Dealmakers Awards 2011

BHP Corporate Finance collected an unprecedented six awards at last week’s prestigious South Yorkshire Insider Dealmakers Awards 2011.  BHP Corporate Finance is one of the North of England’s leading independent corporate advisory firms.

The firm’s tally of awards included being voted Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year for the fourth year in succession.

David Forrest (partner) won two awards; Corporate Finance Adviser of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year, reflecting his role as lead advisor on some of the most prominent deals in the region over the last twelve months.  These included the buyouts of Amco Drilling/Developments, Insight Architectural Glazing and the sale of Technophobia to Capita Group.

Livefoods Direct, a VIMBO on which John Longstaff (director) and Tom Roberts (manager) advised, won the Mid-Market Deal of the Year award for transactions up to £5m in value.

John Warner won the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award reflects the huge contribution that John has made in the world of South Yorkshire advisory community over the last 25 years.

Finally, the BHP Corporate Finance team won Dealmaking Firm of the Year signifying the high level of support provided to the region’s dealmaking.

Partner David Forrest commented “I am delighted that we had such a successful evening.  We have an excellent team of professionals who consistently demonstrate the passion and commitment to go the extra mile in delivering successful transactions both in the region and beyond.  It is great that the team’s abilities and achievements are recognised in this way by our peers.”

The voting for these awards is by other firms of advisors, bankers etc who are involved in deals as well as corporate deal-doers and so is an independent reflection of how the firm’s corporate finance activity is seen by its peers.