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.

More about the awards night »

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All tickets include a champagne reception, three-course meal and wine at your table. For more information get in touch or call us on +44 (0)20 7045 7600.

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

Jon Herbert

LDC

Thierry Baudon

Mid Europa Partners

Fabio Sattin

Private Equity Partners SGR

Laurent Haziza

Rothschild

Colie Spink

Alvarez & Marsal

Winners

Professional services - PricewaterhouseCoopers

Regional lawyer - Hengeler Mueller - Dach

Pan-European lawyer - Clifford Chance

Regional corporate finance house of the year - ABG Sundal Collier - Nordics

Pan-European corporate finance house of the year - Rothschild

Placement agent of the year - Probitas

Specialist lender of the year - Ares Capital Europe

Bank of the year - HSBC

Buyout house of the year - EQT

Turnaround and restructuring house of the year - Sun European Partners

Secondaries house of the year - Coller Capital

Fundraising of the year - BC Partners

UK deal of the year - Isis Equity Partners for Wiggle

France & Benelux deal of the year - IK Investment Partners for Magotteaux

DACH deal of the year - 3i for Norma

Nordics deal of the year - Nordic Capital for Point International

Emerging Europe deal of the year - TPG Capital and Actera for Mey Icki

Mediterranean deal of the year - Stirling Square for Microtecnica

Finalists

Regional corporate finance house of the year

Clearwater
ABG Sundial Collier
Oloryn
Noah Advisors
Fineurop Soditic
Vienna Capital Partners

Regional lawyer of the year

Eversheds
Vinge
Brendin Prat
Hengeller Mueller
Uria Menendez
Wolf Theiss

Testimonial

The Real Deals Awards are definitely THE credible awards in the PE industry and we had congratulations from contacts all over Europe and the US even before we had announced the win ourselves.

Garry Wilson, Endless LLP

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.

Book now

All tickets include a champagne reception, three-course meal and wine at your table. For more information get in touch or call us on +44 (0)20 7045 7600.

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