MA2017-Final

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 2017 

Awards 

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BOB FORBES 

THE FORBES M&A GROUP 

WINNER 

Transaction Advisory 

Firm of the Year 

COLORADO 

THE FORBES M+A GROUP is an award-winning mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that 

serves buyers and sellers in middle-market transactions. As former entrepreneurs, CEOs and 

corporate finance professionals, and with over 150 years of combined experience, we have 

deep relationships, experience and expertise with more industries, transaction types, sizes, 

structures, motivations and challenges than almost anyone else in the business. 

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The Forbes M+A Group enjoys working with businesses that stand 

out from the pack across diverse industries. Private company

“We all do better when we work together. 

Our differences do matter, but our common 

humanity matters more." 

- Bill Clinton” 

www.corp-insider.com

Cornerstone Business Services, Inc. 

Bureau van Dijk 

STJ Advisors 

Sturgeon Ventures LLP 

Harwood Hutton Limited 

The Forbes M&A Group 

Ryuka IP Law Firm 

Jank Weiler Operenyi Rechtsanwälte 

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 

M&A Business Advisors 

Marxer & Partner Rechtsanwälte 

Moh and Associates, Inc. 

DN Legal 

M&A Advisory 

Sutton Place Strategies 

Birketts LLP 

RSM Poland 

Avondale 

Alder & Sound 

KPMG 

Consulting 

Finance 

Intellectual Property 

Legal 

www.corp-insider.com

Jason has 20 years of professional experience in business operations and development. 

Having spent his entire career as an entrepreneur and business transformation consultant, he is well positioned to guide 

other business owners through their M&A options while coordinating all efforts to help ensure a successful outcome for 

each and every one of his clients. 

Earlier in his career, Jason founded a 

consulting business that provided his clients 

brand development, systems development 

and optimization expertise. He served more 

than a dozen business groups with 100+ 

business units throughout the Midwest and 

Northeast regions of the U.S., increasing 

gross profit by at least 10% at 

each unit. On one engagement, he 

transformed a major brand experiencing 

five years of $84K/month in losses to one 

with $30K/month in profitability –in just four 

months. 

His most recent achievements involve 

developing an alternative fuel technology and 

successfully navigating the global regulatory 

environment. Jason leveraged his innovation 

into a joint venture, serving as COO for 

ThermoDynamics Group, a 

Netherlands-based multinational. 

Jason ushered his technology through R&D 

and commercialization to successfully license 

the intellectual property. 

As part of that initiative, Jason spent 4+ years 

in the Netherlands, achieving the only EU 

Ministry of Shipping recommendation to date 

for retrofit HHO technology and the first ever 

Global Third Party accreditation for emissions 

reduction and increased power generation. 

Jason recently authored “Be Frustrated, Be 

Terrified, Be Heartbroken (A conversation on 

achieving a life worth living)” and continually 

strives for ways to mentor and give back to his 

community. As a director of the Howard 

Suamico Education Foundation (HSEF), 

and chairman of the scholarship committee, 

Jason is proud to be an active participant and 

facilitator of positive change within his 

community and educational system. 

Jason Tuzinkewich 

CBI, CM&AP 

Mergers & 

Acquisitions Advisor 

A Green Bay-area native, Jason studied 

chemical engineering and mathematics at 

the University of Minnesota and holds 

multiple patents for HHO fuel generator 

systems. He held Magna Cum Laude honors 

while earning a Bachelor of Science in 

Operations Management from Ashford 

University and the Forbes School of Business.

M&A Advisor of the Year 

JASON TUZINKEWICH 

CBI, CM&AP 

Cornerstone is a national full service mergers and acquisitions firm that specializes in the lower middle 

market sale and acquisition of privately held / family-owned businesses with revenues $2 Million to $100 

Million+ and/or EBITDA $500,000 to $10 Million+. 

Cornerstone Services: 

♦ Sell Side 

♦ Buy Side 

♦ Estimate of Value 

♦ Business and Market Analysis 

Benefits of Engaging Cornerstone Business Services, Inc. 

♦ Closing ratio 2-3 times the national average 

♦ Limited clientele per advisor leading to more advisor engagement throughout process 

♦ Confidentiality, integrity, expertise, and time-tested, proven process 

♦ Honest and realistic upfront conversations 

♦ National/International buyer reach 

♦ Marketing program customized for each client 

♦ One of the Midwest’s largest M&A firms to exclusively focus on the lower-middle market 

♦ Substantial expertise in a wide variety of industries 

Regional Offices 

♦ Wisconsin 

♦ Iowa 

Industry Affiliations 

♦ Alliance of Mergers & Acquisitions Advisors 

♦ M&A Source 

♦ International Business Brokers Association 

♦ Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries 

(AM&AA) 

(IBBA) 

(MBBI) 

Professional Certifications, Designations & Awards 

♦ Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Professional 

♦ Merger and Acquisitions Master Intermediary Designation 

♦ Certified Business Intermediary 

(CM&AP) 

(M&AMI) 

(CBI)

Lisa Wright 

www.bvdinfo.com 

info@bvdinfo.com 

For over 25 years Bureau van 

Dijk has been providing global 

M&A firms and professionals 

with high-quality databases 

enabling them to draw on 

an unrivalled set of private 

company and global deal data 

in order to assist them with their 

daily work. 

Fame, Amadeus, Orbis and 

Zephyr are all names that 

are synonymous with M&A 

research, whether it be 

determining lists of potential 

target companies, reviewing 

historical deal information in 

order to appraise comparable 

deals and deal multiples, or 

assisting with the identification 

of comparable companies. 

Providing the appropriate tools 

for M&A professionals to be 

able to do their jobs is more 

than just supplying them with 

a database of historical and 

ongoing deals or a standalone 

database of company 

information. This is where 

Bureau van Dijk’s offerings of 

fully integrated products, such 

as Orbis – which combines 

private company data, detailed 

ownership and deal information 

in one single platform – is 

incredibly powerful. 

The requirement for timely 

information on relevant deals, 

the ability to identify the entire 

“universe” of companies with a 

specific business activity and 

the depth at which these 

companies can be analysed 

are critical components of the 

services that M&A advisors 

provide to their clients. More 

often than not the decisions 

being made off the back of 

this data involve significant 

investment from the companies 

who are making the acquisitions 

recommended to them by their 

M&A advisors. 

Bureau van Dijk’s global M&A, 

IPO, private equity and venture 

capital database, Zephyr, was 

first launched to the market 

in May 2002 and its global 

coverage currently stands at 

over 1.6 million deals from 1st 

January 2000, with a further 

100,000+ new deals added 

annually. 

The Zephyr database is 

created by the Bureau van 

Dijk subsidiary, Zephus Ltd, 

with teams located in Salford 

Quays, Manchester, in the UK 

and in Singapore. The company 

employs over 130 people in 

total, with 85 of these working 

specifically on the compilation of 

the global M&A data. Collecting 

global deal information when the 

largest number of deals by far 

that happen each year involve 

two privately held companies is 

a challenging task. Very often 

these companies are based in 

jurisdictions where the legal 

requirement to even disclose 

the deal is minimal, let alone to 

disclose detailed information 

relating to the price paid for the 

target and the deal structure. 

So in order to provide the most 

complete picture of the deals 

that are happening, multiple 

data sources have to be utilised 

and cross-referenced, and one 

key aspect of collecting such 

data is not to be reliant on the 

information only being available 

in English. To ensure that even 

the smallest deals happening 

anywhere in the world are 

located and included in the 

database, Zephus staff work in 

over 45 different languages and 

carry out all of the translation of 

these sources in house as part 

of the research process. Data 

sources utilised include global 

stock exchanges, regulatory 

bodies, news and company 

websites, SEC filings, annual 

reports and accounts from the 

Orbis database, and in addition 

data submissions from advisory 

firms all over the world are 

received. 

Zephus research staff are 

provided with in-depth initial 

training on the M&A subject 

matter to enable them to be able 

to understand the deals they 

are researching and tracking. 

Time-honed quality controls 

are applied to the work that 

the M&A researchers do. In 

addition, continual reviews of 

the sources of the data are 

carried out to ensure that the 

widest range and highest quality 

of M&A deal news are utilised. 

New sources will be added 

when appropriate and sources 

will be removed if deemed to 

be no longer reliable or creating 

noise.

GLOBAL M&A RESEARCH 

FIRM OF THE YEAR 

A core philosophy of the 

business is one of continual 

improvement, whether that be in 

the knowledge of the staff, the 

range and quality of the data 

sources utilised or via the use of 

technology where appropriate. 

Orbis, Bureau van Dijk’s 

global company information 

product, includes information on 

companies from all countries of 

the world and currently 

holds data on around 250 million 

private entities. It combines 

information from regulatory and 

many other sources to provide as 

comprehensive a picture 

of each company as possible. 

Over 160 different information 

providers are utilised to populate 

the company reports, and the 

information held ranges from 

financial statements to company 

news, to risk profiles, through to 

any intellectual property that the 

company might have registered. 

Wherever possible detailed 

corporate ownership structures 

are included, providing 

information on: direct and 

indirect ownership; ultimate 

owners – both domestic and 

global; and corporate groups 

– all companies with the same 

ultimate owner as the subject 

company and the beneficial 

owners of the subject company. 

Bureau van Dijk’s ownership 

information, like its M&A data, 

is proprietary, is collected by a 

dedicated team, sourced from 

multiple sources, and is 

cross-referenced to provide as 

complete a picture as possible. 

Both Orbis and Zephyr provide 

a number of powerful analysis 

tools enabling users to be 

able to determine trends, such 

as identifying annual deal 

numbers by geography or 

sector. Aggregated balance 

sheets of companies from the 

same industry can be produced, 

enabling the evolution of an 

industry in financial terms to be 

mapped. Such analysis tools, 

along with alerting functions, 

are utilised in M&A research so 

that advisors can provide added 

value by assisting their clients 

to plan their longer-term M&A 

strategy. 

M&A is a constantly evolving 

industry as more companies 

look to include acquisitions 

or mergers as part of their 

corporate strategy. An 

example of the evolution 

of the industry is the 

increasing significance 

that a company’s 

intangible assets has 

upon its valuation. 

With this in mind, Bureau van 

Dijk also continually reviews 

its M&A offering by adding 

more relevant and topical data 

– for example the imminent 

inclusion of more detailed patent 

information into Orbis and the 

identification of when a patent 

has been included in the sale 

of a company in Zephyr. The 

launch of Bureau van Dijk’s 

latest product interface, built 

having received substantial 

client feedback, is also reflective 

of the company’s willingness to 

continue to innovate and serve 

its client base. 

By combining high-quality data 

with user-friendly platforms, 

Bureau van Dijk helps its clients 

understand the companies in 

their ecosystem – and also 

brings the business of certainty.

Capital Markets Advisory 

Firm Of The Year 

STJ Advisors is the leading independent global specialist 

equity advisory platform. Our only business is providing 

expert and independent advice for issuers, management 

and shareholders on all equity capital markets activities. 

We have the deepest bench of senior Equity Capital 

Markets (ECM) experts from the leading investment 

banks and all major markets with broad experience in all 

types of equity products (Pre-IPO, Private Placements, 

Public Equity, Convertible Bonds, Special Purpose 

Acquisition Companies (SPACs) and issuance situations 

(Capital Increases, Follow-ons, Initial Public Offerings 

(IPOs) and Rights Issues). 

Since inception, we have advised many of the major 

private equity funds including Apax, Bain, Blackstone, 

Cinven, CVC, EQT, General Atlantic, KKR, Oaktree, 

Permira and Warburg Pincus as well as corporates 

including Brenntag, Countryside, Scout24, Virgin Active, 

NN Group, bpost and Ziggo to name a few. Our platform 

is further augmented by our long-standing alliance with 

Solebury Capital, the market leading equity advisory firm 

in the Americas. 

Our only clients are shareholders, issuers and their 

management. We do not do anything the investment 

banks do (Research, Trading, M&A, Sales, 

Underwriting). We are therefore completely free from 

conflicts of interest when advising our clients. STJ is 

the only advisor with a 100% completion record on 

IPOs over the past 3 years (vs. an average 65% for 

the market). In addition we have consistently delivered 

optimised pricing, as measured by 1st day volatility. 

We have been pioneers in our field, successfully 

introducing unique techniques and processes including 

the first competitive IPOs and the first rights issue 

auction process. Perhaps, most importantly our unique 

and proprietary Investor Database technology allows us 

to substantially deepen the pool of available capital to 

our clients. This combined with our best in-class 

experience enables us to deliver transparency and 

control to issuers and shareholders ensuring the goal 

of certainty of execution, an optimised price which is 

consistent with a healthy and stable after market. 

The first half of 2017 has been very busy, we have 

successfully raised €2.1bn of completed advisory 

mandates in EMEA, ¥116bn in Japan and our USA 

alliance partner Solebury Capital has advised on 

$15.8bn of completed mandates. 

SELECTED 1H 2017 EMEA & ASIA / 

JAPAN HIGHLIGHTS: 

$611m raised for Sushiro Global Holdings Ltd - the 

largest Japanese IPO in the 1H of 2017 and the largest 

dining / lodging company to list in this region since 2001. 

£178m raised for Global Ports PLC - initially a failed IPO 

attempt in 2015 (in which STJ wasn’t involved), the IPO 

of GPH is the first international only listing of a company 

founded in Turkey. STJ’s management of the investor 

education process (as well as a flexible syndicate structure) 

helped validate the final outcome of a re-domiciliation to 

the UK with the right set of banks (having investigated 4 

different listing venues). Our clear advice to include retail 

through a dedicated intermediaries offer proved very 

valuable representing c. 11% of allocations. 

£321m sale of Countryside PLC - on behalf of 

Oaktree, our third mandate on Countryside having 

previously advised on the IPO and first follow-on. This 

transaction was highly unusual in that it was a rare ‘above 

market’ placement, priced at a 2% premium to close vs. a 

market average discount of 4.6% for ABBs in 1H 2017. 

£249m sale of Wizz Air PLC - on behalf of Indigo allowing 

Indigo to fully exit its position. This was the 1st UK block 

since the General Election. The sale came at a tight 4.3% 

discount to market price (which was at an-all time high). 

€73m raised for Waberer’s - on the Budapest Stock 

Exchange, the first IPO over €50m in Hungary for 19 years 

despite extremely difficult market conditions with concurrent 

IPOs being pulled or trading down significantly. Our advice 

helped the Company complete a successful listing which 

otherwise would not have been possible.

John St John 

Founder, 

Chairman & CEO 

Marcus Le Grice 

Deputy CEO 

STJ ADVISORS 

Please feel free to contact us if you wish to discuss any of the above. 

STJ ADVISORS Eagle House, 

108 – 110 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6JE 

Tel: +44 (0) 207 8712 993 www.stjadvisors.com

Regulatory Hosting Firm 

of the Year - UK 

Sturgeon Ventures is the pioneer of regulatory 

incubation and mentoring start up financial services 

companies. We want to share a corporate piece of 

UK legislation for all start-ups. 

The U.K. Criminal Finances Act (“CFA”) received 

Royal Assent on 27 April 2017. The CFA contains two 

new criminal offences aimed at corporates – the 

failure to prevent the facilitation of U.K. tax evasion, 

and the failure to prevent the facilitation of foreign 

tax evasion – it is expected that these provisions will 

become effective later this year. 

These rules now mean that the conduct of persons 

associated with a company i.e. its employees, 

customers, suppliers, contractors, agents and 

advisors could bring a strict liability for the company. 

This increases the importance of having a thorough 

knowledge of your business partners and having a 

well-developed system of risk management policies 

and procedures. The CFA covers all forms of 

incorporated entities and those entities that are found 

guilty will face unlimited financial penalties. An 

entity would need to have reasonable prevention 

procedures in place to act as a defence against 

prosecution in the event a tax evasion facilitation 

charge is brought against them 

The CFA received royal assent on 27 April 2017. It 

introduces two new corporate criminal offences to 

tackle the failure to prevent the facilitation of tax 

evasion. The expectation is that these offences will 

become effective via treasury regulations later this 

year. 

There are no specific thresholds or de-minimis 

requirements and these provisions apply to every 

company and partnership in the U.K. and overseas 

(foreign entities in scope only if they have a U.K. 

nexus). 

These rules make it much easier for businesses to be 

prosecuted if they are engaged in the facilitation of tax 

evasion, as it will no longer be necessary to prove that 

the board (or top level management) was aware of the 

tax evasion. 

The only defence for a business against 

prosecution is that it had reasonable prevention 

procedures in place when the facilitation of the 

tax offence is committed or it was unreasonable 

(due to size and complexity) to expect the 

business to have any prevention procedures 

in place. 

The new offences 

The CFA introduces a new strict liability corporate 

offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax 

evasion. This could occur either in the UK or 

overseas and therefore has extraterritorial application. 

For a UK evasion event to be committed there must 

be (a) a criminal offence at the taxpayer’s level (b) a 

criminal facilitation of this offence by an associated 

person (an associated person can be an employee or 

agent or any other person who performs services for 

or on behalf of the company) and (c) there has been a 

failure by the relevant body (company or partnership) 

to prevent its associated person from committing the 

criminal facilitation. 

Facilitation is widely defined to include aiding, 

abetting, counselling or procuring tax evasion, as well 

as being knowingly concerned in, or taking steps with 

a view to, the fraudulent evasion of a tax by another 

person.The foreign offence, on the other hand, 

requires a “U.K. nexus” and “dual criminality” to be 

present. U.K. nexus exists where the relevant body is 

either incorporated or formed in the U.K. or operates 

in the U.K. through a branch or where an associated 

person is in the U.K. at the time the criminal act 

facilitating the evasion of foreign tax takes place. 

The dual criminality condition will be met where both 

the actions of the taxpayer itself and of the associated 

person would be an offence under U.K. law and where 

the overseas jurisdiction also has equivalent offences 

at both the taxpayer and facilitator level. 

Reasonable prevention procedures 

Businesses are reviewing their existing policies and 

procedures, both in the U.K. and overseas, to ensure 

that they have reasonable prevention procedures to 

defend themselves from any potential prosecution. 

Per HMRC guidance, what constitutes reasonable 

prevention procedures is mainly informed by six 

guiding principles.

STURGEON 

VENTURES 

SEONAID 

MACKENZIE 

1. Risk Assessment 

This is the most important guiding principle. The 

business will need to assess (now) the nature and 

extent of its exposure to the risk of criminal facilitation 

of tax evasion in relation to its stakeholders. 

2. Proportionality of Risk-based 

Prevention Procedures 

Actions, if any, required from the risk assessment 

exercise will need to be balanced depending on the 

size and complexity of the business. HMRC is clear in 

its guidance that burdensome procedures with a view 

to eliminating all risks are not required. 

3.Top Level Commitment 

Messaging from the top should be timely and clear 

which should be woven into the risk management 

fabric of the business. Top management should lead 

from the front in making sure that everyone that works 

in and with the business is made aware of the risks 

and the consequences of non-compliance. 

4.Due Diligence 

Business leads should ensure that there are 

procedures in place to conduct appropriate diligence 

on persons who perform services for and on behalf 

of the organisation to mitigate potential risks. 

5.Communication (including training) 

Businesses should communicate the policies in 

relation to the facilitation of tax evasion and ensure that 

these are understood throughout the organisation. This 

should be done through regular training of the staff and 

the key stakeholders of the business. 

6.Monitoring and Review 

Regular monitoring and review by top management 

and business leads should be built into the risk 

management framework. The results of the review 

should be documented and variations to and from the 

policies and procedures should be addressed. 

The very first step will be for businesses to understand 

the law and how this impacts their business. If action is 

required, it needs to be immediate (given the rules are 

likely to be in force later in the year) and policies and 

procedures de-risking the business from a potential 

prosecution will need to be developed and 

implemented at the earliest opportunity. 

Senior members of the business would need to take 

ownership of the project and assess the risks and 

identify the existing gaps in policies and procedures 

currently in place. Policies around regular engagement 

with staff and stakeholders will need to be put in place. 

Prevention........... 

It is critical that all actions taken and the results are 

properly documented such that if ever the business is 

to be challenged on grounds of facilitating tax evasion 

under these rules they are in a position to demonstrate 

the work done in this area to mitigate their risks by 

having the documents to hand. 

However, if the business is unsuccessful in 

demonstrating to the satisfaction of HMRC (or 

ultimately the courts) that they have taken all steps 

to limit the facilitation of a tax evasion offence and an 

investigation were to start that will be a different ball 

game all-together. 

Please note this is only guidance not advice and you 

should seek advice on your own process and 

procedures from your Accountant and Legal Counsel 

Sturgeon Ventures LLP 

Linstead House 

2nd Floor 

9 Disraeli Road 

London SW15 2DR 

www.sturgeonventures.com 

hello@sturgeonventures.com 

Implementation 

Implementation may not necessarily be a 

time-consuming exercise for smaller organisations.

Harwood Hutton is our 

Business and Tax Advisory 

Firm of the Year 2017 

The award recognises the exceptional talent within the firm and its reputation, built over several decades, for 

delivering intelligent and practical advice that is often innovative and always bespoke.Harwood Hutton is a 

multi-disciplinary firm of chartered accountants and tax advisers with offices in central London and 

Beaconsfield, not far from Heathrow. We serve clients from all over the world and across a variety of sectors. 

One of the attractions of working with Harwood Hutton is the fully supportive, personal service: Our clients 

benefit from far more ‘partner time’ than they might get at one of the big ‘City’ firms. They also enjoy rates that 

are vastly more competitive. Harwood Hutton has specialists in the M&A discipline acting for purchasers 

looking to acquire businesses, vendors looking to sell, start-ups seeking capital and established businesses 

wanting to restructure their operations. 

In transaction support assignments, the firm provides financial 

due diligence reports to clients as diverse as owner-managed 

businesses and quoted international clients. Corporate finance 

advisory assignments include acting as lead adviser on 

transactions and running sale auction processes. 

Harwood Hutton guides businesses assuredly through the 

various steps in transactions, which can include: due diligence; 

business valuation assessments; review of the structure of the 

transaction; agreeing an offer and putting a Non-Disclosure 

Agreement and Heads of Terms in place; exclusivity/ lock-out 

agreements; negotiating the transaction documents and 

completion of the acquisition. 

Over the years, we have helped scores of clients with their 

business plans and then advised on the merits of different 

forms of business finance, whether debt or equity. The 

principals of the firm have built strong relationships with banks, 

angels and mid- market private equity houses. 

Adam Stronach has extensive experience advising businesses at different 

stages of their development He combines great technical knowledge with a 

highly personalised service 

Adam Stronach 

Phone: 01494 739500 

Web: www.harwoodhutton.co.uk 

Email: adamstronach@harwoodhutton.co.uk

Business & Tax Advisory 

Firm of the Year - UK 

ADAM STRONACH 

Harwood Hutton Limited 

The firm also advises on share options and on restructurings using statutory tax reliefs. Our specialist tax 

advisory work helps clients gain a clear understanding of the tax implications of the commercial plans they 

are looking to implement, and our team can advise on appropriate tax advantaged schemes, such as the 

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). 

One of the first questions we are asked by both buyers and sellers is “what’s the business worth?” We are 

highly skilled at assisting clients assess the value of unquoted shares and equity in a business. Harwood 

Hutton’s corporate finance work is led by Adam Stronach, supported by a team with experience across a broad 

range of corporate finance assignments, including those undertaken in both the private and public sector. 

Before joining Harwood Hutton in 2004, Adam spent 14 years with Deloitte where he qualified as a chartered 

accountant. He personally leads a variety of corporate finance assignments, and his work has included acting 

as lead adviser on multi-million pound sale and purchase deals. Adam is also a business valuation specialist 

and has given oral evidence on valuation at the English High Court. He has drafted financial due diligence 

reports for clients, and helped others with business plans and financial forecasts. 

Adam Stronach, pictured with Emma Tredgett from the Harwood Hutton Corporate Finance team, manages both the forensic 

accounting and corporate finance divisions of HH 

www.harwoodhutton.co.uk

ForbesMA.com | 303.770.6017 | Info@ForbesMA.com 

WINNER 

Transaction Advisory 

Firm of the Year 

COLORADO 

THE FORBES M+A GROUP is an award-winning mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that 

serves buyers and sellers in middle-market transactions. As former entrepreneurs, CEOs and 

corporate finance professionals, and with over 150 years of combined experience, we have 

deep relationships, experience and expertise with more industries, transaction types, sizes, 

structures, motivations and challenges than almost anyone else in the business. 

The Forbes M+A Group enjoys working with businesses that stand 

out from the pack across diverse industries. Private company 

owners from a wide range of businesses turn to Forbes M+A to: 

• 

Receive hands-on, senior-level leadership and support on every transaction. 

• 

Benefit from their cross-functional industry knowledge, extensive network of contacts, 

and diverse operational and transactional experience. 

• 

Have a team that has its finger on the pulse of changing market valuations and consolidation 

activities. 

• 

Profit from their professionalism, accountability, and unbiased, objective advice. 

• 

Have at their disposal a team that understands the market, sees the big picture, and makes 

the right decisions for their clients. 

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: 

• Business Sales 

• Business Acquisitions 

• Mergers 

• Valuations 

• Exit Optimization 

ForbesMA.com 

BOB FORBES 

PRESIDENT 

JOHN CLAYBOUGH 

MANAGING DIRECTOR 

GARY GRANGE 


JIM JOHNSTON 


Our clients see us as their most trusted advisors, dogged 

advocates and steadfast partners. They rely on us to exhaust 

every strategy, maintain the highest professional and ethical 

standards, close transactions against all odds and give them 

exactly what they expect—the very best deal possible. 

Bob Forbes 

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JON WILEY 


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Intellectual Property Law 

Firm of the Year - Japan 

info@ryuka.com 

Tel. +81-3-5322-6375 

www.ryuka.com 

AKI RYUKA 

RYUKA IP Law Firm is led by IP 

professionals with diverse backgrounds in many 

technical fields and expertise in a variety of 

jurisdictions. Our clients can always expect a 

prompt response, and we have always 

demonstrated professionalism to meet our 

clients’ needs and expectations. 

Our Policy: 

Providing clients with proactive suggestions for 

obtaining more valid patents. 

Our History: 

RYUKA has experienced rapid growth since its 

founding in 1998. We now serve clients around 

the world for patent, trademark, and design 

prosecutions, license negotiations, opinions, 

and IP litigations. 

At RYUKA, we focus on proactive 

communication, attention to detail, and rapid 

turn-around. It is these values, as well as our 

emphasis on client objectives, that have ensured 

our continued success and growth. Despite 

the global recession, we represented a record 

number of patent applications in 2009. During 

the course of the year, over two hundred and 

sixty patent applications were transferred to us 

from various major Japanese 

law firms. 

Our mission is to be leaders in contributing to 

society by protecting the new businesses of our 

clients. 

Technical Expertiese: 

Our key practice areas include patents, 

trademarks, copyrights, licensing, designs, utility 

models, and litigation, with areas of technical 

specialty in electronics, telecommunications, 

software, optics, mechanical engineering, 

semiconductors, electronic materials, and 

chemicals. 

International IP Services: 

In cooperation with our international associates, 

we assist our clients in filing applications all 

over the world. Our international associates are 

amongst the most respected firms in the world. 

Patent Prosecution: 

In addition to having the legal skills required to 

practice patent law, our patent attorneys have 

significant experience as professional engineers 

and scientists in their respective fields. 

Here is a sample of services offered by our 

patent prosecution team: 

* Conducting prior art searches 

* Preparing patent applications 

* Providing legal consultation on the 

strengths and weaknesses of a patent 

* Prosecuting interference contests 

to resolve invention priority 

* Drafting and negotiating license agreements 

Patent Visualization: 

Patent visualisation is an inventing strategy 

aimed at systematically developing ideas from a 

very early stage to optimise the chances of filing 

patent applications at the critical time before 

market growth. 

Patent Translation Services: 

RYUKA offers English-to-Japanese translations 

of the highest quality at a reasonable cost. 

Litigation: 

RYUKA is qualified for IP litigation in Japan. We 

routinely represent foreign clients at the Tokyo 

district court, the Osaka district court and the IP 

High Court in patent infringement cases. 

Our TEAM: 

RYUKA currently has 114 employees 

Attorneys 34 

Patents 

Electronics, Software 14 

Mechanics, Optics 5 

Chemical, Biotechnology 5 

Trademarks 4 

Designs 3 

includes overlaps 

Number of Applications Newly Represented 

The total number of domestic and foreign applications per 

year for patents, utility models, designs, and trademarks by 

both national and foreign applicants, 

*International applications into or out of Japan are based 

on the nationalization date, pending applications transferred 

to our firm are based on the date of transferring, and all 

others are based on their actual filing date. 

Recent Recognition: 

Patent & Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Japan, Corporate 

INTL 

Rising Starin Japan IP, ILASA 

Top 5 Japan Patent Firm, Asia IP Awards 

Top 10 Japan Patent Firm, 

Asia IP Patent Survey 

Top 20 Japan Patent Firm, 

Managing IP 

Top 20 Japan Trademark Firm, Managing IP 

We appreciate the trusts our clients showed. We will strive 

to learn and improve our services for the benefit of our 

clients.

Banking & Finance Law 

Firm of the Year - Austria 

JANK WEILER 

MAXIMILIAN WEILER 

OPERENYI RECHTSANWÄLTE 

The Austrian law firm Jank Weiler Operenyi Rechtsanwälte GmbH 

(JWO) was established in the year 2011 by Andreas Jank and Maximilian 

Weiler. Before setting up JWO, both Andreas and Maximilian had longterm 

careers in Austrian, as well as international, corporate law firms (as 

associates and junior partners). Both therefore offer a high level of expertise 

in the practice group areas JWO offers, namely corporate/M&A, 

banking/finance, litigation, real estate and private clients. 

With the arrival of the new partner Alexander Operenyi in March 2014, 

the local and international corporate and M&A practice of JWO was 

further strengthened. Alexander joined the firm after nine years at 

Freshfields (Vienna/London), where he worked on some of the largest 

Austrian/international M&A transactions as well as on high-end corporate 

litigation matters as lead senior associate. 

In 2017 JWO joined the global network Deloitte Legal with more than 

1,700 lawyers in 76 countries. 

Main areas of practice 

Corporate/M&A: JWO advises corporations in all areas of corporate and 

business law matters. The team has long-term experience and broad 

expertise in advising both national and cross-border M&A, private equity, 

venture capital and joint venture 

transactions within different industrial sectors. JWO 

covers the structuring of transaction processes, the preparation and 

execution of due diligence exercises, as well as the 

drafting and negotiation of the respective transaction 

documentation. 

Banking and finance: JWO advises financial 

institutions and insurers both within the applicable regulatory framework 

as well as in connection with general banking and insurance 

contract law matters. One of the core competences is the provision of 

legal as well as strategical advice with respect to national and 

cross-border (project) financing and financial restructuring. 

Real estate: 

JWO provides advice and transactional service with respect to the 

acquisition, financing and development of real estate. The client portfolio 

includes private and institutional lessors. In this respect JWO provides 

support in all areas of the tenancy law and in the structuring of claim 

management. 

Litigation: 

JWO represents corporations and private clients in front of court and 

within arbitration proceedings and with respect to alternative conflict 

settlement. In addition, JWO handles the structuring and execution of 

claim management and claim enforcement. 

IP/IT, Data Protection: 

JWO advises on all fields of intellectual and industrial property rights, 

information technologies, unfair competition law and data protection law. 

Developing and optimizing adequate IP strategies, filing, managing and 

licensing of intellectual property rights, executing IP related due-diligence 

exercises as well as preparation and examination of IT-policies and 

IT-contracts, examination of data protection strategies, data protection 

policies and processor agreements belong the core competences. 

Private clients: 

JWO advises and supports national and international family 

offices, foundations and high-net-worth individuals in all areas of wealth 

and private asset management, in particular with respect to the 

structuring and execution of strategic investments. The 

flexible and personal approach coupled with close cooperation with the 

tax experts of Deloitte and the global network of law firms of Deloitte 

Legal allows JWO to offer clients the benefit of a one-stop-shop service.

Cross-border Transactions 

Legal Advisor of the Year - 

France 

ARMAND W. GRUMBERG 

SKADDEN 

FRANCE 

Skadden’s Paris office offers a wealth of experience in 

corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, dispute 

resolution, regulatory, tax and employment law. French and U.S. 

qualified attorneys advise French, European and multinational 

companies, financial institutions and investment funds on a range of 

legal matters, notably on highly complex cross-border transactions. 

The Paris office serves as one of Skadden’s major hubs for 

pan-European work, and our attorneys are experienced in working 

with the various cultural differences that frequently arise in 

transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. 

Skadden has built a strong reputation in the French market, tailored 

to address our client’s needs. 

Our dedicated teams: 

- have high-caliber project management skills and a ‘can-do’ attitude; 

- truly understand a project’s requirements on both a legal 

and business level; 

- are exceedingly responsive to evolving conditions & deadlines; and 

- draw on the depth of resources of Skadden’s international network. 

We are at the cutting-edge of innovation on behalf of our clients and 

have, in particular, been involved in: 

- the very first merger of a French-listed company with and into an 

English company under EU cross-border merger rules, in 

connection with the combination of Stallergenes and the U.S. 

company Greer Laboratories, and the creation of Stallergenes 

Greer, a global biopharmaceutical company registered 

in England and listed on Euronext Paris; 

- the creation of France’s very first trust structure (or fiducie), 

in order to guarantee against specific long-term risks 

(environmental, health and safety risks, etc.) in the context of the 

sale of a subsidiary by a French group (as an alternative to the 

traditional escrow mechanism); and 

- the incorporation of the first ever French European company 

(Societas Europaea) listed on Euronext Paris, as well as the 

incorporation of the first ever Societas Europaea in Europe through a 

merger involving three separate jurisdictions (France, Germany 

and Italy). 

Skadden’s Paris attorneys, many of whom are multilingual and 

multicultural, are consistently recommended in Chambers Europe, 

The Legal 500: EMEA and other legal directories. 

ARMAND W. GRUMBERG 

Head of Skadden’s European Mergers & Acquisitions Practice 

Tel: +33.1.55.27.11.95 

Email: armand.grumberg@skadden.com 

Armand is the head of Skadden’s European Mergers and 

Acquisitions practice and the leader of the firm’s Paris office. He has 

extensive experience in strategic and complex cross-border 

transactions, including public and private acquisitions, contested and 

hostile bids, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and capital 

markets transactions. He also has extensive experience in 

shareholder activist-related matters. 

Transactions in which he has recently acted include SCOR SE 

in the equity investment by COVEA, Daimler in a series of 

disposals in France and Nokia in its combination with Alcatel-Lucent 

through a 15.6 billion public exchange offer and public buyout offer 

followed by a squeeze-out.

Dealmaker of the Year 

Nevada 

KATRINA 

LOFTIN-WINKEL 

Katrina Loftin-Winkel is the co-founder and Managing Partner of M&A 

Business Advisors. Katrina has been active in the industry since 1992. 

Over the years, she has handled numerous transactions including 

privately held businesses of all kinds including manufacturing, 

distribution, automotive dealerships and auto related businesses, 

franchises, restaurants, service, and hospitality companies. Katrina is 

licensed in booth California and Nevada and regular handles 

transactions in both states. 

M&A Business Advisors (MABA) is a full-service Business Brokerage 

and M&A Advisory Firm. MABA specializes in the confidential sale of 

privately owned businesses in a wide range of industries including: 

Manufacturing, Distribution, Service, 

Retail, Health Care, E-Commerce, Construction, Food & 

Beverage, Automotive and other industries. In 2017, M&A Business 

Advisors was formed by Katrina and her partners, all of whom are top 

producers and industry leaders. The Partners joined forces to 

collaborate and share their knowledge and experience to best 

represent business Buyers and Sellers. The background of our 

principle advisors include business owners, top producers, Certified 

Business Intermediates (CBI), Certified Business Brokers (CBB), 

Business Brokerage Press Industry Experts, Industry Association 

Board Members, Presidents and Committee Chairs, Industry 

instructors and experts in a wide range of industries. Our principle 

advisors have been instrumental in improving the standards 

and ethic within our industry. 

Katrina has extensive business ownership and sale experience and 

has previously owned and operated multiple businesses herself 

including an automobile dealership, auto pawn business, a motel, 

a marketing company and also owns the Nevada M&A Business 

Advisors office. 

served on many other community organizations. With her father, she 

cofounded and chaired of the River City Classic Car Show, which 

raised funds for local charities. Katrina has also served on the 

Business License Task Force Committee for the City of Reno and the 

Business Broker License committee for the State of Nevada. 

Over her 25 years in Business brokerage, Katrina has earned 

numerous distinctions including Top Listing Agent and 

Top Producer many times over and every year since 2010. 

Client comments: 

“Katrina is a very professional tenacious lady. Does 

everything she says and much more. A very positive 

experience.” - Stan Kinder President, Sierra Chemical 

Company 

“As a CPA, I spent over 30 years in mergers and 

acquisitions for public and private companies and 

certainly recognize technical expertise and a 

professional job “well done”. Katrina exceeded my 

expectations in all areas.” Burt Koenig, President 

Mountain Papa, Inc. 

“You and your staff have probably added 10 years to 

our lives. I will continue to send you leads on anyone 

I hear that’s interested in buying or selling.” 

-Jerry Cail, President, Bear Industries Printing 

& Publishing

Excellence in Business Law 

Liechtenstein 

Dr. Michael 

Oberhuber, LL.M 

Marxer & Partner 

Attorneys-at-Law 

Heiligkreuz 6 

LI-9490 Vaduz 

Phone: +423 235 8181 

Fax: +423 235 8282 

E-mail: info@marxerpartner.com 

Web: www.marxerpartner.com 

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a small European 

country in the heart of Europe whose economy has been 

continuously growing over the years. Its membership in 

the European Economic Area (EEA), on the one hand, 

and its close links to Switzerland, on the other hand, 

have prepared the ground for extensive and prosperous 

activities of foreign investors in the industrial, business, 

and finance sector. Today Liechtenstein can provide 

special qualities as an economic base, mainly because 

of the great political stability and the associated legal 

continuity, the excellent infrastructure and efficient 

administration, and the modern and liberal company and 

tax legislation. As a matter of fact, Liechtenstein 

has succeeded in acquiring an excellent reputation for its 

powerful local trade, its high-tech export industry 

consisting of leading-edge technology companies like 

Hilti and Ivoclar, and its robust and well-functioning 

financial center, the standards of which, as the International 

Monetary Fund confirms, meet the latest and highest level 

of compliance and proper business conduct and the 

sophisticated financial and legal services of which are 

highly appreciated by an increasing number 

of international clients. 

Marxer & Partner Attorneys-at-Law was very much 

involved in shaping the destiny of Liechtenstein as a 

financial center and has been growing with it side by 

side. Established in 1925, it is the oldest and largest law 

firm in Liechtenstein, having 15 partners, three 

of-counsels, 11 associates and a supporting staff of about 

60 paralegals and administrative staff. Of all firms 

providing legal services to a demanding international 

clientele Marxer & Partner has certainly become the most 

renowned in Liechtenstein. Since many years the law firm 

has focused its activities on the fields of corporate law, 

capital markets, M&A, tax, as well as trust and estate 

including foundations. The firm provides in-depth 

knowledge and excellent advice in these particular 

fields to its international client base. Marxer & Partner's 

experienced corporate litigation division which has 

successfully represented clients in litigation and 

international arbitration proceedings completes the 

scope of services provided to clients. Partners of the law 

firm are recommended as experienced arbitrators for 

complex arbitration proceedings. No wonder that Marxer 

& Partner is continuously rated as a top tier firm. The firm 

represents Liechtenstein at Lex Mundi, a worldwide 

association of independent law firms.

Project & Construction 

Management Firm Of The Year Asia 

RICHARD MOH 

Moh and Associates, Inc. 

MAA Group Consulting Engineers 

School, Stadium and Gymnasium, Hospital, Laboratory, 

Theater, Library, Factory, Residence, Shopping Center, 

Founded in 1975, MAA is a leading engineering and 

consulting service provider in the East and Southeast 

Asian region with a broad range of focus areas 

including infrastructure, land resources, 

environment, buildings, and information technology. 

MAA employs over 1200 professionals(including over 

40% with Master’s or Doctoral degrees, and over 41% 

with local professional licenses), with offices in the 

Greater China Region (Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, 

Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Southeast Asian Region 

(Bangkok, Singapore and Yangon), creating a strong 

professional network in East and Southeast Asia 

To meet the global needs of both public and private 

clients, MAA has developed sustainable engineering 

solutions - ranging from conceptual planning, general 

consultancy, engineering design, to project 

management. 

MAA has accumulated over 40 year’s execution 

experience for various types of construction works 

including providing Project & Construction Management 

(PCM) Services from planning, design, procurement to 

construction and project handover phases throughout 

the construction project lifecycle. Our scope of services 

range from Feasibility Study, Site Investigation, 

Masterplan Review, Design Review, Procurement and 

Tendering, Construction Supervision and Contract 

Management,Commission & Operation Testing and 

Existing Works Evaluation, etc. MAA is able to provide 

its clients with integrated solutions by offering a wide 

variety of services. MAA has provided PCM services for 

various types of commercial and public works, including 

Office, Hotel, Mass Rapid Transit System, and Land 

Development projects. To enhance our 

PCM services, MAA has adopted the use of BIM 

to improve project delivery and facilitate project 

decision making. From design review to construction 

scheduling control, MAA is able to enhance 

communication between parties and project owners 

through the use of BIM 3-D integrated databases and 

visual models. 

Mr. Richard Moh is the Executive Senior Vice President 

and Special Assistant to the Chairman of MAA Group. 

From marketing, management, and corporate 

development to financial and business strategies, 

Richard has created and led many successful 

programs within and outside of the MAA Group 

Consulting Engineers. 

With experience in leading MAA branches throughout 

Asia, he has advanced MAA Group’s global business 

presence and capabilities. Since 1998, Richard has 

begun his experience in Hong Kong, eventually 

establishing cross-regional coordination strategies and 

promoted BIM as a project management tool in MAA 

Taiwan. 

With a MS in civil engineering from Cornell University, 

a MBA from Wharton School at the University of 

Pennsylvania, and as a Project Management 

Professional, he actively strengthens MAA Group’s 

international presence and seeks to establish it as an 

integral civil engineering consulting group in East and 

Southeast Asia. 

Richard is also passionate about the civil engineering 

community and fostering the next generation of 

engineers, serving as the chairman of the Young 

Engineer Committee of the Chinese Institute of 

Engineers. Richard was also elected as a Director of 

the Construction Management Association of the 

Republic of China in July 2017. 

Phone: +886 2 26961555 

Email: maagroup@maaconsultants.com 

Web: www.maaconsultants.com

M&A Legal Advisor 

of the Year - Vietnam 

DN Legal was established in July of 2014 by Ms. 

Dao Nguyen. Having managed and helped build law 

practices in Vietnam for two international firms as 

managing partner and with over 25 years of experience in 

Vietnam and in Tokyo and the US, Dao decided to set up on 

her own so that she can provide personal attention to only 

a number of key clients. Thus, DN Legal’s approach is a 

tailored and personal legal service. All work taken on by the 

firm will be personally handled by Dao. We work with clients 

who require commercial and innovative solutions and 

structures to build their businesses in Vietnam. 

Dao is the managing partner of DN Legal. She advises 

investors on all aspects of doing business in Vietnam. Her 

practice includes corporate and M&A, banking and finance, 

real estate, energy and infrastructure. She has acted for 

developers and the government of Vietnam on several 

landmark projects including the first licensed BOT project in 

Vietnam. Dao is an US qualified lawyer and she can speak 

Vietnamese fluently. 

The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2012 notes she 

"demonstrates a detailed view of on-going and likely future 

legal developments, a strong willingness to understand the 

client's needs, combined with a pragmatic approach". Dao 

is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia in 

Corporate/M&A (2008-2014), Banking & Finance (2008-2012) 

and Projects & Energy (2010-2014). She is also a leading 

lawyer in Real Estate; Financial & Corporate; M&A by the 

Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2014); IFLR1000 (2016 & 2017) and 

APAC legal awards winners (2016). 

With a strong and experienced team, DN Legal advises in all 

aspects of corporate, M&A, investment, contract, 

commercial, banking, financial, real estate, tax, energy and 

infrastructure, capital markets, securities, tax and dispute 

resolution in Vietnam. 

Contact Details 

Company: DN Legal Limited 

Phone: +84 28 3827 2418 

Address: Level 3, 93 Nguyen Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, 

HCMC, Vietnam 

Email: info@daonguyenlegal.com 

Web address: www.daonguyenlegal.com 

The firm was highly recommended for the Corporate Law 

Position in Vietnam by Global Law Experts; 

recognized as Leading Advisor in Vietnam (2015) and 

Corporate Advisor of the year - Vietnam (2016) by 

Acquisition International. recognized for Financial and 

Corporate (2016) by IFLR1000. The firm also was Boutique 

Law Firm and Franchise Law Firm of the Year – Vietnam 

(2016) by Corporate Live Wire; awarded a gold medal in the 

2017 PSA Competition and was Boutique Law Firm of the 

Year (2017) by Lawyer Issue awards.

Dealmaker Of The Year 

DAVID BLOIS 

M&A ADVISORY 

M&A Advisory is a marketing communications specialist with a twenty-year heritage and has a close 

understanding of all aspects of ‘people business’ transactions. We invited David Blois to talk us 

through the firm and the range of services it offers. 

Thanks to our vast experience in the industry, M&A Advisory works for a whole range of clients from 

larger firms with £3m plus operating profits down to smaller agencies and provides a top quality 

professional service to all. In the last year the firm completed six transactions. Two were sell side 

mandates for UK based companies and two were UK buy-side projects. The remaining two were 

international sell side mandates for companies in Sweden and Turkey. David discusses the firm’s 

service offering in more detail and outlines how the firm aims to offer clients the very highest 

standards of service. 

“Here at M&A Advisory, we provide a high quality end to end M&A service for our clients including initial 

strategic consulting, preparation of information, candidate research, facilitation, negotiation, project 

management of the legal and due diligence process and overseeing of any earn out. One of our larger 

deals recently was representing Pond Innovation, a digital innovation consultancy, in its sale to PwC. 

As a specialist, we have a sound knowledge covering all sizes of agencies across the industry. When 

this is combined with solid business experience, not just M&A experience, our successful deal 

completion rates soar well above industry norms”. 

Thanks to a number of exciting developments in the M&A market, including the increasing number 

and breadth of acquirers, David and his team have an opportunity laden future and are determined to 

build upon their current success, as he concludes. 

“As a firm, we are very positive about the future. We have grown year on year since inception and 

clients are coming to us based on our reputation for finding successful solutions. Thanks to changes 

in the market it sometimes can be an interesting challenge for us to locate, contact and create 

relationships with the broadening range of acquirers, but it also represents an opportunity in terms 

of increasing the overall buyer pool for our clients which we are excited to take advantage of’. 

Contact Details 

Company: M&A Advisory 

Contact: David Blois 

Contact Email: davidb@mandaadvisory.com 

Address: Unit 23, Level 5, St Hilda’s Wharf, 

160 Wapping High Street, 

London, E1W 3PG 

Phone: 0207 680 9849 

Website: www.mandaadvisory.com

Deal Sourcing Intelligence 

Platform of the Year - USA 

Nadim Malik – CEO 

SUTTON PLACE 

STRATEGIES, LLC 

Sutton Place Strategies (SPS) is an award-winning provider of 

actionable data and analytics for PE and M&A professionals to 

transform their deal sourcing and business development efforts. 

The team comprises a group of talented and experienced 

professionals, with a passion for turning raw data into 

meaningful relationships. Having worked with 200+ sponsors, 

lenders, and advisors, SPS knows what it takes to succeed in 

M&A deal origination. 

After launching the SPS Portal at the end of 2015, SPS has 

successfully scaled its offering to various clients’ needs and 

requirements. The Portal empowers users, across the M&A 

ecosystem, to optimize business travel, uncover new deal 

sources, and transform their deal pipelines into an active 

resource – just to name a few capabilities. The SPS Mobile 

App, which combines the power of the SPS Portal with the 

dynamic features of the app, ignites business development on 

the go, with numerous proprietary features that are vital for our 

increasingly mobile-first world. 

SPS also prides itself as an industry-leader in deal origination 

knowledge. Each year, the company releases half-a-dozen 

articles and features that take a deep dive into various market 

trends and insights. On a weekly basis, The Source, SPS’ blog, 

doses out deal to LPs, as well as unique ways to build 

relationships with new deal sources. The blog is a 

compendious source for engaged M&A professionals. 

Other thoughtful initiatives undertaken by SPS include its 

annual, industry-standard Deal Origination Benchmark Report 

(DOBR) released each Fall. The DOBR aggregates market 

coverage metrics for all sponsors and specific peer groups. 

Clients utilize this report to understand the market at large, as 

well as how their firms compare individually. In addition, SPS 

compiles its Mezzanine Market Perspective on a quarterly 

basis. This unique Perspective focuses on market trends and 

transactions in the mezzanine space; shining the spotlight on 

an often-underappreciated group. Lastly, every six months, 

SPS refreshes its Harvest Report to help M&A professionals 

identify which PE portfolio companies may be ready for exit. 

This exhaustive report is a great resource for proactively 

targeting relevant companies acquired in prior years that are 

potentially ready to sell in the near term. Each of these 

customizable reports help to expand SPS’ presence in the 

market, and further cement its reputation as a data-driven, 

forward-looking team. 

SPS is also committed to giving back to the magnificent city 

that we live and work in – New York. Several times a year, SPS 

takes time to volunteer with local charities and other 

philanthropic organization. Activities have included working 

with the NYC Foodbank, helping to clean up Randall’s Island, 

and working at the Ronald McDonald House on the Upper 

East Side. Each of these events have afforded an 

opportunity to bond and grow as a team, as well as 

remind us how invaluable the surrounding community 

has been to our existence and continued growth. 

Contact Details: 

Sutton Place Strategies, LLC 

757 Third Avenue, 20th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

O: 212.376.6126

Excellence in Restructuring 

& Insolvency Law - UK 

BIRKETTS LLP 

GREG ALLAN 

Birketts is a full service, top 100 UK law firm, based in the 

East of England. With a rich heritage spanning over 150 

years, we’ve built an enviable track record advising 

businesses, institutions and individuals in the UK and 

internationally. While we operate from four offices 

(Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich) providing a 

wide range of services, the firm shares a common culture 

and approach to service delivery. 

Over 550 people are engaged in the business and our 

lawyers and support staff all have a shared commitment to 

deliver the best possible outcome for our clients. We are 

large enough to provide specialist expertise in most areas of 

the law at a standard that is frequently compared with major 

City firms, but not at the expense of maintaining a personal 

and tailored service. 

We understand the legal, regulatory and commercial 

pressures faced by all businesses. Highly responsive and 

willing to go the extra mile, we successfully deliver complex 

transactions to the most demanding of timetables, focusing 

on key issues, demonstrating pragmatism where justified 

and, always, protecting the interest of our client. 

Many of our lawyers started their careers in major domestic 

or international law firms, or have worked in industry. We 

expect them to bring not just their legal skills to all our 

clients’ transactions and commercial needs, but also their 

business experience and knowledge of market practice. 

As well as UK deals, our team is experienced in dealing with 

international transactions, including acquisitions of overseas 

companies and disposals of UK companies to international 

buyers.The team also continues to advise our clients on a 

range of other transactions including an international sale 

and subsequent investment in a manufacturing company in 

the UK, the domestic purchase of multiple residential and 

leisure facilities across the UK and investment in the 

technology sector. 

While international transactions are certainly prevalent 

in the work Birketts handles, at the core of our corporate 

deal activity are domestic transactions, both regionally and 

nationally. We advise our clients across a number of 

specialist sectors, including family owned businesses, 

leisure and tourism, logistics and road transport, strategic 

land development and technology. 

Greg Allan, a Partner in Birketts’ Corporate Team, 

specialises in corporate finance, acquisition and secured 

finance, as well as corporate business recovery work. Greg’s 

Restructuring and Insolvency Team advises on all issues 

arising from corporate and personal distress, covering the 

following service areas: 

• Acquisitions / Disposal of distressed accounts, 

• Bankruptcy and Individual Voluntary Arrangements, 

• Restructuring and Insolvency advice to both 

directors and creditors. 

Our specialisms include: 

Formal insolvencies 

• Administrations 

• Receiverships 

• Liquidations 

• Pre-packs 

• Bankruptcies (winding-up petitions) 

• Advising insolvency practitioners 

• Advising lenders 

• Advising creditors 

• All forms of insolvency litigation and dispute resolution 

• Solvent liquidations (members’ voluntary liquidation) 

Restructuring 

• Refinancing 

• Debt and equity restructuring 

• Debt for equity swaps 

• Voluntary arrangements 

• Asset disposals / acquisitions 

• Work-outs and turnarounds 

• Tax considerations 

Please contact Greg Allan on greg-allan@birketts.co.uk 

or visit www.birketts.uk/about-us for more information.

Excellence in Tax Consultancy 

Services - Poland 

Bartosz MIŁASZEWSKI 

RSM POLAND 

RSM POLAND 

We support our clients at each and every stage of conducting business activity 

RSM Poland is a member of RSM, the world’s 6th largest network of independent advisory and 

auditing companies, with over 800 offices in 120 countries, employing over 41,000 professionals 

worldwide. We are wherever your business needs us. 

Our company is shaped by our clients whose requirements always take priority. Due to close 

cooperation, we are able to understand our clients’ businesses, strategies and objectives. It is the deep understanding 

of your requirements that enables us to anticipate new opportunities and 

challenges, and ensure comprehensive services – exceeding your expectations. We care for our 

clients’ interests both in domestic and international markets, based on the knowledge and 

experience of our experts worldwide. To our clients, we deliver services of the highest quality, a 

relationship based on trust, as well as solutions which will bring added value to the company. 

The RSM Poland team consists of more than 210 professionals – tax advisors, lawyers, statutory auditors, accountants 

and consultants who are always ready to support our clients at each stage of their operations. At our 

Poznań, Warsaw and Szczecin offices, we provide highest quality services in auditing, accountancy outsourcing, 

payroll and reporting, tax and legal advisory as well as transaction advisory and M&A. We also offer comprehensive 

assistance in the process of company incorporation and the services of our cross-functional German 

Desk. Due to effective and close cooperation within the RSM network, we support our clients in starting up 

and operating a business in Poland and, 

naturally, wherever they choose to develop it further. 

We serve small and medium, rapidly developing companies as well as leading international 

corporations, offering services to entrepreneurs in Polish, English and German. Whether you 

operate a small company or represent a large international corporation, we will analyse your business in depth 

and propose solutions to maximise its potential. Our relationship will be based on mutual 

understanding, respect and cooperation, because that is what we intend to deliver to our clients – 

The Power of Being Understood. 

Feel free to contact us: 

Bartosz MIŁASZEWSKI 

Managing Partner 

E: bartosz.milaszewski@rsmpoland.pl

M&A Advisory Firm of the 

Year - UK 

Avondale 

Kevin Uphill 

M&A buyers beware – the competition just got fiercer 

Kevin Uphill, Chairman at business sales and 

acquisitions strategy boutique, Avondale, explains why 

Private Equity funds are increasingly calling the shots 

in the SME M&A market. 

For company owners looking to expand their business, 

there has always been intense competition for quality 

acquisition opportunities – but now there is a new rival in 

town. 

Around the world, the role of Private Equity (PE) funds in 

M&A markets has been building steadily, with PE buyouts 

now responsible for roughly a quarter of global acquisitions. 

The impact of PE firms has been especially felt in the UK 

lower-mid-market, where control investments in SME firms 

surpassed £3.3 billion in both 2015 and 2016. 

Since launching our practice 25 years ago, I’ve seen Private 

Equity buyers emerge as an important outlet for Avondale’s 

business sale clients as they assess their exit options, and 

PE funds are now a key element of our global network of 

active acquirers. 

There are several key reasons for this trend. 

Today’s investors are seeking returns at a time of low 

interest rates and weakening property asset classes. 

Alternative assets have become a vital outlet for institutional 

and private investors, leading to a surge in fund inflows. 

According to PitchBook, a data provider, more than $250 

billion was raised by PE and Venture Capital funds across 

Europe and North America in the seven months to August 

2017. Fundraising looks set to eclipse 2016 levels, when 

$344 billion was raised. 

However, with fund managers themselves facing a dearth 

of attractive investment opportunities, record sums of “dry 

powder” PE money is lying idle, waiting for a home. Shorn 

of traditional options, managers are turning to acquisitions 

of SME and lower-mid-cap companies to generate returns. 

PE funds have a number of advantages over trade buyers. 

PE firms typically enjoy strong relationships with financial 

advisers. Many also boast superior in-house dealmaking 

capabilities, particularly with regard to pre-merger 

planning and post-deal integration. 

Deep multinational expertise also makes PE firms well 

positioned to manage cross-border M&A transactions, 

particularly where an acquirer is actively sought and the 

target is from a country with poor corporate governance. 

With a restricted bank lending environment making it 

increasingly challenging for trade buyers to raise cash for 

acquisitions, I can see PE firms becoming even more of a 

key influencer of M&A activity in the years ahead – both 

here in the UK as well as overseas. 

For business owners considering their exit options, this 

can only be a good thing. 

Founded in 1991, Avondale is a multi-award winning 

international mergers and acquisitions advisory 

boutique that combines world-class capabilities with 

a personalised, client-led approach. 

Avondale’s specialist advisory team work with private 

businesses and larger corporates in the UK and around 

the world, helping them to achieve their objectives, 

whether buying, selling or merging companies. 

Since our launch, we have overseen the sale and 

purchase of more than 500 companies, working with 

clients across a broad range of industries and 

geographies. We are proud to be the Institute of 

Directors’ preferred business sales, acquisitions and 

strategy provider.

Financial Advisory Firm 

Of The Year - Finland 

Founded in 2010 by experienced professionals, 

A&S is today one of the leading Finnish 

professional service providers. We are 

committed to serving as a trusted partner to 

multinational corporations by providing an 

extensive range of integrated legal, tax, transfer 

pricing and financial advisory services. 

ALDER&SOUND 

Toni Turunen 

Our ambition is to be the leading 

cross-disciplinary end-to-end 

service and solution provider in the 

global market. 

We highlight a pragmatic approach and provide 

our clients with flexible, comprehensive and 

cost-effective solutions by utilizing our innovative 

tools and methodologies. 

We believe in a true ‘one-stop-shop’ experience. 

From start to finish, we provide turnkey solutions 

that maximize benefit and value creation while 

minimizing administrative burden. 

Our experience from working with multinational 

enterprises offers our clients access to the best 

practices arising from actual business operations. 

In addition, our extensive, hand-picked partner 

network covers all corners of the world, ensuring 

that our clients always receive the best advice 

and solutions available. 

Toni founded A&S Financial Advisory Services in 

2014. A&S Financial Advisory Services is 

focusing to provide financial and tax due diligence 

and related services for small and mid size M&A 

transactions. Before A&S Toni worked at 

transaction advisory services of KPMG and EY 

for nearly 14 years and noticed that big fours are 

struggling to provide the best teams for small and 

mid-size deals. 

“In M&A projects, the quality of team is 

more important factor than the brand. Our key 

competitive edge is experience – our engagement 

teams have more M&A advisory experience than 

our competitors offer in the small and mid-size 

transactions. Experience is a winning concept 

when we are dealing with mergers and 

acquisitions” says Toni Turunen, Partner, 

Head of A&S Financial Advisory Services

Excellence in Aviation Finance 

Consultation - Ireland 

TOM WOODS 

KPMG 

pricing, provision of accounting opinions, net worth statements 

and comfort letters. We have drawn on broad client experience 

to develop and refine our service offerings. The strength and 

experience of our practice means that we can support all types 

of business as they evolve – either organically, by restructure 

or by acquisition. Our wide range of services is proven, from 

working with large established lessors to start-ups, and with 

debt and equity providers. 

The aircraft finance and leasing industry continues to grow 

from strength to strength. It is expected to double over the 

next 20 years with between $5tn -$6tn worth of new aircraft 

entering into service. The financing requirement for new 

deliveries will exceed $125bn. p.a. This growth creates 

enormous opportunities for companies operating in, and 

investing into, the sector. 

The team at KPMG Ireland have been the leading advisors to 

the international leasing community for over 30 years. We are 

globally recognised as the aviation finance and leasing centre 

of excellence with over 150 senior professionals offering you 

an incomparable scale and depth of experience. 

We have the largest concentration of aircraft leasing 

clients of any firm in the world, advising over 80% of the 

major deal makers and deal doers in the global aviation 

leasing market. We have advised on transactions in 

over 150 countries. We are also the only professional 

services firm identified in the Airfinance Power 30 list 

of companies that make an essential contribution 

to aviation finance. To make the list, a company 

had to meet one test: if it went out of business 

would the market feel a significant loss? 

In an increasingly competitive market, working with people 

who understand your business and can provide insights and 

advice is critical. We have a strong track record of dealing with 

complex industry issues. For more information on how we can 

help, or to start a conversation, please contact us. 

Tom Woods 

Partner, Head of Aviation Finance & Leasing 

T: +353 1 410 2589 M: +353 87 744 2589 

E: tom.woods@kpmg.ie W: kpmg.ie/aviation 

Tom Woods is the Head of Aviation Finance and Leasing in 

KPMG Ireland and advises some of the largest aviation 

companies globally as well as investors on their investment 

in the aviation sector. Tom has spoken at many global 

aviation conferences on worldwide tax developments 

affecting the industry. He has also written many articles on 

aviation related issues. Tom is also a tax partner in KPMG 

Ireland’s Securitisation Practice. 

We provide a range of audit, tax and advisory services and 

can assist across a range of issues both at the investor and 

lessor level, whether it is M&A work, securitisations, due 

diligence, pricing and risk modelling, maintenance and 

financial forecasting, IT systems design and improvement, 

structuring and restructuring leases, loans and corporate 

groups, transfer

CONSULTING 

PwC 

Excellence in International Tax Advisory - Mexico 

Amicus 

Tax & Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year - India 

Fawcus Corporate 

Excellence in Exit Strategies - UK 

Inside Information Inc 

Excellence In Market Research Services - Canada 

Citrus Relocation Services 

Excellence in Global Corporate Relocation Services - UK 

Arlene Elgart Mirsky 

Excellence in Complex Mediations - New Jersey 

Empire 

Sell Side M&A Advisory Firm of the Year - California 

Carlton Strategy Advisors Ltd 

Commercial Due Diligence Consultancy of the Year - UK 

Business Acquisition and Merger Associates 

Management Buyouts Advisory Firm of the Year - North Carolina 

JDC Corporate Finance 

SME M&A Advisor of the Year - UK 

Prescient Strategists, LLC. 

Excellence in Post-Merger Advisory Services - Massachusetts 

DAG Mediation 

Independent Mediator of the Year - UK 

Acuity 

Technology M&A Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

PWC 

Excellence in International Tax Advisory - Finland 

Life Sciences Advisory 

Life Sciences Advisory Firm of the Year - California 

PwC 

Private Equity Tax Firm of the Year - Germany 

GA Puzey Consultants 

Strategic Management Specialists Of The Year - USA 

IBG Business 

M&A Broker Team of the Year - USA 

Mendoza, Delgado, Labrador & Asociados 

Tax Advisory Firm of the Year - Venezuela 

Adriano Riccioni 

Excellence In Business Planning - Australia 

Abbas Shahid Baqir 

Excellence In Cyber Security Services - Pakistan 

SONIGO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING, PACKING & MOVING, LTD. 

International Shipping Firm of the year - Israel 

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 

Excellence In Corporate Services - UK 

Abbott Associates 

Excellence In Land Consulting - Bermuda 

Institut Straumann AG 

Excellence In Restorative Dentistry- Switzerland 

PwC 

Excellence In International Tax Services - Mexico 

PwC 

Excellence In Business Recovery Services - UK 

GP.Bullhound 

Technology M&A Advisory Firm of the Year - Sweden 

First Boca Associates, Inc. 

M&A Advisory Firm of the Year - Florida 

Claritas 

M&A Tax Advisory Team of the Year - UK 

Austin-Allen 

Excellence In Private Investigation Services - UK 

Matrix International Development Group, S.L. 

Relocation Service Provider of the Year - Spain 

Cavendish Corporate Finance LLP 

Mid-Market M&A Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

Acquisory 

Real Estate Strategic Consulting Firm of the Year - India 

Baker Hughes 

Oil and Gas Solution Providers of the Year - USA 

Defreitas & Associates 

Management Consultancy Firm of the Year - Grenadine 

Corporate Value Metrics, LLC 

Business Valuation Platform of the Year 

Linx International Group 

Most Innovative Security Management Consultancy Firm - UK 

Chambers of Roderick I'Anson Banks 

Excellence In Partnership Negotiations - UK 

Citrin Cooperman 

Sustained Excellence in Transaction Advisory Services - USA 

ERM 

Excellence In M&A Transactional Consulting - Australia 

NECS Environmental Consulting 

Environmental Due Diligence Firm of the Year 

Clearwater International 

Excellence In Corporate Growth Consulting - UK 

Costa Rica ABC 

Excellence In Tax Consulting Services - Costa Rica 

Mayfair Quarters Travel 

Corporate Travel Service Firm of the Year - UK 

Lee Jay Berman 

Excellence in Mediation Services - California 

Marcus Brewster 

Excellence in Public Relations Consulting - South Africa 

Prelude Consulting 

Management Due Diligence Firm of the Year - UK 

MIAC Acadametrics Ltd 

Asset Valuation Consulting Firm of the year - UK

FINANCE 

Hampton Court Capital 

TMT Corporate Finance Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

Jago Capital 

Most Innovative Source for Investment Opportunities - UK 

KF Finance Ltd 

Excellence in Business Valuations - Slovenia 

Dean Street Advisers 

M&A & Financing Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

Amerivest Group 

Business Brokerage Firm of the Year - Florida 

Marco Polo Advisor 

Financial Consultancy Firm Of The year - Italy 

Varney Barfield 

Venture Capital Finance Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

Family Wealth Partners 

Excellence In Investment Advisory Services - Florida 

Initiative & Finance 

Excellence In Private Equity Investments- France 

MDW Consulting Inc 

Excellence In Transfer Pricing - Canada 

River Associates Investments 

Investment Management Firm of the Year - Tennessee 

TCH Law 

Excellence in Debt Recovery - Scotland 

Transfer Pricing Solutions Ltd 

Transfer Pricing Service Firm of the Year - UK 

Alternative Bridging Corporation 

Property Finance Firm of the Year - UK 

Amethyst Captive Insurance Solutions, Inc. 

Captive Insurance Services Firm of the Year - Vermont 

BCM & Partners SA 

Private Wealth Management Firm of the Year - Switzerland 

Overtons Costs Consultants Limited 

Cost Consultancy Firm of the Year - UK 

AUCTUS Management GmbH & Co KG 

Excellence in Mid-Sized Business Investments - Germany 

Karroo Capital 

Private Funds Consultancy Firm of the Year - UK 

AIG 

M&A Insurance Firm of the Year - UK 

Henry Davis York 

Excellence In Investments & Financial Services - Australia 

Unitus Capital 

Financial Advisory Firm of the Year - India 

Panegyric Marketing 

Financial Services Marketing Firm of the Year - USA 

Norton Rose Fulbright 

Excellence in Corporate Finance - Australia 

Speer & Associates LLC 

Financial Consulting Firm of the Year - USA 

EDG Partners 

Healthcare Private Equity Firm of the Year - Georgia 

CapAsia 

Private Equity & Investment Advisory Firm of the Year - Singapore 

K&L Gates 

Excellence in Broker-dealer Regulations - USA 

LISITEN ASSOCIATES BUSINESS BROKERS M&A 

M&A Business Broker of the Year - New York 

Lime Consultancy 

Business Finance Advisory Firm of the Year - UK 

Select Business Finance Ltd 

Asset Based Finance Broker of the Year - UK

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P 

IP Transactions Legal Advisor of the Year - USA 

Firm Advantage Limited 

IP Business Strategy Firm of the Year - UK 

Swindell & Pearson Ltd 

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - UK 

James Love Legal 

Most Outstanding Intellectual Property Specialists of the Year - UK 

Auromaa Associates 

Excellence In Intellectual Property Law - India 

Venable 

Excellence In Intellectual Property - USA 

Jeremy Lack Esq 

Excellence In Intellectual Property Services - Switzerland 

Baldwins Intellectual Property 

Intellectual Property Protection Consultants of the Year - New Zealand 

B&R Latin America 

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Colombia 

FURGANG & ADWAR, L.L.P 

Excellence in Intellectual Property Law - New York 

GUY JOSE BENDAÑA-GUERRERO & ASOCIADOS 

Excellence In Intellectual Property - Nicaragua 

EverEdge IP 

Excellence In Intellectual Property Management - New Zealand 

TraskBritt, P.C. 

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year - Utah - USA Intellectual Property

LEGAL 

Carter Perry Bailey LLP 

Excellence in Regulatory & Competition Law - UK 

TMI Associates 

M&A Law Firm of the Year - Japan 

Law Office of David Steinfeld 

Business Litigation Legal Advisor of the Year - Florida 

Barnea & Co 

Excellence in Corporate Law - Israel 

Gramatskiy&Partners 

Excellence in Commercial Law - Ukraine 

Walkers Global 

Investment Funds Legal Advisor of the Year - UK 

LMA Advog 

Law Firm Of The Year - Portugal 

CMS von Erlach Henrici AG 

Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year - Switzerland 

Esguerra & Blanco Law Offices 

Full Service Law Firm of the Year - Philippines 

Haydinni Law Office 

Excellence In Litigation Services - Kosovo 

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 

Business Law Firm of the Year - Japan 

Nithya Partners 

Excellence In Corporate Law - Sri Lanka 

One Legal LLC 

Excellence In Trade Mark Services - Singapore 

ACCRALAW 

Law Firm of the Year - Philippines 

Watson Mangioni 

Excellence in Corporate and Securities Law - Australia 

ArgyStar.com 

Legal Service Consultants of the Year - Australia 

Matthews Law 

Competition & Regulatory Law Specialists of the year - New Zealand 

Gastão da Cunha Ferreira, Lda. 

Excellence In Patent & Trademark Services - Portugal 

Savitz Law Offices 

Business Immigration Law Firm of the year - Massachusetts 

Gaming Law PC 

Excellence In Gaming Regulation Services - USA 

Hunt & Associates 

Excellence in Employment Law - Oregon 

Tess Advogados 

Excellence In Business Law - Brazil 

Montanios & Montanios 

Excellence In Legal Consultancy - Cyprus 

Enolil & Loo 

M&A Law Firm of the Year - Malaysia 

Business Lawgix, LLP 

Excellence In Strategic Legal Solutions - Canada 

CLS Cavojský & Partners, s.r.o. 

Law Firm of the Year - Slovakia 

Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners 

Excellence In Arbitration Services - Italy 

Koch Law 

Excellence In Business Law - Germany 

Knafo Law Offices 

Excellence In Personal Injury Law - USA - Pennsylvania 

Ingen Housz 

M&A Law Firm of the Year - Netherlands 

Karl Ajami 

Excellence In International Arbitration - Australia 

Legalex 

Most Diverse Law Firm of the Year - Bulgaria 

MC&A - Sociedade de Advogados, RL 

Corporate Law Firm of the Year - Portugal 

Salloum & Partners 

Law Firm of the Year - UAE 

Martin Platte 

Excellence In Litigation Services - Austria 

Schmid v. Buttlar & Partner 

Commercial Law Firm of the Year - Germany 

Richard Nelson LLP 

Excellence In Criminal Defence Services - UK 

Hjort 

Excellence in Civil Litigation - Norway 

Allen & Overy LLP 

Corporate Legal Team of the Year - Netherlands 

Eisenberger & Herzog Rechtsanwalts GmbH 

M&A Law Firm of the Year - Austria 

EP Legal Limited 

International Trade Law Firm of the Year - Vietnam 

Holman Fenwick Willan 

Dispute Resolution Legal Advisor of the Year - China 

White & Black Legal LLP 

Corporate & Technology Law Firm of the Year - UK 

Cabinet Mayor 

Excellence in Company Law - Switzerland 

Nikos Frangakis & Associates 

Real Estate Law Firm of the Year - Greece 

Adams Whyte 

Criminal Defence Law Firm of the year - UK

Fox 

Employment Law Specialist of the Year- UK 

Eversheds 

Excellence In Employment Law - Hungary 

John Gray IP Limited 

Excellence In Patent Strategy Services - UK 

McNamee Mediation Arbitration 

Excellence In Human Rights & Labour Services - Canada 

NERO Boutique Law Firm 

Excellence in Employment Law - Morocco 

Michael Ring QC 

Excellence In Insurance Litigation - New Zealand 

Gárdos, Füredi, Mosonyi, Tomori Law Office 

Capital Markets and Securities Law Firm of the Year - Hungary 

Malcolm Goodwin 

Costs Lawyer of the year - UK 

Mathys Schmid Partner 

Excellence In Commercial Law - Switzerland 

BLC Professional Legal Services 

Corporate Law Firm of the Year - Georgia 

Frydenson & Co 

Trust Litigation Law Firm of the Year - UK 

Ashby & Geddes PA 

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law Firm of the Year - Delaware 

Mark Jones 

International Trade Lawyer of the Year - UK 

Hope Duggan & Silva 

Banking & Finance Law Firm of the year - Argentina 

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas 

Corporate Law Firm of the Year - India 

Osler 

Excellence in Corporate and Securities Regulations - Canada 

Winheller 

Excellence in International Business Law - Germany 

Galante & Martins 

M&A Law Firm of the Year - Uruguay 

Civitas Law 

Excellence in Employment Law - UK 

LEGAL

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