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Global M&A Network,
honored the winners of the prestigious
AMERICAS MA ATLAS AWARDS
in 45 DEALS,
5 DEALMAKER TEAMS
and 12 FIRM of the YEAR
award categories at the annual winners circle gala and dinner.
“Once again, we are delighted to continue the tradition of
excellence by honoring best achievements from the North and
South American deal communities. Winning the M&A Atlas
Awards endorses the creativity, resiliency and professional
skill it takes to successfully complete value-generating
deals in the competitive middle market segments. We thank
the winners and invited guests for celebrating their
achievements with us, and wish them continued success.”
Shanta Kumari, managing partner and CEO, Global M&A Network.
TRADITION of EXCELLENCE:
Over the last several years, the MA ATLAS AWARDS winners are
selected independently based on identifiable deal
performance metrics across five broad criteria. A deal can
only win at one of the M&A Atlas Awards world-wide program,
making the win significant, credible, and cherished. The
awards validates a specific corporate growth strategy -
either an acquisition, divestment or merger; and for buyout
deals, the investment objectives for generating portfolio
company growth potentials and delivering financial value.
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CONGRATULATIONS 2013 WINNERS CIRCLE
Annual Awards Gala Dinner, October 24, 2013
AMERICAS DEAL
AWARDS WINNERS
AMERICAS DEAL of the YEAR │SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER:
New Flyer Industries acquisition of North American Bus Industries from
Cerberus Capital.
Award: Schulte Roth & Zabel, legal advisor to Cerberus, and
BMO Capital financial advisor to New Flyer Industries.
AMERICAS DEAL of the YEAR │MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: NASDAQ OMX Group acquisition of Thomson Reuters'
Investor Relations, Public Relations and Multimedia
Solutions Businesses from Thomson Reuters.
Award: NASDAQ OMX Group.
AMERICAS DEAL of the YEAR │LARGE
WINNER: Starbucks Corporation acquisition of Teavana
Holdings.
Award: Starbucks Corporation.
CROSS BORDER DEAL of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER: Hoshizaki America Holdings (USA),
acquisition of Acos Macom Industria E. Commercio Leda (Brazil).
Award: Redwood Capital Group, advisor to Hoshizaki America,
a subsidiary of Hoshizaki Electric, based in Japan.
CROSS BORDER DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: AFP Integra, owned by joint venture partners SURA
Asset Management, a subsidiary of Grupo SURA (Columbia) and
Profuturo, a subsidiary of Scotiabank (Canada) acquisition
of AFP Horizonte (Peru) from BBVA Group (Spain).
Award: Three Ocean Partners, exclusive advisor to SURA, and
Covington & Burling, international legal advisor.
CROSS BORDER DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: Cisco Systems (USA) acquisition Intucell (Israel)
from Bessemer Venture Partners.
Award: Fenwick & West, legal advisor to Cisco Systems.
NORTH AMERICA DEAL
AWARDS WINNERS
NORTH AMERICA DEAL of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER: Sale of Atlantis Healthcare Group Puerto Rico to
American Alliance Dialysis, entity controlled by private
equity firm, ICV Partners.
Award: Provident Healthcare Partners, exclusive advisor to
Atlantis Healthcare Group.
NORTH AMERICA DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: NASDAQ OMX Group acquisition of Thomson Reuters'
Investor Relations, Public Relations and Multimedia
Solutions Businesses from Thomson Reuters.
Award: NASDAQ OMX Group.
NORTH AMERICA DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: GTCR, sale of portfolio company, Actient
Pharmaceuticals to Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Award: GTCR.
CONGRATULATIONS 2013 WINNERS CIRCLE
SOUTH AMERICA DEAL
AWARDS WINNERS
SOUTH AMERICA DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Estrella International Energy Services, a portfolio
company of Southern Cross acquisition of San Antonio
Internacional.
Award: Chadbourne & Parke, legal advisor to Southern Cross
and Estrella International.
SOUTH AMERICA DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE MARKETS
WINNER: AFP Integra, owned by joint venture partners SURA
Asset Management, a subsidiary of Grupo SURA and Profuturo,
a subsidiary of Scotiabank acquisition of AFP Horizonte
from BBVA Group
Award: Three Ocean Partners, exclusive advisor to SURA, and
Covington & Burling, international legal advisor.
DEALMAKER TEAM AWARD WINNERS
CORPORATE DEALMAKER TEAM of the Year
Award: Blucora, Inc.
Presented to: George Allen, Executive Vice President,
Corporate Development and team.
George is responsible for managing the Blucora's, mergers
and acquisitions activities and new business development
efforts. George was responsible for leading Blucora's
acquisition of Monoprice, the winner of the Corporate Deal
of the Year award. Based on Rancho Cucamonga, Monoprice is a
developer of branded consumer electronics and accessories,
and continues to operate as a standalone business unit led
by the Monoprice management team.
PRIVATE EQUITY DEALMAKER of the Year
Award: The Riverside Company.
Presented to: Loren Schlachet, Managing Partner and north
America deal team.
Notable transactions recently completed by Loren include -
acquisition of Kyjen Company, a designer and distributor of
branded dog toys; acquisition of GiveAnything.com, a
facilitator of recognition and wellness programs;
acquisition of YourMembership.com, a global provider of
online member communities. Loren, based at the Riverside's,
Los Angeles offices is also among the Top 50, most
influential North America Private Equity Dealmakers, 2013
editorial list.
MA LAWYER of the Year
Award: Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP.
Presented to: Richard A. Presutti, Partner, and team.
The award is presented to a lawyer for advising on award
winning transaction, which illustrates keen understanding of
the transaction judicial issues, and above all, for client
service. Rick and the SRZ team advised the Americas M&A Deal
of the Year award winning transaction - the sale North
American Bus Industries by Cerberus Capital. Over the last
many years, Richard and SRZ team have advised on several M&A
Atlas Award winning deals, including representing the sale
of Chrysler Financial to TD Bank and the sale of Chrysler to
the Fiat-led group, and other transactions.
MA INVESTMENT BANKER TEAM of the Year
Award: Raymond James & Associates, Team.
The award is presented to Raymond James for the team's
advisory role on complex corporate and leveraged
transactions as well as for quality of client service.
Raymond James team advised on series of awards winning
transactions - sale of BRAVEN; sale of Online Resources;
sale of CyOptics; as well notable transactions including
sale of iParty; sale of Alegis Care to Cigna; D+H on its
acquisition of Harland Financial; Investcorp acquisition of
Fishnet Security, KVH acquisition of Headland Media; etc.
CONGRATULATIONS 2013 WINNERS CIRCLE
► Contact: Raj Kashyap, Managing Partner P: 914.886.3085 E:
raj@globalmanetwork.com
DEALMAKER TEAM AWARD WINNERS
BOUTIQUE MA INVESTMENT BANKER of the Year
Award: ROTH Capital Partners team.
The award is presented to Joe Schimmelpfennig and Eric
Rindahl for advising on award winning transaction - INCIPIO
Technologies acquisition of BRAVEN, along with advising on
several top deals including Heelys acquisition by Sequential
Brands Group, portfolio company of Tengram Capital Partners,
Acquisition of Speed FC by Navarre Corporation, iGo sale of
stake to Steel Excel, etc. ROTH Capital founded in 1984 is
dedicated to providing high quality advisory and private
placement services to small cap public and private
companies.
PRVIATE EQUITY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
NORTH AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY
DEAL of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER: Corinthian Capital Group acquisition of Friedrich
Air Conditioning.
Award: Corinthian Capital Group and Capstone Partners,
advisor to Friedrich Air Conditioning.
NORTH AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY
DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Lee Equity Partners acquisition of Edelman Financial
Group.
Award: Lee Equity Partners.
NORTH AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY
DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: Siris Capital Group led investor group acquisition
of Transaction Network Services.
Award: Siris Capital Group.
SOUTH AMERICA PRIVATE EQUITY
DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: H.I.G. Capital Brazilian affiliate,
acquisition of Cel Lep Idiomas.
Award: H.I.G Capital.
CORPORATE EQUITY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
NORTH AMERICA CORPORATE DEAL
of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER: Bionostics sale to Techne Corporation.
Award: Brown Gibbons Lang financial advisor to Bionostics.
NORTH AMERICA
CORPORATE DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Blucora Inc. acquisition of Monoprice.
Award: Blucora.
NORTH AMERICA
CORPORATE DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: Hormel Foods Corp acquisition of Skippy from
Unilever.
Award: Barclays exclusive financial advisor to Hormel Foods.
SOUTH AMERICA
CORPORATE DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE
WINNER: Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones acquisition
of Nextel del Perú from NII Holdings.
Award: NII Holdings, and Jones Day, legal advisor to NII
Holdings.
COUNTRY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
BRAZIL DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Sale of Wise Up to Abril Educação S.A.,
a division of Grupo Abril.
Award: BTG Pactual financial advisor to Wise Up.
CANADA DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Argonaut Gold Inc acquisition of Prodigy Gold.
Award: BMO Capital Markets financial advisor to Argonaut
Gold.
CANADA MA DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE MID MARKETS
WINNER: CCL Industries Inc acquisition of Office and
Consumer Products and DES business from Avery Dennison.
Award: CCL Industries Inc.
MEXICO MA DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Mexichem acquisition of vinyl dispersion assets from
PolyOne Corporation.
Award: Jones Day legal exclusive advisor to PolyOne.
U.S.A MA DEAL of the YEAR │ SMALL MARKETS
WINNER: INCIPIO Technologies acquisition of BRAVEN.
Award: ROTH Capital Partners financial advisor to INCIPIO,
Raymond, James financial advisor to BRAVEN.
U.S.A MA DEAL of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS
WINNER: Automobile Protection Corporation, a portfolio
company of Stone Point Capital, acquisition of GWC Warranty
Corp from CIVC Partners.
Award: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, legal advisor to
Automobile Protection Corporation, William Blair & Company,
financial advisor to CIVC Partners.
U.S.A MA DEAL of the YEAR │ MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Martin Management Corporation acquisition by
Employees Stock Ownership Trust.
Award: CSG Partners financial advisor to Martin Management
Corporation, and Greenberg Traurig legal advisor to ESOP
trust.
U.S.A MA DEAL of the YEAR │ LARGE MARKETS
WINNER: Sale of Metropolitan Health Networks to Humana, Inc.
Award: Greenberg Traurig legal advisor to
Metropolitan Health Network.
AMERICAS INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
CONSUMER GOODS SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Sale of Method Products, a portfolio company of San
Francisco Equity Partners to Ecover Belgium.
Award: Sawaya Segalas & Company financial advisor to Method
Products.
CONSUMER RETAIL SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Sale of ecoATM to Outerwall.
Award: Capstone Partners financial advisor to ecoATM.
ENERGY SERVICES MANUFACTURING DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Dynapower Company acquisition by Pfingsten Partners.
Award: Jordan Knauff & Co, financial advisor to Dynapower.
AMERICAS INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Adap.tv acquisition by AOL.
Award: Fenwick & West, legal advisor to Adap.tv.
FINANACIAL SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR | MIDDLE MAREKTS
WINNER: Fifth Street Finance acquisition of Healthcare
Finance Group.
Award: Fifth Street Finance.
FINANACIAL SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR | LARGE MAREKTS
WINNER: Ocwen Financial acquisition of Homeward Residential
from WL Ross & Co.
Award: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, legal advisor to
Ocwen Financial, also, Jones Day, legal advisor to WL Ross &
Co, and Barclays as the financial advisor to Ocwen
Financial.
FINANACIAL TECHNOLOGY DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: ACI Worldwide acquisition of Online Resources.
Award: Raymond James, financial advisor to Online Resources,
also Jones Day, legal advisor to ACI Worldwide.
FOOD BEVERAGE DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Andrew & Everett / Ry-Con Specialty Foods
acquisition by PANOS Brands, a portfolio company of
High Road Capital Partners.
Award: High Road Capital Partners, CSG Partners, financial
advisor to Andrew & Everett/Ry-Con Specialty Foods.
HEALTHCARE SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Ampersand Capital Partners acquisition of Willow
Laboratories.
Award: Provident Healthcare Partners financial advisor to
Willow Labs, Edwards Wildman Palmer, legal advisor to
Ampersand Capital Partners.
HEALTHCARE TECH SOLUTIONS DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD)
acquisition of Acurian.
Award: Signal Hill exclusive financial advisor to Acurian.
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Michelman acquisition Ecronova Polymer Gmbh.
Award: Clairfield International USA and Germany, as the
financial advisor to Michelman.
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR |
MIDDLE MAREKTS
WINNER: Sherwin-Williams acquisition of Changzhou Pulanna
Coating.
Award: Business Development Asia financial advisor to
Sherwin-Williams.
MANUFACTURING SERVICES DEAL of the YEAR |
MIDDLE MAREKTS
WINNER: Sale of Met-Pro. to CECO Environmental.
Award: William Blair & Company, financial advisor to
Met-Pro.
MINING METALS DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Sale of Orko Silver to Coeur d'Alene Mines.
Award: BMO Capital Markets, financial advisor to Orko.
PHARMA DEVICES DEAL of the YEAR
WINNER: Bionostics sale to Techne Corporation.
Award: Brown Gibbons Lang financial advisor to Bionostics.
AMERICAS INDUSTRY DEAL AWARDS WINNERS
TECHNOLOGY TELECOM DEAL of the YEAR │MIDDLE MARKETS
WINNER: Telephone and Data Systems Telecommunications
acquisition of Baja Broadband assets from M/C Partners.
Award: Edwards Wildman Palmer, legal advisor to Baja
Broadband.
TECHNOLOGY TELECOM DEAL of the YEAR │LARGE MID MARKETS
WINNER: Avago Technologies acquisition of CyOptics.
Award: Avago Technologies, Raymond James,
financial advisor to CyOptics.
OUTSTANDING FIRM
AWARD WINNERS
NORTH AMERICA
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the YEAR:
GTCR.
NORTH AMERICA
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the YEAR │ SMALL MID MARKETS:
The Riverside Company.
SOUTH AMERICA
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM of the YEAR:
H.I.G. Capital, Brazil.
NORTH AMERICA
BOUTIQUE, MA INVESTMENT BANK of the YEAR:
Business Development Asia.
NORTH AMERICA
MA INVESTMENT BANK of the YEAR:
William Blair & Company
NORTH AMERICA
MA LAW FIRM of the YEAR:
Jones Day, LLP
SOUTH AMERICA
MA INVESTMENT BANK of the YEAR:
BTG Pactual.
SOUTH AMERICA
MA LAW FIRM of the YEAR:
Chadbourne & Parke LLP.
AMERICAS MA
PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR of the YEAR:
FTI Strategic Communications.
AMERICAS MA
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PROVIDER of the YEAR: IntraLinks |