| Gambit Corporate Finance's Geraint Rowe has retained the title of Dealmaker of the Year at Insider’s Wales Dealmakers Awards 2021 after working on a number of high-profile transactions. The event, held last night at Cardiff's Mercure Holland House Hotel and compered by comedian, writer and actor Hal Cruttenden, celebrated the top acquisitions, buyouts and funding deals in the year, and the people that made them happen. Headline sponsor of the evening was Fairstone Group, while the awards were also sponsored by Acuity Legal, Azets, Development Bank of Wales, Lexington Corporate Finance and Shawbrook Bank.
Emerging Dealmaker of the Year
Sponsored by: Shawbrook Bank
Winner: Thomas Edwards, Lexington Corporate Finance
Corporate Acquirer of the Year
Sponsored by: Acuity Law
Winner: Ascona Group
Funder of the Year
Sponsored by: Azets
Winner: HSBC UK
Small Business Deal of the Year
Winner: Sale of CashCalc to FE fundinfo (advised on by Lexington Corporate Finance, Harrison Clark Rickerbys, Deloitte, Burness Paul)
Alternative Finance Provider of the Year
Winner: Propel Finance
International Deal of the Year
Sponsored by: Fairstone Group
Winner: Acquisition of Albyn Medical by Creo Medical (advised on by Osborne Clarke, BDO, Cenkos, Walbrook PR and AON)
Highly commended: Sale of Premier Forest ROI to Murdock Builders Merchants (advised on by Gambit Corporate Finance, Acuity Law, Flynn O’Driscoll, KPMG, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Eugene F Collins)
Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year
Winner: Lexington Corporate Finance
Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal of the Year
Sponsored by: Development Bank of Wales
Winner: Investment in Kagool, backed by BGF (advised on by Geldards, WY Partners, O'Brien & Partners, Blake Morgan, Cowgills)
Corporate Law Firm of the Year
Sponsored by: Lexington Corporate Finance
Winner: Acuity Law
Deal of the Year
Winner: Sale of BBI Holdings from Exponent to Novo Holdings (advised on by PwC, JP Morgan, Allen & Overy)
Dealmaker of the Year
Winner: Geraint Rowe, Gambit Corporate Finance
Highly commended: Katherine Broadhurst, Azets
Fairstone Group
Fairstone is a full-service wealth management house delivering integration-led growth to emerge as a new leader in the UK regulatory landscape. Read more about our headline sponsor here. Read more about the winners and finalists… | 
