Sponsors’ Information
The Business Magazine thanks the following sponsors for their support of the 2012 Thames Valley and Solent Deals Awards
Management Team of the Year – PWC
Building relationships. Creating value. Our firm is founded on a culture of partnership with a strong commercial focus. This is reflected in our vision: ‘One firm – a powerhouse of a commercial enterprise that does the right thing for our clients, our people and our communities’. Our goal is to build the iconicprofessional services firm, always at the forefront of people’s minds, because we aim to be the best. We set the standard and we drive the agenda for our profession. We value our past but look to invest in our future to leave the firm even stronger than when we inherited it.
Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year – HSBC
The HSBC Group has a significant presence in each of the world’s major financial markets. With 8,500 offices in 86 countries, 210,000 shareholders, 300,000 staff and 128 million customers worldwide, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. With HSBC’s global reach and expertise, it provides tailored banking solutions to millions of customers worldwide; from small businesses to large multinationals. In the UK, HSBC offers corporate and institutional banking services together with a complete range of personal, premier, private banking and commercial banking services.
HSBC Corporate Banking provides a full range of domestic and global banking services to businesses with turnover in excess of £25 million through its 10 Corporate Banking Centres across the UK. HSBC provides businesses with advice and financial solutions, from day to day banking, borrowing and global cash management, to risk management, acquisition funding, and leveraged finance for MBOs, MBIs or recapitalisation deals.
Venture Capital Firm of the Year – Bank Leumi ABL
Leumi ABL offers a full asset based lending capability to growing businesses. We take time to understand the individual needs of clients and have built a strong reputation amongst clients and introducers for our flexible and personal approach. Leumi ABL provides working capital solutions to businesses by funding against invoices, stock and plant & machinery, plus trade and property finance via our parent, Bank Leumi (UK) plc. We support businesses with funding requirements from £1 million to £25m. Our tailored approach and excellent reputation amongst the dealmaking community won us the title of ‘UK Asset Based Lender of the Year’ in the ACQ Finance Country Awards for Achievement; and ‘Alternative Finance Provider’ in the 2010 M&A awards.
Law Firm of the Year – Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton UK LLP is a leading financial and business adviser, operating out of 28 offices. Led by 215 partners and employing nearly 4,000 of the profession’s brightest minds, we provide personalised assurance, tax and specialist advisory services to over 40,000 individuals, privately-held businesses and public interest entities. Our offering to the market is great depth of expertise, delivered in a distinctive and personal way. Through proactive, client-centric relationships, our teams deliver solutions to problems, not pre-packaged products and services.
Our deep-rooted experience in the issues affecting mid-sized businesses, combined with the true global reach and resources of Grant Thornton International mean that we’re uniquely placed to deliver the best advice, in a seamless way – regardless of service line, regardless of location. We are a member firm within Grant Thornton International, one of the world’s leading international organisations of independently owned and managed accounting and consulting firms. Clients of member and correspondent firms can access the knowledge and experience of more than 2,600 partners in over 100 countries and consistently receive a distinctive, high-quality and personalised service wherever they choose to do business.
Lawyer of the Year – Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets provides a dedicated service to businesses with annual turnover in excess of £15 million. The combination of our relationship banking approach and our product expertise allows us to deliver sophisticated and tailored solutions in areas that include: debt finance, working capital management, bespoke risk management, excess cash optimisation, asset finance (including a number of leasing & HP solutions), project and acquisition finance and sector specific financing solutions.
Bank of the Year – HMT Corporate Finance
HMT Corporate Finance is the leading corporate finance team in the Thames Valley with a fully integrated lead advisory, due diligence and tax advisory offering. Our focus is in the £2m to £50m deal range, acting as both buy and sell side advisors. We advise on all aspects of corporate finance transactions, from mergers & acquisitions and company sales to management buyouts and corporate restructurings. Our clients include management teams, privately-owned businesses, private equity investors, plcs and debt providers. In 2010 we were named ‘Corporate Finance Team of the Year’ at the Thames Valley & Solent Deal Awards. In addition, our tax advisory teams were finalists for ‘Best Tax Team in a Boutique Firm’ at the 2009 National Taxation Awards.
Banker of the Year – Lamport Bassitt
Lamport Bassitt is a Hampshire and Reading-based law firm with a fascinating pedigree. Established over 130 years ago by Charles Lamport who was well known in the Southampton area as an advocate, in 1912 the firm handled all of the workmen’s compensation claims arising out of the sinking of the Titanic. Today, the firm employs 120 staff and has an office in Reading and a second office in Southampton.
Lamport Bassitt has an excellent reputation in the corporate & commercial field, with commercial practice head Sean Kelly well known as a southern dealmaker.
Dealmaker of the Year – Lower Mid Market – Pitmans
(under £25m enterprise value)
Through strength and depth of service provision and delivery of commercially astute legal solutions, Pitmans has grown to be largest law firm in the Thames Valley, with offices in Reading and London. We have national expertise, regional leadership and the reputation for delivering. Our expertise covers the full spectrum of commercial and private client legal services and our expert solicitors are recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers guides to the legal profession as experts in our fields. From banks to entrepreneurs and start up businesses – it’s best to get the Pitmans’ Perspective. The intelligent, creative view – from a team of lawyers who help you to achieve your commercial objectives.
Our services: Banking & Finance; Commercial; Corporate; Crime; Debt Recovery; Defendant Insurance; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Environment; Information Technology; Insolvency & Restructuring; Intellectual Property; Matrimonial; Media & Entertainment; Pensions; Planning; Private Tax & Family Business; Real Estate; Residential Development; Sport.
Dealmaker of the Year – Mid Market – Barclays Corporate
(over £25m enterprise value)
Barclays Corporate With a clear focus on client relationships, Barclays Corporate provides integrated banking solutions to businesses with an annual turnover of more than £5 million or its currency equivalent. We serve our clients via a global network of relationship, industry sector and product specialist managers, who provide tailored solutions to meet their needs. These include lending, risk management, trade, cash and liquidity management, and specialist asset and sales financing. Additionally, clients are offered access to the products and expertise of other businesses in the Group, particularly the investment banking solutions of Barclays Capital and the private wealth management expertise of Barclays Wealth. Barclays Corporate employs over 12,000 people globally. For further information contact Andy Simpson, Head of Thames Valley & Oxford region 07775-552125 or Ian Workman, Head of Solent & Dorset region 07775-543496.
Deal of the Year – Mid Market – The Business Magazine
(over £25m enterprise value)
Deal of the Year – Lower Mid Market – The Business Magazine
(under £25m enterprise value)
The Business Magazine is the region’s leading business title, covering an area from Banbury to Southampton and from Heathrow to Andover. As the publishing environment changes, The Business Magazine has kept ahead of trends. It now publishes a separate Digital Edition covering the whole south, which has tens of thousands of page views – and its website, updated daily, attracts some 432,000 page views per month. The magazine and the website are read by directors and senior executive-level business people, and cover all areas from technology to manufacturing, and from finance to law.
