South East Dealmakers Awards 2022 - the winners

Ansell named Dealmaker of the Year

Victoria Ansell of Castle Corporate Finance was named Dealmaker of the Year at the 2022 Insider South East Dealmakers Awards. Last night's event – which was held at Lingfield Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club and compered by Hal Cruttenden – celebrated the region's major transactions and professionals who are enabling a whole host of mergers and acquisitions. The awards were sponsored by Arbuthnot Asset Based Lending, Buzzacott, FRP Corporate Finance, Independent Growth Finance (IGF), Kreston Reeves, PDT Solicitors LLP, Shawbrook Bank, SRC Corporate Finance and ThinCats. HSBC UK Bank sponsored the networking booklets.
Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year
Sponsored byIndependent Growth Finance (IGF)
Winner: Quantuma
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored bySRC Corporate Finance
Winner: Thomson Snell & Passmore
Corporate Bank of the Year
Sponsored by FRP Corporate Finance
Winner: Shawbrook Bank
Asset Based Lending Team of the Year
Sponsored byPDT Solicitors LLP
Winner: Arbuthnot Asset Based Lending
Transaction Services Team of The Year
Winner: Buzzacott
Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year
Sponsored byArbuthnot Asset Based Lending
Winner: Geert Struyven, Crowe UK LLP
Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Sponsored by Buzzacott
Winner: Rebecca Glazebrook, PDT Solicitors LLP
Corporate Banker of the Year
Sponsored byKreston Reeves
Winner: James Marler, Arbuthnot Asset Based Lending
Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored by Shawbrook Bank
Winner: Catherine Lambeth, Knill James
Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Victoria Ansell, Castle Corporate Finance
Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal of the Year
Sponsored byThinCats
Winner: Investment in Whyte Bikes by Cairngorm Capital
(Advisers: EMC Corporate Finance; DMH Stallard; Plus Accounting; Addleshaw Goddard; BDO)
Deal of the Year (sub £10m)
Winner: Investment in Callen-Lenz by Foresight Group
(Advisers: Beagle Partners; Consilium Chartered Accountants; Stephenson Harwood; RW Blears; Burges Salmon; Luminii Consulting; KryptoKloud; Vista Insurance Brokers)
Deal of the Year (£10m+)
Winner: Sale of Rhokett to Palacios
(Advisers and funders: Thomson Snell & Passmore; Spayne Lindsay LLP; Barnes Roffe; Walker Morris; Perez Llorca; HSBC UK)

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