TMT M&A Awards 2018 announced to celebrate standout deal making amidst TMT investment boom

LONDON - July 19, 2018 - PRLog -- A newly expanded global awards programme, ceremony and gala dinner, TMT M&A Awards 2018 (http://www.tmtfinance.com/awards), has been announced to recognise the outstanding mergers and acquisitions, dealmakers and advisers in telecoms, media and technology, following a year of mammoth deal making in the sector.

"We have been tracking significant M&A activity in key verticals such as telecoms infrastructure, broadcast media and software, which have all been extremely active. Valuation multiples are sky high in certain segments, and M&A executives and advisers are under pressure to justify investment strategies and compete in a fiercely competitive landscape," said Ben Nice, Managing Editor and Events Director at TMT Finance, the event organiser. "The TMT M&A Awards 2018 is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the brave and innovative investment activity and benchmark the most successful strategy, legal and financing transaction advisers."

TMT M&A Awards 2018 will be presented to the leading industry CEOs, CFOs and Heads of M&A, Investment Bankers, Lawyers and Merger and Acquisition Advisers in TMT at the Hilton London Bankside, London on November 27 at a Black-Tie Gala Dinner.

"Each award will be judged by a panel of the leading TMT finance and advisory executives and presented to the most exciting and challenging deals. We will also announce our TMT M&A League Tables which will reward those advisers and banks acting on successful transactions in Telecom, Media and Tech," said Nice.  "There have been some outstandingly complex and impressive deals announced already, and I am sure competition for awards this year will be fierce," he said.

Nominations opened on June 1 and close on September 28, with Shortlists announced on October 10.

TMT M&A Awards 2018 Award Categories:

Deals of the Year

Telecom M&A Deal of the Year

Media M&A Deal of the Year

Technology M&A Deal of the Year

Telecom Infrastructure M&A Deal of the Year

Private Equity TMT Deal of the Year

Emerging Markets TMT Deal of the Year

Fintech Deal of the Year

Software Deal of the Year

Cloud Services Deal of the Year

TMT IPO of the Year

TMT Financing Deal of the Year - Debt and Equity

Mid-Cap TMT Deal of the Year

Advisers Awards

TMT M&A Adviser – Deal Size and Number of Deals

TMT Private Equity League Table

Telecom M&A Adviser – Deal Size and Number of Deals

Media M&A Adviser – Deal Size and Number of Deals

Tech M&A Adviser – Deal Size and Number of Deals

TMT M&A Legal Adviser

TMT M&A Financing Bank

Companies and People

TMT M&A Growth Story

TMT M&A Leadership Award

TMT Private Equity Firm of the Year

TMT M&A Adviser - Person

TMT M&A Banker - Person

TMT M&A Lawyer - Person

TMT M&A Adviser - Rising Star

TMT M&A Awards, are nominated by readers of TMT Finance and assessed by its globally renowned Judging Panel of investors, executives and advisers. Separate categories are recognised for regions of Europe, Middle East Africa, Asia and Americas.

Each Award recognises outstanding achievements by telecom, and media companies, senior executives and their investment banking and legal advisers.

The TMT M&A Awards 2018 Ceremony and Gala Dinner is part of the three day TMT Finance World Congress 2018 which includes Comms Finance World 2018 (Nov 28) and Media Leaders Summit 2018 (Nov 29). The Congress gathers the leading TMT executives, investment bankers, investors and advisers to assess investment opportunities internationally.

For more details go to http://www.tmtfinance.com/awards/