freehills, HSBC, KPMG, Liberty Corporate Finance, Shoosmiths, Stephenson Harwood, TLT, Womble Bond Dickinson

Software and data engineering business Gemba was acquired by Sovereign Capital Partners-backed Actica

BPE Solicitors, Crowe, EY, HCR, Momentum Corporate Finance, Randall & Payne, Sovereign Capital Partners

Clifton Wealth Partnership made a series of seven strategic acquisitions as part of its buy-and-build strategy in the wealth management sector, after being backed by CBPE Capital and Tresmares Capital

BDO, CBPE Capital, Dyer Baade & Co, Foot Anstey, Jegi Clarity, Mayer Brown, Osborne Clarke, RSM, Simmons & Simmons, Thistledown Investment Management, Tresmares Capital

Acquisition of Chipside by Synova-backed Unity5

EY, Momentum Corporate Finance, Osborne Clarke, Pearson May, PwC, Thrings

Re-flow secured investment into the business by Kester Capital

EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, Roxburgh Milkins, RSM, Simmons & Simmons

Hercules acquired electrical transmission lines construction provider Advantage NRG

Cavendish, Hazlewoods, Hill Dickinson, RWK Goodman, Shoosmiths, SP Angel Corporate Finance, Thrings

The sale of Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine to FutureLife Group, backed by CVC Capital Partners and Hartenberg

Gardner Leader, Grant Thornton, Forvis Mazars, Pinsent Masons

Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

WINNER: Loungers was taken private by Fortress Investment Group at a valuation of £354m

Alvarez & Marsal, Ashurst, Fortress Investment Group, GLAS, Hogan Lovells, Houlihan Lokey, HSBC, Jones Day, Slaughter and May

The £5.4bn takeover of Hargreaves Lansdown by a consortium of private equity investors led Nordic Capital, CVC Capital Partners and Platinum Ivy

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Ashurst, Barclays, CVC Capital Partners, Deutsche Numis, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Lloyds, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, MUFG Union Bank, Nordic Capital Svenska

Acquisition of Ruda Park from Parkdean Resorts

Addleshaw Goddard, Foot Anstey, FRP Corporate Finance, HSBC, Westcotts, Womble Bond Dickinson

Water and wastewater company Pennon Group raised £490m in a rights issue

Barclays, Morgan Stanley

Acquisition of Brean Leisure Park by Foundation Partners

Deloitte, Foundation Partners, Gibson Dunn, PwC, PKF Francis Clarke

Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) invested in Psych-UK, the UK’s leading provider of digital psychiatry services

BMS, Burges Salmon, Candesic, CMS, Crosslake, Grant Thornton

Food wholesaler Kitwave Group agreed to acquire caterer supplier Creed Catering Supplies for £70m

BPE, Muckle

Management buyout of AIS (formerly Advanced Insulation Systems) with the exit of Growth Capital Partners

Dickson Minto, Grant Thornton, HCR Legal, HSBC, Osborne Clarke, RSM, Sewell Mullings Logie, Zeus Capital

Out of Region Deal of the Year

WINNER: Sale of ZipWorld to Dolphin Capital, with LDC exiting

BDO, Blake Morgan, Fladgate, GT, Katz Advisors, KPMG, Sedulo

Grant Thornton advised Coffi Lab on securing a hybrid debt and equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales

Acuity Law, Grant Thornton, Hugh James, SME Finance Partners

Assured Data Protection (ADP) secured investment from Oakley Capital, a prominent managed backup and recovery services provider

EY, Hogan Lovells, KPMG, Momentum Corporate Finance, Oakley Capital, Simpson Thacher, Stax

Amcomri Group PLC acquired EMC Elite Engineering in the Group’s first acquisition since becoming a listed company in December 2024

HCR, Palmers Law

Wealth management group Craven Street Wealth was sold to Quanta Group, a portfolio company of PE fund AnaCap Financial Partners

Ashfords, Foot Anstey, Proskauer Rose, Shoosmiths, Continuum Advisory Partners

Individual

Rising Star

WINNER: Richard Double - Momentum Corporate Finance
Daniel Bagnall - KPMG
Nathan Holland - PKF Francis Clark
Louisa Leach - HCR Legal
Hannah Nonas - EY
Joanna Norris - Womble Bond Dickinson
Jordan Thomas - Foot Anstey

Changemaker

WINNER: Carmen Peacock - Lloyds
Tom Ayerst - PwC
Will Bellamy - KPMG
Melanie Goward - Maven
Laura Guest - Ashfords
Nick Jones - Grant Thornton
Ali Kazmi - Ethical Equity
Andy Killick - PKF Francis Clark

Rainmaker

WINNER: Alastair Boorman - Momentum Corporate Finance
Matt Eves - EY
Dewi Hughes - LDC
Lottie Hugo - Freeths
Nick Jones - Grant Thornton
Carmen Peacock - Lloyds

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Clarion
Freeths
Gordons
Schofield Sweeney
Walker Morris
Ward Hadaway

National Legal Team

Addleshaw Goddard
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland
Pinsent Masons
Shoosmiths
Squire Patton Boggs
Womble Bond Dickinson

Regional Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Azets
Castle Square
Dow Schofield Watts
Park Place Corporate Finance
Sentio Partners
Translink Corporate Finance

National Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Clearwater
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
Rothschild & Co

VC/Private Equity Team

BGF
Endless
Foresight Group
LDC
YFM Equity Partners

Debt Funder Team

HSBC
Santander
Shawbrook
TDC
ThinCats
Virgin Money

Asset-based Lending Team

Arbuthnot
BZ
Close Brothers
Shawbrook

Due Diligence Team

Cortus Advisory
Dow Schofield Watts
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
RSM

Tax Advisory

Deloitte
EY
Grant Thornton
KPMG
RSM
Tax Advisory Partnership
Translink Corporate Finance

Deals

Private Equity Exit of the Year

LDC invested in The 55 Group, providing an exit for Maven Capital Partners
Addleshaw Goddard, Squire Patton Boggs, Gateley, DLA Piper, KPMG, Rothschild, DSW, PMSI, Better Faster Growth, Catalysis, Park Place, HSBC, Maven Capital Partners, LDC

International Deal of the Year

Assisi Pet Care Group acquired by Wind Point Partners providing a successful exit for Harwood Private Equity
Clarion, Shoosmiths, Reed Smith, Addleshaw Goddard, Reed Smith, Park Place, Tax Advisory Partnership, KPMG, Crescent Capital

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Operam Education, backed by BGF, acquires Provision Recruitment
Squire Patton Boggs, Nelsons Solicitors, Pinsent Masons, Gordons, BGF, HSBC, Connect Corporate Finance

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

LDC Investment in Boston Energy
SPG, Addleshaw Goddard, KPMG, Clearwater, Grant Thornton, LDC

Large Deal of the Year (over £50m)

LDC investment in Sheffield based student accommodation advertising platform, UniHomes.
Womble Bond Dickinson, Freeths, EY, Castle Square, Shoosmiths, HSBC

Individual

Rising Star of the Year

Megan Atack, Freeths
James Baker, BGF
Olivia Field, Ward Hadaway
Joshua Astill-Headley, Squire Patton Boggs
Thomas Hopwood, Addleshaw Goddard
Anthony West, LDC

Changemaker of the Year

Jessica Armstrong, Lloyds
Alexandra Fogal, EY
Carly Gulliver, Addleshaw Goddard
Linda Nguyenova, BGF
Rebecca Rennison, EY
Jeremy Thomas, Deloitte

Rainmaker of the Year

Chris Boyes, BGF
Richard Goldsack, Clearwater
Richard Hunt, Addleshaw Goddard
Paul Mann, Squire Patton Boggs
Amy Pierechod, Gordons
Dan Smith, LDC

Teams

Regional Legal Team

Brabners
Browne Jacobson
Hill Dickinson
JMW Solicitors
Napthens Solicitors
Pannone Corporate

National Legal Team

Addleshaw Goddard
DLA Piper
DWF
Eversheds Sutherland
Pinsent Masons
Squire Patton Boggs

Regional Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Cortus Advisory
Cowgills
Dow Schofield Watts
Hurst Corporate Finance
MHA
Rickitt Mitchell

National Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Clearwater
DC Advisory
EY
Grant Thornton
Houlihan Lokey
KPMG
PwC

VC/Private Equity Team

BGF
Foresight Group
LDC
Palatine
Praetura Ventures
WestBridge

Debt Funder Team

HSBC
OakNorth Bank
Shawbrook
ThinCats
TDC
Virgin Money

Asset-based Lending Team

Arbuthnot Latham
Close Brothers
Cynergy Business Finance
Praetura Commercial Finance Group
Secure Trust Bank
Shawbrook

Due Diligence Team

BDO
Cortus Advisory
Deloitte
Dow Schofield Watts
KPMG
Saffery

Tax Advisory

Alexander & Co
BDO
Claritas Tax
KPMG
PwC
RSM UK

Deals

Private Equity Exit of the Year

Anthesis acquired by Carlyle, with Palatine reinvesting
Eversheds Sutherland, Lazard, Deloitte

International Deal of the Year

Trawlers, the acquisition vehicle of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the Chairman of INEOS Group, acquired 25% of Manchester United
Latham & Watkins, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Slaughter and May, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Cazenove, Raine Group LLC, Rothschild & Co - Red Football LLC

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Management buyout of Resulting IT backed by YFM
Brabners, Hill Dickinson, Alexander & Co, BDO, Blacksquare Advisory, Cortus Advisory, RSM, YFM Equity Partners, KPMG

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

Waterland Invests in Cumbria Waste Group
Dow Schofield Watts, Waterland Private Equity Investments, Pinsent Masons, Hill Dickinson, DWF

Large Deal of the Year (over £50m)

Apadmi secures investment from CBPE
Weightmans, CBPE, Addleshaw Goddard, Deloitte, PwC, Clearwater, Alantra

Individual

Rising Star of the Year

Ryan Brown, Browne Jacobson
Tom Chappell, TDC
Grant Goodwin, LDC
Greg Holmes, Palatine
James Kennedy, Cowgills
Katie Parker, Addleshaw Goddard
Rachael Taplin, Palatine

Changemaker of the Year

Beth Houghton, Palatine
Catriona Lang, Dow Schofield Watts
Nicola Merritt, Cortus Advisory
Lucie Mills, NorthEdge
Rebecca Rennison, EY
Lizzy Tindall, Eversheds Sutherland

Rainmaker of the Year

Claire Alvarez, Foresight Group
Giles Chesher, Squire Patton Boggs
Sam Davies, Cowgills
Gary Davison, TDC
Andrew Feeke, MHA
Michael Loudon, Clearwater
Nicola Merritt, Cortus Advisory

Teams

Legal Team

Browne Jacobson
Flint Bishop
Freeths
Gateley
Howes Percival
Shakespeare Martineau

Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Bishopsgate Corporate Finance
Breeze Corporate Finance
Cooper Parry
DSW
Grant Thornton
Provantage Corporate Finance

VC/Private Equity Team

BGF
Foresight
Maven
Mercia
LDC
Palatine

Debt Funder Team

Beechbrook
HSBC
OakNorth
Shawbrook
ThinCats

Asset-based Lending Team

Close Brothers
IGF
Leumi UK
Shawbrook

Due Diligence Team

BDO
Cooper Parry
Cortus Advisory
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM

Tax Advisory Team

BDO
Claritas Tax
Cooper Parry
KPMG
PKF Smith Cooper
RSM

Deals

Private Equity Exit of the Year

YFM exit of DSP Group and sale to LDC
Browne Jacobson, Gateley Legal, BDO, Alantra, CMS, YFM, PwC, LDC

International Deal of the Year

Sale of Serif to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Dains' acquisition of HSKSG
Dains, DSW, Deloitte, HSBC

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

LDC investment into Integrated Doorset Solutions
Browne Jacobson, RSM, Keystone Law, Claritas Tax, Magma, Cortus Advisory

Large Deal of the Year (over £50m)

Sale of Serif Group to Canva
Gateley, Provantage Corporate Finance

Individual

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 Memhi - 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

Teams

Regional Legal Team

HCR Law
Higgs
Lodders
Mills & Reeve
The Wilkes Partnership
Wright Hassall

National Legal Team

Browne Jacobson
Eversheds Sutherland
Freeths
Gateley Legal
Shoosmiths
Squire Patton Boggs

Regional Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Clairfield
Cooper Parry
Evolve Corporate Finance
Heligan Group
Provantage
Springboard Corporate Finance

National Corporate Finance Advisory Team

Alantra
Clearwater
EY
KPMG
PwC
RSM

VC/Private Equity Team

Beech Tree PE
BGF
LDC
NorthEdge Capital
Palatine Private Equity
YFM

Debt Funder Team

FDC
HSBC
Santander
Shawbrook
Thincats
Virgin Money

Asset-based Lending Team

Close Brothers Group
HSBC
Leumi UK
PNC
Shawbrook

Due Diligence Team

BDO
Cortus Advisory
Grant Thornton
KPMG
PwC
RSM

Tax Advisory

Claritas Tax
EY
Grant Thornton
PKF Smith Cooper
PwC
RSM

Deals

Private Equity Exit of the Year

YFM-backed an MBO of Antser Group, with BGF completing its exit
Mills & Reeve, Freeths, Gateley, Shoosmiths, Roythornes, Claritas, Heligan, PwC, Cooper Parry Corporate Finance, Springboard Corporate Finance, EY, Crowe, YFM Private Equity

International Deal of the Year

Knighthead Capital Management took a 46% stake in Birmingham City
Squire Patton Boggs, Deloitte, Knighthead Capital Management

Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)

Forward Glass was acquired by Cornwall Group
Higgs, Springboard Corporate Finance, Claritas

Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

Palatine took a significant minority shareholding in the accountancy firm BK Plus
Eversheds Sutherland, Gateley, Irwin Mitchell, Cortus, RSM, Clearwater, Palatine, Shawbrook

Large Deal of the Year (over £50m)

Waterland-backed Cooper Parry acquired Haines Watts London
Clearwater, Waterland, Squire Patton Boggs

Individual

Rising Star of the Year

Mo Abbas, Freeths
Charlotte Casserly, Deloitte
Tom Joy, PKF Smith Cooper
Emily Parkes, Higgs
Hayley Simmonds, Mills & Reeve
Kieran Virr, Clearwater

Changemaker of the Year

Ayesha Ali, LDC
Satvir Bungar, BDO
Kelly Henney, PNC
Deepak Parekh, Shawbrook Bank
Janai Parker, Gateley
Rick Smyth, The Wilkes Partnership

Rainmaker of the Year

Helen Brocklebank, RSM
Rob Burden, Clearwater
Joe Dyke, Clearwater
Paul Franks, Beech Tree Private Equity
Sarah Taylor, Clearwater
Richard Thomas, Palatine

Teams

Legal

Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Finance

Sentio Partners

VC/Private Equity

LDC

Funder

HSBC

Transaction Services

Grant Thornton

Deals

Small Cap (up to £15m)

YorkTest Laboratories secured a £10m investment from NVM Private Equity
Squire Patton Boggs, Walker Morris, Ward Hadaway, Mazars, PwC, NVM Private Equity

Private Equity Exit

Phoenix Equity Partners exited Nexus Vehicle Rental after its sale to Equistone
Addleshaw Goddard, Squire Patten Boggs, Rothschild & Co, PwC, Park Place

M&A

Hippo Digital acquired data consultancy The Data Shed
Grant Thornton, Squire Patton Boggs, Armstrong, KPMG, DWF, Vista Insurance, NatWest, Addleshaw Goddard

International

Irish utilities group Beauparc Utilities acquired Acumen Waste Services
Burges Salmon, Clarion Solicitors, BDO, Park Place Corporate Finance

Public Markets

Marshalls acquired Marley in a £535m deal, part-funded by a £187m placing and open offer
Pinsent Masons, Slaughter & May, Grant Thornton, Numis Securities, Rothschild & co

Private Company

Arc Inspirations received a £19m investment, from BGF to support the accelerated rollout of its Banyan Bar & Kitchen, BOX and Manahatta brands
Gordons, Squire Patton Boggs, KPMG, BGF

Individual

Rising Star

Hannah Kirkup - Key Capital Partners

Changemaker

Nicola McQuaid - NorthEdge

Rainmaker

Jonathan Simms - Clarion

Teams

Legal

Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Finance

Clearwater International

VC/Private Equity

Palatine Private Equity

Funder

TDC

Transaction Services

Cortus Advisory

Deals

Small Cap (up to £15m)

Maven Capital Partners acquired ProofID for £15m
Clearwater International, Maven Capital Partners

Private Equity Exit

WestBridge took a majority stake in Alpine Fire Engineers, investing £18.7m, while Soho Square Capital exited.
Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons, BDO, Blick Rothenberg, Clearwater International. Grant Thornton, Jamieson Corporate Finance, Soso Square Capital, WestBridge, Shawbrook

M&A

RSK made seven acquisitions of consultancy businesses around the UK in six weeks
Dow Schofield Watts, Cortus Advisory, DWF

International

Fishawack acquired American healthcare advisers Avalere Health
Clearsight Advisors

Public Markets

Sun European Partners bought K3 Capital Group for £270m
Houlihan Lokey, Numis Securities Ltd, Addleshaw Goddard

Private Company

The Modern Milkman raised £50m in its Series C funding round
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, ETF Partners, Insight Partners, Praetura Ventures

Individual

Rising Star

Jacob Leone - LDC

Changemaker

Nicola Merritt - Cortus Advisory

Rainmaker

Andrew Feeke - MHA Moore & Smalley

Teams

Legal
Sponsored by Rhino Interiors

Shoosmiths

Corporate Finance

Clearwater International

VC/Private Equity
Sponsored by Kuboid

NorthEdge

Funder

HSBC

Transaction Services

RSM

Deals

Small Cap (up to £15m)

Premier Paper Group bought Wine Box Company
Gateley, Harrison Clark Rickerbys, BDO, Orbis Partners

Private Equity Exit

Palatine achieved a 5.8x return on its investment in CTS Group, through a sale to Oakley Capital
Palatine, Clearwater, Gateley, Browne Jacobson, Deloitte

M&A

Telecoms firm Wavenet, acquired OGL Computer Support Holdings and its two subsidiaries OGL Computer Support and CyberGuard Technologies
DWF, Squire Patton Boggs, Orbis Partners

International

Birmingham marketing tech firm Inspired Thinking Group (Team ITG) acquired New Zealand-based Brand Machine

Public Markets

Mercia Asset Management acquired Frontier Development Capital, for £7m and with a further £4m dependent on performance
Canaccord Genuity, Mercia Asset Management

Private Company

Friend MTS was backed by private equity firm NorthEdge
Alantra, Fredrikson & Byron PA, Freeths, Gateley, Squire Patton Boggs, Walkers, Appleby, BDO LLP, Friend LLP, KPMG, Keystone Partners, Mazars

Individual

Rising Star

Matthew Guest, Springboard Corporate Finance

Changemaker

Beth Mather, Gateley

Rainmaker
Sponsored by Michael Page

Sarah Taylor, Clearwater International

Teams

Legal

Addleshaw Goddard

Corporate Finance

Houlihan Lokey

VC/Private Equity

Foresight Group

Funder

Tosca Debt Capital

Deals

Deal under £15m

Apprentify acquired Netcom Training, backed by £5m investment from BGF

Private Equity Exit

DA Languages was bought by IK Partners, with Foresight exiting

Private Company

Matillion raised $150m in a funding round led by General Atlantic

Public Markets

Victorian Plumbing floated on AIM, raising nearly £300m

M&A

Inflexion bought ANS, to combine with existing investment UKFast

International

Blue Prism was acquired by US fintech giant SS&C for £1.24bn

Individual

Rising Star (under 35)

Peter Barkley - WestBridge

Changemaker

Beth Houghton - Palatine Private Equity

Rainmaker

Dominic Orsini - Houlihan Lokey

Teams

Legal

Clarion

Corporate Finance

Clearwater International

VC/Private Equity

BGF

Funder

HSBC

Deals

Small Cap (under £20m)

Sheffield Forgemasters was acquired by the Ministry of Defence

Private Equity Exit

The sale of Estio Training to BPP Education Group was the first exit from Palatine’s Impact Fund

M&A

Succession and growth finance raising for Carnaby Caravans

Rising Stars

Legal

Mae Salem, Squire Patton Boggs

Corporate Finance

Duncan Morpeth, Grant Thornton

Investment

Paul Denvers, Enact

Funder

Rebecca Rennison, EY

Individual

Changemaker

Rob Atkinson, Virgin Money

Rainmaker

Stephen Griffiths, Rothschild & Co

Teams

Regional Legal Team
National Legal Team
Corporate Finance Team - Regional
Corporate Finance Team - National
VC/Private Equity Team
Turnaround Team
Asset-based Lending Team
Debt Funder Team
Transaction Services Team
Insurance Team

Deals

Early Stage Deal
Out of Region Deal
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Individual

Rising Star
Changemaker
Rainmaker
Lifetime Achievement

• RAINMAKERS ALUMNI

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Teams

Regional Legal Team
National Legal Team
Corporate Finance Team - Regional
Corporate Finance Team - National
VC/Private Equity Team
Turnaround Team
Asset-based Lending Team
Debt Funder Team
Transaction Services Team
Insurance Team

Deals

Early Stage Deal
Out of Region
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Individual

Rising Star
Changemaker
Rainmaker
Lifetime Achievement

• RAINMAKERS ALUMNI

• 2025 Gallery

Teams

Regional Legal Team
National Legal Team
Corporate Finance Team - Regional
Corporate Finance Team - National
VC/Private Equity Team
Turnaround Team
Asset-based Lending Team
Debt Funder Team
Transaction Services Team
Insurance Team

Deals

Early Stage Deal
Out of Region
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Individual

Rising Star
Community Champion
Rainmaker
Lifetime Achievement

Teams

Regional Legal Team
National Legal Team
Corporate Finance Team - Regional
Corporate Finance Team - National
VC/Private Equity Team
Turnaround Team
Asset-based Lending Team
Debt Funder Team
Transaction Services Team
Insurance Team

Deals

Early Stage Deal
Out of Region
Small Deal of the Year (up to £10m)
Medium Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)
Large Deal of the Year (£50m+)

Individual

Rising Star
Community Champion
Rainmaker
Lifetime Achievement