Recognizing dealmaking excellence at the 2022 M&A Awards

Last Wednesday, 19 October 2022, Ansarada was privileged to be the leading sponsor at the Mergermarket 2022 M&A Awards in Sydney, to recognize excellence in the M&A dealmaking community.
 
The Awards celebrate Australia’s outstanding financial and legal advisories, and their most impressive achievements within the year. The honors are awarded based on Mergermarket’s league table data, along with input from a panel of industry experts and analytics professionals.

Morgan Stanley was named M&A Financial Advisor of the Year and TMT M&A Financial Advisor of the Year. Taking home Mid-Market M&A Financial Advisor of the Year was Azure Capital. Rothschild & Co won Energy, Mining & Utilities M&A Financial Advisor of the Year, while Jefferies won Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Financial Adviser of the Year.
 
When it came to outstanding M&A deals, Blackstone was awarded Private Equity Deal of the Year for the Crown acquisition, while the Energy, Mining & Utilities M&A Deal of the Year went to Woodside for their acquisition of BHP Petroleum International.

The M&A Deal of the Year was awarded to the acquisition of Afterpay by Block. See the full list of 2022 Australian M&A Award winners below. A huge congratulations to all of those who took home awards on the night!

2022 Winners: 

Mid-Market M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Azure Capital Limited
 
Mid-Market M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Gilbert + Tobin
 
Financial Service M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
UBS Investment Bank
 
Financial Service M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills
 
Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Jefferies LLC
 
Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Allens
 
Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Rothschild & Co
 
Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills
 
Energy, Mining and Utilities M&A Deal of the Year
BHP Petroleum International (Woodside)
 
Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Morgan Stanley
 
Technology, Media, and Telecom M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Gilbert + Tobin
 
Private Equity Legal Advisor of the Year in conjunction with AVCJ
Allens
 
Private Equity Deal of the Year
Crown (Blackstone)
 
Infrastructure Deal of the Year
Sydney Airport (IFM Investors, Global Infrastructure Partners, AustralianSuper, QSuper)
 
Cross-border M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Citi
 
Cross-border M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Allens
 
M&A Financial Advisor of the Year
Morgan Stanley
 
M&A Legal Advisor of the Year
Allens
 
M&A Deal of the Year
Afterpay (Block)