Finalists revealed for Scotland Dealmakers Awards 2024

The winners will be announced at the Scotland Dealmakers Awards dinner at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on the evening of Thursday 14 November.

The shortlists and winners were identified by a panel of independent judges: Paula Skinner of Harper Macleod; Craig Gallagher of CRG Aero Consulting; Gillian Fleming of Mint Ventures; John Watson of Crosswind Developments; and Stephanie Farrell of Bellwether Green.

The award winners will go forward to compete against their peers from England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the UK Dealmaker Awards in February 2025.

These are the shortlists:

Bank/Funder of the Year

• Scottish National Investment Bank
• RBS
• BZ
• Barclays Corporate

Corporate Law Firm of the Year

• Shoosmiths
• Morton Fraser MacRoberts
• MBM Commercial
• Burness Paull
• Brodies
• Addleshaw Goddard

Deal of the Year (sub £10m)

• Investment in iGii (Scottish National Investment Bank, Par Equity, Archangels, Shepherd and Wedderburn, d-fine, Lawrie IP, FWB, MBM Commercial, Morton Fraser MacRoberts)
• Sale of Cambric Systems to Abingdon Software Group (Hutcheon Mearns, Stronachs, MBM Commercial, M&S Accountancy & Taxation, Wilson Partners)
• Investment in Cyacomb (Scottish National Investment Bank, Par Equity, Mercia, DWF, Henderson Loggie, Calash, HGF, Intechnia, Burness Paull)
• Investment in MI:RNA (Equity Gap, Gabriel, Scottish Enterprise, NovaQuest, Kyoritsu Holdings, VANE, Animal Health Angels, Companion Fund I, Burness Paull, Anderson Strathern, McKee Campbell Morrison)
• Investment in Cumulus Oncology (Scottish National Investment Bank, Eos Advisory, British Business Bank, Brodies, Thorntons, Burges Salmon, Alacrita, Innovare)

Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m)

• Investment in Antibody Analytics (NorthEdge, Hill Dickinson, RSM, Claritas, PMSI, Catalysis, Baird, Addleshaw Goddard)
• Sale of STATS to Mitsui (BGF, PwC, Blackwoods, AAB, KPMG, Ashurst)
• Investment in Aurora Energy Services (Scottish National Investment Bank, Pinsent Masons, Grant Thornton)
• Sale of Hamilton Waste & Recycling to Biffa (KPMG, MBM Commercial, Chiene and Tait, Rydens, RSM, Burness Paull, Osborne Clarke)
• Investment in MiAlgae (Equity Gap, SWEN Blue Ocean Ventures, Clay Capital Ventures (New), Scottish Enterprise, SIS, OCC, DCS, Brodies, WJM, Womble Bond Dickinson)
• Investment in EnteroBiotix (Scottish National Investment Bank, Thairm Bio, Kineticos Life Sciences, Scottish Enterprise, MBM Commercial, Henderson Loggie, Alacrita, Potter Clarkson)

Deal of the Year (£50m+)

• Sale of Red John Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme to Statkraft (PwC, Intelligent Land Investments Group, TLT, Pinsent Masons, Aecom)
• Investment in Kick ICT Group (LDC, PwC, Pinsent Masons, BDO, Armstrong, AAB, MBM Commercial, CMS)
• Sale of a majority of Integrated Environmental Solutions to Apax Partners (KPMG, LEK, EY, Alantra, Travers Smith, CIL, Simon Kutcher, Crosslake)
• Acquisition of ASCO Group by Endless (Piper Sandler, Ashurst, Deloitte, Walker Morris, KPMG, PwC, Lodestone, Jacksonbreen, Burness Paull)
• Debt facility for Ardersier port (Scottish National Investment Bank, UK Infrastructure Bank, Pinsent Masons, Brodies)

Corporate Finance Team of the Year

• PwC Corporate Finance
• AAB
• KPMG Corporate Finance
• Johnston Carmichael
• HNH Partners

Private Equity/Venture Capital Deal of the Year

• Investment in Aveni (Puma Private Equity, Par Equity, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Scottish Enterprise, TriCapital Syndicate, Anderson Strathern, Shoosmiths, CRS, TLT, MBM, Confidas People, AAB)
• Sale of a majority of Integrated Environmental Solutions to Apax Partners (KPMG, LEK, EY, Alantra, Travers Smith, CIL, Simon Kutcher, Crosslake)
• Acquisition of ASCO Group by Endless (Piper Sandler, Ashurst, Deloitte, Walker Morris, KPMG, PwC, Lodestone, Jacksonbreen, Burness Paull)
• Investment in Kick ICT Group (LDC, PwC, Pinsent Masons, BDO, Armstrong, AAB, MBM Commercial, CMS)
• Sale of a majority of Edinburgh Airport to VINCI Airports (Global Infrastructure Partners, Shepherd & Wedderburn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, PwC, ICF, Willis Towers Watson, Ramboll, Charlotte Street Partners, JP Morgan, HSBC)

Transaction Services Team of the Year

• PwC
• Johnston Carmichael
• Innovative Partners
• AAB

Emerging Dealmaker of the Year

• Neil Allan, PwC
• Alastair Moore, Par Equity
• Lynsey McCulloch, Scottish National Investment Bank
• Naill Benzahia, Hutcheon Mearns
• Claire Cramm, Par Equity
• John Devine, BGF

Dealmaker of the Year

• Jonathan Shelley, PwC
• Lee Donaldson, LDC
• Kerry Sharp, Scottish Enterprise
• Graeme Williams, KPMG
• Mark Munro, Scottish National Investment Bank
• Richard Pugh, BGF