Acquisitions Monthly award, London January 2008

M&A International Inc.’s high caliber services frequently receive recognition by external bodies in the finance sector. In the past 18 months, our members have won a number of prestigious awards.

The alliance’s London-based member, Cavendish Corporate Finance has achieved the enviable accolade of winning its third Corporate Finance Boutique award in 12 months. The firm picked up the Acquisitions Monthly award at the London ceremony on 22 January 2008. Cavendish’s innovative and thorough approach to deal making was praised, with particular mention made of both Cavendish’s Exit Review plan, which is aimed specifically at enhancing value and positioning businesses for sale during the 6-18 months prior to commencing a sale exercise, and the firm’s active involvement as a member of M&A International Inc. During 2007, Cavendish was named Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year at the BVCA Real Deals Private Equity Awards in April, and collected the Private Equity News Award for ‘Excellence in Advisory Services’ in October.

In January 2008, M&A International Inc.’s member office in Ireland, IBI Corporate Finance, was ranked as the No.  1 corporate finance advisor in Ireland by Mergermarket, the independent M&A intelligence provider, in its annual survey of corporate finance activity. IBI topped the league table for the number of transactions on which it advised with a total of 14 qualifying deals in 2007.  The 14 deals had a total collective value of over euro 790 million.  The company was also ranked top in 2006 and 2005 with 19 and 14 qualifying deals respectively.

In 2007, the New York Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth awarded M&A International Inc.'s New York member TM Capital Corp. Investment Bank of the Year for 2006. TM's advisory work on such transactions as Magellan Petroleum Corporation's (NASDAQ: MPET) acquisition of the outstanding shares of Magellan Petroleum Australia Ltd. is one of the many reasons TM was recognized for this prestigious award.

In addition, Maarten Wolleswinkel, Director of Holland Corporate Finance, our member in the Netherlands, was named 2005 Best M&A Advisor by the magazine Chief Financial Officer following a survey of 60 of the most important M&A players in the Dutch market. This followed closely on the heels of Holland Corporate Finance itself being selected as the Best M&A Advisor in the Netherlands.

Awards given by M&A International

At the M&A International Spring Conference 2007 held in Beijing, China, the M&A International Technology Group announced its annual Technology Deal of the Year award. The winner was the alliance’s Tokyo-based member Morgen, Evan & Company, Inc. for advising on the divestiture of the Undersea Cable Business (“OCC”) of Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (“IRCJ”). 

At the same event, a special award was made to alliance member Closa M&A of Spain for having closed three deals with fellow members in less than 6 months.