2015 DealMakers Annual Gala Awards
Date: Tuesday 16 February 2016
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
MC: Loyiso Gola
Entertainment: The Muses
Top Sponsors by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Top Legal Advisers by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Top Reporting Accountants by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Individual DealMaker of the Year
Deal of the Year and
Catalyst PE Deal of the Year
Gold Medals
Venue
Media
Ansarada Deal of the Year 2015
Acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev of SABMiller
Advisers to the deal:
Financial Advisers:
Standard Bank; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Goldman Sachs International; Lazard; BNP Paribas; Merrill Lynch International; Robey Warsaw; JPMorgan Cazenove; Morgan Stanley
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Sponsor:
JPMorgan
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Legal Advisers:
Bowman Gilfillan; Webber Wentzel; ENSafrica; Freshfields Bruckhause Deringer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Hogan Lovells International; Hogan Lovells US; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Samuel Pearson (Standard Bank), Neal Froneman (Sibanye Gold), Natalie Di-Sante (Standard Bank) and Stephen Dearing (Ansarada)
Ansarada Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year 2015
Disposal by Ethos of Plumblink to Bidvest
Advisers to the deal:
Financial Advisers:
Standard Bank, Rand Merchant Bank
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Sponsor:
Investec Bank
Legal Advisers:
Webber Wentzel, Werksmans
Jos van Zyl (Ethos), Arie Maree (Ansarada), Stephen Dearing (Ansarada) and Neal Froneman (Sibanye Gold)
Ince Individual DealMaker of the Year 2016
John Gnodde (Brait)
Marylou Greig (DealMakers), Steven Engelsman (Ince), Neal Froneman (Sibanye Gold) and John Gnodde (Brait)
DealMakers Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael Katz
The introduction of a Lifetime Achievement award has been in the pipeline for several years. The award is made in celebration of the vision and endeavour of an individual within the mergers and acquisition industry. It seems fitting, therefore, that the first award is being made to South Africa's M&A doyen...
Mergers & Acquisitions 2015
Investment Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Standard Bank
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2nd by Deal Value - Goldman Sachs International
3rd by Deal Value - Deutsche Bank
4th by Deal Value - JPMorgan
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Investment Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
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2nd by Deal Flow - Java Capital
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3rd by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
Java Capital
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4th by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
Sponsors by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - JPMorgan
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2nd by Deal Value - Rand Merchant Bank
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3rd by Deal Value - Java Capital
4th by Deal Value - Investec Bank
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Sponsors by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
2nd by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
3rd by Deal Flow - Java Capital
4th by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
Legal Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Webber Wentzel
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2nd by Deal Value - ENSafrica
3rd by Deal Value - Bowman Gilfillan
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4th by Deal Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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Legal Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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CPT Office
2nd by Deal Flow - ENSafrica
CPT Office
3rd by Deal Flow - Webber Wentzel
4th by Deal Flow - Werksmans
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Reporting Accountants by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - KPMG
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2nd by Deal Value - PwC
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3rd by Deal Value - Deloitte
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4th by Deal Value - EY
Reporting Accountants by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - KPMG
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2nd by Deal Flow - Deloitte
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3rd by Deal Flow (tie) - BDO
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3rd by Deal Flow (tie) - Grant Thornton
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General Corporate Finance 2015
Investment Advisers by Transaction Value
1st by Transaction Value - Investec Bank
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2nd by Transaction Value - UBS
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3rd by Transaction Value - Rand Merchant Bank
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Investment Advisers by Transaction Flow
1st by Transaction Flow - Java Capital
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2nd by Transaction Flow - Investec Bank
3rd by Transaction Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
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Sponsors by Transaction Value
1st by Transaction Value - UBS
2nd by Transaction Value - Investec Bank
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3rd by Transaction Value - Rand Merchant Bank
Sponsors by Transaction Flow
1st by Transaction Flow - Java Capital
2nd by Transaction Flow - Investec Bank
3rd by Transaction Flow - PSG Capital
Legal Advisers by Transaction Value
1st by Transaction Value - ENSafrica
2nd by Transaction Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
3rd by Transaction Value - Webber Wentzel
1st by Transaction Flow - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Legal Advisers by Transaction Flow
CPT Office
2nd by Transaction Flow - ENSafrica
CPT Office
3rd by Transaction Flow - Webber Wentzel
Reporting Accountants by Transaction Value
1st by Transaction Value - Deloitte
2nd by Transaction Value - KPMG
3rd by Transaction Value - PwC
Reporting Accountants by Transaction Flow
1st by Transaction Flow - Deloitte
2nd by Transaction Flow (tie) - PwC
2nd by Transaction Flow (tie) - Grant Thornton
Africa M&A 2015 (excl South Africa)
Investment Advisers
1st by Deal Value - Standard Chartered Bank
1st by Deal Flow - Standard Bank Group
Java Capital
Legal Advisers
1st by Deal Value and Deal Flow - Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group
Questco
2015 DealMakers Annual Gala Awards
