The 2008 Shortlist

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR

• Addleshaw Goddard
• Ashurst
• Clifford Chance
• DLA Piper
• Eversheds
• Hammonds
• SJ Berwin
• Travers Smith

CORPORATE FINANCIER OF THE YEAR

• BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance
• Clearwater Corporate Finance
• Deloitte & Touche LLP
• Hawkpoint Partners Limited
• KPMG Corporate Finance
• Livingstone Partners

DUE DILIGENCE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR

• Environmental Resources Management
• Ernst & Young
• LEK Consulting
• Marsh
• Tenon Group
• The Quinn Partnership
• URS Corporation
• Willis Limited
• WSP Environment & Energy

PLACEMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR

• Acanthus Advisers
• Deloitte & Touche LLP
• Matrix Private Funds Group
• MVision Private Equity Advisers

DEBT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

• HSBC Bank
• Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets
• nabCapital

ALTERNATIVE DEBT PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

• Babson Capital Europe Limited
• Indigo Capital
• Intermediate Capital Group PLC
• Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance
• MML Capital Partners

VCT MANAGER OF THE YEAR

• Close Ventures
• Foresight Group
• Matrix Private Equity Partners
• Octopus Investments

VENTURE CAPITAL HOUSE OF THE YEAR

• DFJ Esprit
• Finance Wales
• Foresight Group
• Index Ventures
• Scottish Equity Partners

SMALL BUYOUT HOUSE OF THE YEAR

• Barclays Ventures
• Matrix Private Equity Partners
• NBGI Private Equity
• NVM Private Equity Limited
• Sovereign Capital

MID MARKET BUYOUT HOUSE OF THE YEAR

• 3i
• ECI Partners
• GMT Communications Partners
• LDC
• LGV Capital

LARGE BUYOUT HOUSE OF THE YEAR

• CVC Capital Partners
• Montagu Private Equity

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR

• Advent International – Advent Global Private Equity VI
• Barclays Private Equity – Barclays Private Equity European Fund III
• Bowmark Capital – Bowmark Capital Partners IV
• Darwin Private Equity – Darwin Private Equity I
• Endless LLP – Endless Fund II
• MTI - The UMIP Premier Fund