Sydney, 19th October 2022 – Mergermarket, the world’s leading news and intelligence service for mergers & acquisitions, announced the winners of its Australia M&A Awards 2022 on 16 September 2022.
The Australia M&A Awards recognise financial and legal advisory excellence in Australia-related deals and are based on analysis of Mergermarket’s league table data, with input from an independent judging panel of six industry experts and two professionals from ION Analytics.
From the financial adviser nominations, Mergermarket named Morgan Stanley as M&A Financial Adviser of the Year, as well as the Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Financial Adviser of the Year. Azure Capital was awarded the Mid-Market M&A Financial Adviser of the Year and Rothschild & Co took home the Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Financial Adviser of the Year.
Jefferies was named Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Financial Adviser of the Year.
From the legal adviser nominations, Allens won the most awards including M&A Legal Adviser of the Year, Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Legal Adviser of the Year, Cross-border M&A Legal Adviser of the Year and Private Equity Legal Adviser of the Year in conjunction with AVCJ.
Herbert Smith Freehills were awarded Financial Service M&A Legal Adviser of the Year and Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Legal Adviser of the Year.
Gilbert + Tobin won Mid-Market M&A Legal Adviser of the Year and Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Legal Adviser of the Year.
The Private Equity Deal of the Year was awarded to Blackstone for its acquisition of Crown and Infrastructure Deal of the Year went to IFM Investors, Global Infrastructure Partners, AustralianSuper, Qsuper for the acquisition of Sydney Airport.
The Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Deal of the Year was awarded to Woodside for their acquisition of BHP Petroleum International. Block acquisition of Afterpay was named the M&A Deal of the Year.
The complete list of the Australia M&A Award winners 2022 is as follows:
- Mid-Market M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Azure Capital Limited
- Mid-Market M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Gilbert + Tobin
- Financial Service M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- UBS Investment Bank
- Financial Service M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Jefferies LLC
- Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Allens
- Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Rothschild & Co
- Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Deal of the Year
- BHP Petroleum International (Woodside)
- Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Morgan Stanley
- Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Gilbert + Tobin
- Private Equity Legal Adviser of the Year in conjunction with AVCJ
- Allens
- Private Equity Deal of the Year
- Crown (Blackstone)
- Infrastructure Deal of the Year
- Sydney Airport (IFM Investors, Global Infrastructure Partners, AustralianSuper, QSuper)
- Cross-border M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Citi
- Cross-border M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Allens
- M&A Financial Adviser of the Year
- Morgan Stanley
- M&A Legal Adviser of the Year
- Allens
- M&A Deal of the Year
- Afterpay (Block)
The panel of judges consisted of:
- Chris Mills, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, WOOLWORTHS GROUP
- Kerry Morrow, Director, LAITY MORROW
- David Lang, Partner, Private Equity, KKR
- Maggie Lu Yueyang, Australia/New Zealand Bureau Chief, MERGERMARKET
- Simon Segal, Director, MERGERMARKET AUSTRALIA
- Tim Sims, Managing Director - Buyout and Secure Assets, Capital Solutions, Gateway, Founding Partner, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS
- Catherine Brenner, Founding Panel Member, ADARA PARTNERS
- Simon Ranson, Principal, BETTERTON
For more information, please visit Mergermarket M&A Awards - Australia
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