LBO financial sponsor of the year
Winner: Cinven
Highly commended: Industri Kapital
Highly commended: Permira
Mid-market financial sponsor of the year
Winner: Bridgepoint Capital
Highly commended: HSBC Private Equity
Highly commended: Gilde Buyout Fund
Venture capital house of the year
Winner: Apax Partners
Highly commended: Atlas Venture
Highly commended: Advent Venture Partners
LBO debt provider of the year
Winner: Goldman Sachs
Highly commended: Deutsche Bank
Highly commended: CIBC
Mid-market LBO debt provider of the year
Winner: The Royal Bank of Scotland
Highly commended: Bank of Scotland
Highly commended: Barclays Capital
Mezzanine debt provider of the year
Winner: Intermediate Capital Group
Highly commended: Royal Bank of Scotland
Highly commended: Goldmans
Mezzanine debt/equity provider of the year
Winner: Indigo Capital
Highly commended: Euromezzanine Gestion
Highly commended: Pricoa Capital
Realisation of the year
Winner: Redbus Investments
Highly commended: Spectrum Equity Investors and Geocapital partners
Highly commended: Albermarle Private Equity
Private equity accountancy firm of the year
Winner: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Highly commended: KPMG
Highly commended: Deloitte & Touche
Private equity law firm of the year:
Firm and fund work
Winner: SJ Berwin
Highly commended: Clifford Chance
Highly commended: Travers Smith Braithwaite
Private equity law firm of the year:
Buyout transaction work
Winner: Clifford Chance
Highly commended: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Highly commended: Lovells
Asset-based finance provider of the year
Winner: NMB Heller
Highly commended: Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance