The M&A Advisor has announced the winners for the Inaugural Global M&A Advisor Awards.To view the press release and list of winners in each category, CLICK HERE.

There were 94 finalists for the industry’s first annual Global M&A Advisor Awards and 51 finalists for the fourth annual U.S. Middle-Market Financing Awards.

To view the press release and list of finalists in each category, CLICK HERE.

Finalists for Inaugural Global M&A Advisor Awards:

Region: Americas

Deal of the Year

Sale of Bancomext’s Chilean toll road assets to Globalvia Infraestructuras – BNP Paribas

Acquisition of Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management Ltd. by Royal Bank of Canada – Borden Ladner Gervais, LLP

Sale of George Weston Ltd.’s U.S. Bakeries to Grupo Bimbo SA de CV – CIBC World Markets

Acquisition of Abebooks by Amazon.com – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Lift Technologies, Inc. by Calvi Holding S.r.l – Houlihan Lokey

Hunting plc’s sale of Gibson Energy to Riverstone – Simmons & Company International

Reverse Morris Trust Split-off of Folgers Coffee by Procter & Gamble to J.M. Smucker – The Blackstone Group

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year

Acquisition of Pyramid Energy Inc. by Fox Energy Corporation – Fox Energy Corporation

Acquisition of Abebooks by Amazon.com – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Lift Technologies, Inc. by Calvi Holding S.r.l – Houlihan Lokey

U.S. Cross-Border Deal of the Year (involving a company in the U.S.)

Reverse Morris Trust Split-off of Folgers Coffee by Procter & Gamble to J.M. Smucker – The Blackstone Group

Acquisition of Abebooks by Amazon.com – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Lift Technologies, Inc. by Calvi Holding S.r.l – Houlihan Lokey

Dealmaker of the Year

Mary Anne Citrino – The Blackstone Group

Abelardo Valenzuela – BNP Paribas

James P. Baker – Simmons & Company International

Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year

Sale of Bancomext’s Chilean toll road assets to Globalvia Infraestructuras – BNP Paribas

Acquisition of Lift Technologies, Inc. by Calvi Holding S.r.l – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Arlington Tankers by General Maritime Corporation – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Consumer and Retail Products Deal of the Year

Reverse Morris Trust Split-off of Folgers Coffee by Procter & Gamble to J.M. Smucker – The Blackstone Group

Sale of George Weston Ltd.’s U.S. Bakeries to Grupo Bimbo SA de CV – CIBC World Markets

Acquisition of Abebooks by Amazon.com – Houlihan Lokey

Investment Banking Firm of the Year

The Blackstone Group Corporate Advisory Services

CIBC World Markets

Houlihan Lokey

Region: Europe

Deal of the Year

Acquisition of French Editis Group by the Spanish Grupo Planeta – Arsene Taxand

Acquisition of Albanian distribution company by CEZ – Deloitte

Acquisition of StarMine by Reuters – Marlin & Associates

Sale of RT Dooley Construction Company, Inc., to Balfour Beatty Construction Group, Inc. – McColl Partners, LLC

Bridge Financing for VEM / Merckle – Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Acquisition of Knaus Tabbert by HTP – Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Structuring of the first German SPAC – Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Acquisition of CoreValve Inc by Medtronic – Sofinnova Partners

Sale of Cookson Group plc’s Hi-Tech Ceramics business to Süd-Chemie AG to Satisfy European Union Anti-trust Requirements – Vetus Partners

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year

Acquisition of H.P. White Laboratory, Inc. by Intertek Group plc – Citi Capital Strategies

Acquisition of Albanian distribution company by CEZ – Deloitte

Genesys SA acquired by West Corporation – Houlihan Lokey

Sale of RT Dooley Construction Company, Inc., to Balfour Beatty Construction Group, Inc. – McColl Partners, LLC

Equity Financing Deal of the Year

Growth equity financing of Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH – EquityGate Advisors GmbH

Acquisition of Tenimenti Fontanafredda by Fondazione Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena – Fondazione Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena

Acquisition of Bank BPH S.A. by G.E. Capital International Financing Corporation – Grimaldi E Associati

U.S. Cross-Border Deal of the Year (involving a company located in the U.S.)

Acquisition of H.P. White Laboratory, Inc. by Intertek Group plc – Citi Capital Strategies

Acquisition of Tenfore Systems by Morningstar – Marlin & Associates

Sale of RT Dooley Construction Company, Inc., to Balfour Beatty Construction Group, Inc. – McColl Partners, LLC

Sale of Cookson Group plc’s Hi-Tech Ceramics business to Süd-Chemie AG to Satisfy European Union Anti-trust Requirements – Vetus Partners

Acquisition of Odyssey Industries, Inc. by Hampson Industries US, Inc. – Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C.

Dealmaker of the Year

Wojciech Hann – Deloitte Advisory

Eric Andreozzi – McColl Partners, LLC

R. Jamison Williams, Jr. – Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C.

Healthcare/Life Sciences (pharmaceutical, biotech, etc) Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Eurocut LTD by Semes LTD – Semes LTD

Acquisition of CoreValve Inc by Medtronic – Sofinnova Partners

Acquisition of Avenira Center AB by Frosunda LLS AB – White & Case LLP

Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Knaus Tabbert by HTP – Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Acquisition of Borsig by KNM group – Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP

Sale of Cookson Group plc’s Hi-Tech Ceramics business to Süd-Chemie AG to Satisfy European Union Anti-trust Requirements – Vetus Partners

Professional Services (B-to-B focus) Deal of the Year

Acquisition of H.P. White Laboratory, Inc. by Intertek Group plc – Citi Capital Strategies

Sale of RT Dooley Construction Company, Inc., to Balfour Beatty Construction Group, Inc. – McColl Partners, LLC

Structuring of the first German SPAC – Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Energy Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Segebel SA by Centrica PLC – Centrica PLC

Acquisition of Albanian distribution company by CEZ – Deloitte

Acquisition of Encore Oil Nederland BV by Taqa Energy BV – Taqa Energy BV

Investment Banking Firm of the Year

Houlihan Lokey

Lincoln International LLC

Marlin & Associates

Private Equity Firm of the Year

3i Group plc

CVC Capital Partners

Sofinnova Partners

M&A Product/Service of the Year

Bowne Virtual Dataroom

Capital IQ

Merrill Datasite

Law Firm of the Year

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz

Williams, Williams, Rattner & Plunkett, P.C.

Region: Asia, Middle-East, Africa and Oceania

Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Peak International Limited by S&G Company – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Aladdin Knowledge Systems by Affiliates of Vector Capital – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Sale of controlling stake in Aztecsoft Ltd to Mindtree Ltd – YES Bank

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year

Acquisition of Peak International Limited by S&G Company – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Nortel Network’s Layer 4-7 Application Delivery Business by Radware – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Acquisition of controlling stake in Infomedia India Ltd by TV – YES Bank

Turnaround Deal of the Year

Restructuring of Centro Properties Group – Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Restructuring of Daito ME Co. – Daito Holdings KK

Restructuring of Bank Lippo Tbk, PT – Khazanah Nasional Bhd

Green/Environmental Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Aqwise-Water Technologies, LTD by Elron Electronic Industries, LTD – Elron Electronic Industries, LTD

Acquisition of UEM World BHD's remaining businesses and undertakings by UEM Group Berhad – UEM Group Berhad

Formation of a joint venture and acquisition of Honiton Energy Holdings plc by the joint venture – YES Bank

Information Technology (includes internet, computers, etc) Deal of the Year

Acquisition of Peak International Limited by S&G Company – Houlihan Lokey

Acquisition of Aladdin Knowledge Systems by Affiliates of Vector Capital – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Sale of controlling stake in Aztecsoft Ltd to Mindtree Ltd – YES Bank

Media, Entertainment or Telecom Deal of the Year

Acquisition of 35.19% stake in Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd by Global Telecommunications Holdings NV – Clifford Chance

Acquisition of Nortel Network’s Layer 4-7 Application Delivery Business by Radware – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Acquisition of controlling stake in Infomedia India Ltd by TV – YES Bank

Law Firm of the Year

Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc.

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Shin & Kim