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
2nd by Deal Value - Goldman Sachs International
3rd by Deal Value - Deutsche Bank
4th by Deal Value - JPMorgan
Investment Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
2nd by Deal Flow - Java Capital
3rd by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
Java Capital
4th by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
Sponsors by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - JPMorgan
2nd by Deal Value - Rand Merchant Bank
3rd by Deal Value - Java Capital
4th by Deal Value - Investec Bank
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
2nd by Deal Value - ENSafrica
3rd by Deal Value - Bowman Gilfillan
4th by Deal Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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
Reporting Accountants by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - KPMG
2nd by Deal Value - PwC
3rd by Deal Value - Deloitte
4th by Deal Value - EY
Reporting Accountants by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - KPMG