| The region's thriving professional services and corporate finance industry has been celebrated at Insider’s South West Dealmakers Awards 2021 - the event's 15th anniversary. BGF's Alex Garfitt was named as Dealmaker of the Year at the awards which were held last night at Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel and shone a light on the resilience and adaptability of the deals market in the South West. Headline sponsor of the evening was Fairstone Group, while the awards were also sponsored by LDC, Milsted Langton, Michelmores, Royds Withy King, Shawbrook Bank, ThinCats and West Bridge Fund Managers.
Alternative Finance Provider of the Year
Sponsored by Fairstone Group
Winner: ThinCats
Buy to Build Company of the Year
Sponsored by West Bridge Fund Managers
Winner: Expromet Technologies Group
Bank of the Year
Winner: HSBC UK
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Sponsored by LDC
Winner:Deloitte
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by Milsted Langdon
Winner: Michelmores
Highly Commended: Royds Withy King
CSR Team of the Year
Winner: Burges Salmon
Private Equity House/Venture Capitalist of the Year
Sponsored by ThinCats
Winner: BGF
Highly Commended: Bristol Private Equity Club
Small Deal of the Year
Sponsored by Cazenove Capital
Winner: BGF investing £6m into Amdaris (BGF, Osborne Clarke, EY, TLT)
Deal of the Year
Sponsored by Royds Withy King
Winner: The sale of Bristol Uniforms Ltd to MSA Safety (RSM, TLT, PwC, Bird & Bird)
Highly Commended: Trade sale of Senta to IRIS Software Group (Shaw & Co, Roxburgh Milkins, EY, Eversheds)
Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored by Shawbrook Bank
Winner:Richard Williams, Deloitte
Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored by Michelmores
Winner: Alex Garfitt, BGF
Fairstone Group
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