The Private Equity Awards

The oldest and most respected accolades bestowed on the private equity industry

The Awards

For 11 years these awards have stood apart in both rigour and prestige. This year we are working with leading business school Cass and a judging panel of senior industry practitioners to once again ensure that these are the awards that private equity firms and their advisers really want to win.

Various post-graduate students and recent alumni have assisted the judging process with research and analysis, and Real Deals is delighted to be working with Cass on the 2012 Private Equity Awards.

The awards themselves will be presented at a glittering ceremony attended by over 600 private equity professionals from across Europe.

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Table for 12: £3,995 · Table for 10: £3,495 · Five places: £2,495 · Single place: £595

The Judges

The esteemed panel making final deliberations

Xavier Moreno

Astorg Partners

Vince O'Brien

Montagu

Amy Carroll

Real Deals

Guy Fraser-Sampson

Cass Business School

Javier Echarri

GED

Martin Leuw

Incube8it

Paul Newsome

Unigestion

Stefaan Vansteenkiste

Alvarez & Marsal

Jon Herbert

LDC

Thierry Baudon

Mid Europa Partners

Fabio Sattin

Private Equity Partners SGR

Laurent Haziza

Rothschild

Shortlist Announced

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Buyout house of the year

Montagu Private Equity
EQT
Advent International
Nordic Capital
Palamon Capital Partners
Cinven

Turnaround and restructuring house of the year

Endless
Perceva Capital
Rutland
Sun European Partners

Secondaries house of the year

Axa Private Equity
Coller Capital
Lexington Partner
HarbourVest Partners
Pomona Capital

Fundraising of the Year

Montagu Private Equity
EQT
Priveq
Astorg Partners
BC Partners
HitecVision

UK deal of the year

Inflexion Private Equity for Red Commerce
Growth Capital Partners for Tangerine Confectionery
Endless for Crown Paints
CBPE Capital for Stewart Group
Graphite Capital Partners for Kurt Geiger
Isis Equity Partners for Wiggle

France & Benelux deal of the year

IK Investment Partners for Magotteaux
21 Centrale for Vulcanic
Equistone Partners Europe for Karavel-Promovacances
Sagard for Kiloutou
Apax France for Prosodie

DACH deal of the year

Quadriga Capital and Equistone Partners Europe for Jack Wolfskin
GMT Communications Partners for Bigpoint
3i for Norma
Advent International for Takko
Palamon Capital Partners for Dress-for-less
Silverfleet Capital Partners for European Dental Partners

Nordics deal of the year

Nordic Capital for Point International
Nordic Capital for NycoMed
3i for Ålö Intressenter
Norvestor for Elixia Syms
Cinven for Phadia
HgCapital for Mondo Minerals

Emerging Europe deal of the year

Penta Investments for TES Group
TPG Capital and Actera for Mey Icki
Enterprise Investors for Kruk

Mediterranean deal of the year

Investindustrial for Permasteelisa
Portobello Capital for Maxam
GED Capital for Rioglass Solar

Testimonial

The organisation was excellent and the awards themselves were dispensed with breathtaking efficiency. Well done for a thoroughly enjoyable Real Deals Awards evening.

Hugh Lenon, Phoenix Equity Partners

On the Night

Join European private equity's finest

Celebrating excellence

Hosted by Real Deals, this is the most respected – and enjoyable – awards evening in the industry calendar, providing a highly relevant, yet non-business setting to celebrate existing relationships and forge new ones with over 600 of European private equity's finest.

Led by Amy Carroll, editor of Real Deals, our events adhere to the same editorial rigour that has underlined Real Deals’ position as the independent voice of European private equity.