2016 DealMakers Annual Gala Awards
Date: Wednesday 15 February 2017
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
MC: Nik Rabinowitz
Entertainment: The Girls
Headline Sponsor
Top Legal Advisers by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Top Reporting Accountants by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Individual DealMaker of the Year
Gold Medals
Venue
Media
Deal of the Year
Brunswick Deal of the Year 2016
Acquisition by Sibanye Gold of Stillwater Mining
Advisers to the deal:
Financial Advisers:
Citigroup Global Markets, HSBC Bank plc, Quinisele Resources, BofA Merrill Lynch
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Sponsor:
JPMorgan
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Legal Advisers:
ENSafrica,Linklaters, Jones Day, Holland & Hart
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Reporting Accountants:
KPMG
Arie Maree (Ansarada), Bryony Watson (Sibanye Gold), Charl Keyter (Sibanye Gold) and Marina Bidoli (Brunswick)
Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year 2016
Disposal by Actis of Tekkie Town to Steinhoff
Advisers to the deal:
Sponsor:
PSG Capital
Legal Advisers:
Webber Wentzel, ENSafrica
Arie Maree (Ansarada),Charl Keyter (Sibanye Gold), Michael Avery (Catalyst) and David Cook (Actis)
Ince Individual DealMaker of the Year 2016
Piet Ferreira (Steinhoff International)
Arie Maree (Ansarada), Charl Keyter (Sibanye Gold), Michael Walters (Ince) and Flint Macgregor (Citigroup) who collected the award on behalf of Piet Ferreira (Steinhoff)
DealMakers Hall of Fame
SABMiller
This was the first award of this nature made by DealMakers and the induction of SABMiller into the DealMakers' Hall of Fame could not have been more apt. SABMiller is one of the truly positive stories of South Africa and is certainly one of the most successful of the country's foreign ventures
Shaun Cabrita and Keith Doig received certificates in recognition of the part played in building a global brewer from Rob Wessels (head of the DealMakers Independent Adjudication Panel) and Marylou Greig
Mergers & Acquisitions 2016
Investment Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Java Capital
2nd by Deal Value - JPMorgan
3rd by Deal Value - Rothschild
4th by Deal Value - Deutsche Bank
Investment Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
2nd by Deal Flow (tie) - Java Capital and Investec Bank
Investec Bank
4th by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
Java Capital
Sponsors by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - UBS
2nd by Deal Value - Deutsche Securities
3rd by Deal Value - Java Capital
4th by Deal Value - JPMorgan
Sponsors by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Java Capital
2nd by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
3rd by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
4th by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
Legal Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Webber Wentzel
2nd by Deal Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
3rd by Deal Value - ENSafrica
4th by Deal Value - Bowmans
Legal Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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CPT Office
2nd by Deal Flow - Webber Wentzel
CPT Office
3rd by Deal Flow - ENSafrica
CPT Office
4th by Deal Flow - Bowmans
Reporting Accountants by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - KPMG
2nd by Deal Value - PwC
3rd by Deal Value - Deloitte
4th by Deal Value - Grant Thornton
Reporting Accountants by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Deloitte