Deals of the Year 2011

Nominations for the 2011 Deals of the Year Awards have now closed.

Deals will be judged on the basis of demonstrating innovation and excellence in treasury rather than on the size of the deal. Winners will be announced at the Deals of the Year Awards Dinner in February 2012 with extensive coverage in the February edition of The Treasurer magazine.

Awards categories

• Bonds, including high-yield bonds
• Corporate Finance (hybrids, asset-backed, IPOs, convertibles and other equity)
• Liability Management (management/restructuring of existing debt facilities, with a potential element of new finance)
• Loans – UK and Continental Mid-Market Corporates (deal size < £750m)
• Loans – UK Larger Corporates (deal size > £750m)
• Loans – Continental European Corporates (deal size > £750m) PLUS

Overall Deals Winner – selected from the winners of the above categories.

The judging panel

Our expert panel brings together experienced practitioners from the corporate, bank and advisory worlds, all of whom have contributed to many successful transactions in the financial markets

Lesley Flowerdew, Atkins (Chair)
Simon Allocca, TSB
Mary Finn, Burton Foods
Alex Hall, ABB
Philip Learoyd, SAB Miller
Peter Matza, ACT
Richard Sedlacek, Rothschild
Neill Thomas, KPMG Corporate Finance
Sergio Val, GDF Suez
Charles Van derWelle, ITV
Paul Watters, Standard & Poor’s
Henryk Wuppermann, E.ON

Previous winners

The winners from 2010 were: Babcock, Essar, Heidelberg, Merck, OHL and Telecity