2017 DealMakers Annual Gala Awards
Date: Tuesday 20 February 2018
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
MC: Jason Goliath
Entertainment: The Muses
Headline Sponsor
Top Sponsors by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Top Legal Advisers by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Top Reporting Accountants by Deal Value and Deal Flow
Individual DealMaker of the Year
Deal of the Year
Gold Medals
Venue
Media
Brunswick Deal of the Year 2017
Vodacom's acquisition of an indirect 34.94% stake in Safaricom
Advisers to the deal:
Financial Advisers: Goldman Sachs; UBS
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Independent Expert: Deloitte
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Sponsors: Nedbank CIB
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Legal Advisers: ENSafrica; Webber Wentzel; Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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Reporting Accountants: PwC
Arie Maree (Ansarada), Marina Bidoli (Brunswick), Sainesh Vallabh (Vodacom), Nadya Bhettay (Vodacom), Colin Coleman (Goldman Sachs), Neal Froneman (Sibanye-Stillwater), Willem Baars (Goldman Sachs) and Till Streichert (Vodacom)
Catalyst Private Equity Deal of the Year 2017
Disposal by Capitalworks of Much Asphalt
Advisers to the deal:
Financial Advisers: Standard Bank, Deloitte Capital, Deutsche Bank
Sponsor: Standard Bank
Legal Advisers: Webber Wentzel, ENSafrica
Arie Maree (Ansarada),Garth Willis (Capitalworks), Neal Froneman (Sibanye-Stillwater) and Michael Avery (Catalyst)
Ince Individual DealMaker of the Year 2017
Neal Froneman (Sibanye-Stillwater)
Steven Engelsman (Ince) , Arie Maree (Ansarada), Neal Froneman (Sibanye-Stillwater), Richard Stewart (Sibanye-Stillwater) and Marylou Greig (DealMakers)
Mergers & Acquisitions 2017
Investment Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Rand Merchant Bank
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2nd by Deal Value - Deutsche Bank
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3rd by Deal Value - Deloitte
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4th by Deal Value - Rothschild
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Investment Advisers by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
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2nd by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
3rd by Deal Flow (tie) - Rand Merchant Bank and Java Capital
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Java Capital
Sponsors by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Java Capital
2nd by Deal Value - Deutsche Securities
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3rd by Deal Value - Merrill Lynch
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4th by Deal Value - Barclays Africa
Sponsors by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - Java Capital
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2nd by Deal Flow - Investec Bank
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3rd by Deal Flow - PSG Capital
4th by Deal Flow - Rand Merchant Bank
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Legal Advisers by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - Webber Wentzel
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2nd by Deal Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
CPT Office
3rd by Deal Value - ENSafrica
4th by Deal Value - Werksmans
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1st by Deal Flow - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Legal Advisers by Deal Flow
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2nd by Deal Flow - Webber Wentzel
CPT Office
3rd by Deal Flow - ENSafrica
4th by Deal Flow - Bowmans
Reporting Accountants by Deal Value
1st by Deal Value - PwC
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2nd by Deal Value - Deloitte
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3rd by Deal Value - KPMG
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4th by Deal Value - Grant Thornton
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Reporting Accountants by Deal Flow
1st by Deal Flow - PwC
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2nd by Deal Flow - Grant Thornton
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3rd by Deal Flow - KPMG
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4th by Deal Flow - Deloitte
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Black Economic Empowerment 2017
Investment Advisers
1st by Deal Value - Rothschild
1st by Deal Flow - Tamela
Legal Advisers
1st by Deal Value - Webber Wentzel
1st by Deal Flow - Webber Wentzel
General Corporate Finance 2017
Investment Advisers
1st by Transaction Value - PSG Capital
1st by Transaction Flow - Java Capital
2nd by Transaction Value - Java Capital
3rd by Transaction Value - Rand Merchant Bank
2nd by Transaction Flow - PSG Capital
3rd by Transaction Flow - Investec Bank
Sponsors
1st by Transaction Value - PSG Capital
1st by Transaction Flow - Java Capital
2nd by Transaction Value - Java Capital
3rd by Transaction Value - Rand Merchant Bank
2nd by Transaction Flow - PSG Capital
3rd by Transaction Flow - Investec Bank
Legal Advisers
1st by Transaction Value - Cliffe Dekker Hofmyer
1st by Transaction Flow - Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
2nd by Transaction Value - ENSafrica
3rd by Transaction Value - Webber Wentzel
2nd by Transaction Flow - Webber Wentzel
3rd by Transaction Flow - ENSafrica
Reporting Accountants
1st by Transaction Value - PwC
2nd by Transaction Value - Deloitte
1st by Transaction Flow - PwC
2nd by Transaction Flow - Deloitte
3rd by Transaction Value - Grant Thornton
3rd by Transaction Flow - Grant Thornton
Africa M&A 2017 (excl South Africa)
Investment Advisers
1st by Deal Value - Deloitte
1st by Deal Flow - Standard Bank Group
Java Capital
Legal Advisers
1st by Deal Value - Webber Wentzel
1st by Deal Flow - Bowmans
Questco
2017 DealMakers Annual Gala Awards
