LDC and KPMG were the big winners at the Insider Dealmakers Awards 2009, LDC winning four awards – including the prestigious Dealmaker of the Year crown for its Midlands managing director Martin Draper – while KPMG picked up three.
More than 700 people crowded into the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the NEC to hear host Gyles Brandreth announce the winners. Draper also picked up the Venture Capitalist of the Year Award, while LDC won Deal of the year for Nuclear Engineering Services and Private Equity House of the Year.
The wider Lloyds TSB group won another two awards: Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets picking up the Corporate Bank of the Year Award and Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance winning in the Asset-Based Lender of the Year category.
KPMG won the Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year and Turnaround Team of the Year awards, while the firm’s Stephen Craik was crowned Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year.
Other winners on the night were Pinsent Masons (Corporate Law Firm), Jim Lavery of DLA Piper (Corporate Lawyer), Paul Harper of Barclays Private Equity (Young Dealmaker), Ian Howey of Yorkshire Bank (Corporate Banker) and the Advantage Transition Bridge Fund (Fund of Year).
Dealmaker of the Year Draper, who also won in 2006, said: “This award is the result of a great team effort. I’d like to thank all my colleagues at LDC. The deals we got away were also made possible by the skill and hard work of the Birmingham advisory community.”
Date: Thu 24th September, 2009
Venue: Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, B40 1PP
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