
British Private Equity Awards 2017: winners announced!

Congratulations to the winners of this year's unquote” British Private Equity Awards, held last night in London.
With more than 340 private equity professionals in attendance at The Brewery in London last night, unquote" would like to thank all that took part in our 13th Awards, who helped make the night a great celebration of success.
An impressive number of entries made our judging panel's task of selecting the shortlist a particularly challenging one. The judges' input was then considered alongside a vote from the unquote" readership to determine the winners.
Congratulations to the firms that took home the trophies:
FUND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Aztec Group
SPECIALIST DUE DILIGENCE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Intuitus
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DEAL STRUCTURING
Addleshaw Goddard
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FUND STRUCTURING
Travers Smith
PLACEMENT AGENT OF THE YEAR
Quest Fund Placement
CORPORATE FINANCIER OF THE YEAR
Rothschild & Co
ALTERNATIVE DEBT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Beechbrook Capital
DEBT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
HSBC
RESPONSIBLE INVESTOR OF THE YEAR
Palatine Private Equity
VALUE-ADDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Rutland Partners – Pizza Hut
FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR
Tenzing Private Equity – Tenzing Private Equity I
VENTURE & GROWTH CAPITAL EXIT OF THE YEAR
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) – Skyscanner
SMALL EXIT OF THE YEAR
Rutland Partners – Millbrook
MID-MARKET EXIT OF THE YEAR
CBPE Capital – Xafinity
VENTURE & GROWTH CAPITAL HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP)
SMALL BUYOUT HOUSE OF THE YEAR
NorthEdge Capital
MID-MARKET BUYOUT HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Livingbridge
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