EVCJ Awards for 2001

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