2024 Deal of the Year Awards

The editors of Buyouts honor exceptional buyouts with our Deal of the Year Awards.

Winners are chosen in seven categories: Deal of the Year, Large-Market Deal of the Year, Middle Market Deal of the Year, Small Market Deal of the Year, Turnaround of the Year, International Deal of the Year and Secondaries Deal of the Year.

Click the link to download a PDF of the Deal-of-the-year-2024 application. Deadline to submit nominations is Friday, February 16, 2024. Go here for more information about the awards and past winners.

If you have additional questions, email Private Equity Editor Chris Witkowsky at christopher.w@pei.group.

Past winners

2023

• Deal of the Year: KKR for CHI Overhead Doors, which makes residential garage doors, commercial doors and rolling-steel doors. Read the story here.
• Large Market Deal of the Year: Greenbriar for Radwell International, which distributes industrial automation components. Read more here.
• Middle Market Deal of the Year: Francisco Partners for specialty pharmacy Trellis Rx. Read more here.
• Small Market Deal of the Year: Blackford Capital for Quality Aluminum Products, a building products company. Read it here.
• International Deal of the Year: JC Flowers for Interactive Investor, an online retail investment platform. Read more here.
• Secondaries Deal of the Year: KKR for Internet Brands, which owns consumer websites. Read it here.

2022

• Deal of the Year/Middle Market Deal of the Year: Francisco Partners for Capsule Technologies, which provides patient monitoring and medical device integration at health facilities. Read the full story.
• Large Market Deal of the Year: EQT for Aldevron, which manufactures plasmid DNA, a material needed to synthesize mRNA therapies and vaccines, including the covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Read the full story.
• Small Market Deal of the Year: Argosy Private Equity for Paragon Energy Solutions, which provides supply chain management services. Read the full story here.
• Turnaround Deal of the Year: KPS Capital for golf equipment maker TaylorMade. Read the full story here.
• International Deal of the Year: Accel-KKR for Seequent, which makes software to make 3D geological models. Read the full story here.
• Secondaries Deal of the Year: Clayton Dubilier & Rice with its single-asset deal for Belron. Read the full story here.

2021

• Deal of the Year/Large Market Deal of the Year: Thoma Bravo for Ellie Mae, a mortgage finance tech provider. Read the full story.
• Middle Market Deal of the Year: Trivest Partners for TurnPoint Services, which provides residential repairs and maintenance services. Read the full story.
• Small Market Deal of the Year: Century Park Capital for Mikawaya, which makes mochi ice cream. Read the full story.
• Turnaround Deal of the Year: Centre Lane Partners for Capital Brands, which makes and sells domestic appliances. Read the full story.
• International Deal of the Year: Ardian for Kersia, a French food safety company. Read the full story.
• Secondaries Deal of the Year: Clearlake Capital for software services provider Ivanti. Read the full story.