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Winners of the 4th Annual International M&A Advisor Awards Announced

New York, NY, October 15, 2012 – The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the 2012 International M&A Advisor Awards at the 4th Annual International M&A Awards Gala to a festive, sold-out crowd at the New York Athletic Club on Wednesday, October 10th. Bloomberg Television Market Reporter Dominic Chu and Miss Universe China Luo Zilin hosted the event with a guest appearance by the Grammy award winning Violinist and international hip-hop/R&B star Miri Ben-Ari.

"We are currently witnessing the unprecedented transformation of firms and dealmakers into Global leaders whose intimate knowledge and expertise in the cultural, financial and legal arenas are redefining our industry,” says David Fergusson, Sr. Managing Director of The M&A Advisor. “During this period of continued uncertainty, inter-country M&A activity again outperformed domestic M&A, laying testament to the claim that business truly knows no boundaries.”

The International Awards Gala honored the leading deal-teams, deal-makers and firms whose activities set the standard for cross-border transactions. This year, 228 nominees representing over 400 companies were finalists for the awards. An independent judging committee of cross-border industry experts determined the ultimate recipients of the awards.

In addition to the honorees, Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to the leading global M&A industry pioneers. Dr. Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest; Rajiv K. Luthra, Co-Founder, Luthra and Luthra; Alex Rodzianko, CEO, IFC Metropol and Wang Wei, Chairman, China M&A Group were awarded for their achievements. For photos and biographies of the Lifetime Achievement Award winners, please CLICK HERE.

The Annual International M&A Advisor Summit and Awards Gala is the premier event for professionals in the global M&A industry. In addition to recognizing and rewarding the industry’s top cross-border transactions, firms of the year, and dealmaker of the year, the Summit featured over 50 stalwart professionals leading roundtable sessions and delivering keynote presentations.

A detailed list of all the Award Winners and Finalists for the 4th Annual International M&A Awards is to follow.

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THE 4th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL M&A ADVISOR AWARDS WINNERS AND FINALISTS

The winners for the 4th Annual International M&A Advisor Awards are as follows:

I. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest; Rajiv K. Luthra, Co-Founder, Luthra and Luthra; Alex Rodzianko, CEO, IFC Metropol Wang Wei, Chairman, China M&A

II. MAJOR DEAL CATEGORIES

M&A Deal of the Year (Over $3 Billion)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Nortel Networks’ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Patents Portfolio by Rockstar Bidco Shearman & Sterling LLP Apple Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP Ericsson Jefferies & Company, Inc. Lazard Ltd. Microsoft Nortel RIM SEB Enskilda Sony Weil, Gotshal, and Manges

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Talecris by Grifols Proskauer Rose LLP S.A. Grifols S.A. Osborne Clarke Proskauer Rose LLP Talecris Biotherapeutics

 Acquisition of Skype Global S.a.r.l. Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation JP Morgan Silver Lake Partners Skype Global S.a.r.l.

 Merger of Burger King and Justice Tegris Advisors Holdings Ltd. Greenberg Traurig, LLP Barclays Capital Burger King Justice Holdings Ltd. Price WaterHouse Coopers LLP Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

 Acquisition of a Controlling Interest Webber Wentzel in Massmart Holdings Limited by Deloitte Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Deutsche Bank Edward Nathan Sonnenberg Ernst&Young Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Chase Inc Massmart Holdings Limited Merill Data site RBB Economics Rothschilds Wal-Mart Stores

 Acquisition of Aker Drilling by FTI Consulting Transocean Aker Capital AS Fearnley Fonds / Fearnley Offshore Morgan Stanley Transocean Wikborg Rein

 Sberbank (Russia) Purchase of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Volksbank International Banking Schoenherr Attorneys at Law Network (CEE region) Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne S.A. Bredin Prat Citigroup Deloitte Deutsche Bank Dorda Brugger Jordis DZ BANK AG Ithuba Capital JP Morgan Limited KPMG Oliver Wyman LLC Österreichische Volksbanken AG PricewaterhouseCoopers Sberbank of Russia Société Générale Volksbank International AG WGZ BANK AG

 France Telecom’s US$3.35 Billion Dechert Tender Offer for MobiNil / ECMS Beltone Financial and Related Transaction with Cleary Gottlieb LLP France Telecom Orascom Telecom Media and Ibrachy Law Firm Technology Lazard Frères Orascom Telecom Media & Technology Holding SAE Zaki Hashem & Partners

M&A Deal of the Year (Between $1 Billion and $3 Billion)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Delphi Financial Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. Group by Tokio Marine’s Delphi Financial Group, Inc. KPMG Lazard Frères & Co. LLC Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

FINALISTS

 Privatisation of the ASX-listed Macquarie Capital Charter Hall Office REIT Allens Linklaters Charter Hall Office REIT Government of Singapore Investment Corporation KPMG Public Sector Pension Investment Board

 Acquisition of MYOB by Bain Ropes & Gray Capital Allens Arthur Robinson Bain Capital Clayton Utz Corrs Chambers Westgate Morgan Stanley MYOB PwC

 Acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Baker & McKenzie LLP Holdings, Inc. by Fresenius Barclays Capital Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc. Ropes & Gray LLP

 Merger of Jazz Pharmaceuticals A&L Goodbody Inc. (Jazz Inc) and Azur Pharma Arthur Cox Ltd (Azur) Azur Pharma Ltd Cooley Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mayer Brown

 Minor Acquisition of Energias de Skadden, Arps Portugal S.A. by China Three Gorges

 Acquisition of Entire Issued Share A&L Goodbody Capital of Cúram Software Limited Cravath, Swaine & Moore (Cúram) by IBM International Curam Software IBM Group B.V. (IBM B.V.)

 Acquisition of Metorex Limited by Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc Jinchuan Group Limited Allen & Overy DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Goldman Sachs Asia Goldman Sachs SA Intralinks Jinchuan Group KPMG Services (Proprietary) Limited Metorex Limited Standard Bank

 Acquisition of Hancock Coal mines Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd by GVK Group Amarchand & Mangaldas Minter Ellison Lawyers

M&A Deal of the Year (Between $250mm and $1 Billion)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Hayes Lemmerz Proskauer Rose LLP (Proskauer) by Iochpe-Maxion Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Iochpe-Maxion S.A.

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Ferretti S.p.A. by Houlihan Lokey Weichai Group Holdings Limited D’Urso Gatti e Bianchi Ernst & Young Ferretti S.p.A. Houlihan Lokey HSBC ICBC King & Wood The Royal Bank of Scotland Weichai Group Holdings Limited

 Acquisition of Hilite International Houlihan Lokey by 3i Group 3i Group Clifford Chance E&Y Team Hilite Lazard Freres & Co Merrill Datasite PwC Team

 Purchase of the 100 Percent of Global M&A Partners Ltd. the Shares of Polimer Kaucuk Eaton Corp (SEL Hortum) by Eaton Corp. Global M&A Turkey Polimer Kaucuk Price Waterhouse Coopers White & Case YTY Law

 Anglo American plc Divestment Webber Wentzel of its Scaw Metals Group Anglo American plc Edward Nathan Sonnenburg ERM Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd IDC Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited Linklaters Nortons PwC Rand Merchant Bank Shanduka Resources (Proprietary) Limited Southern Palace Group of Companies Ltd. UBS/Goldman Sachs

 Acquisition of Tracker Webber Wentzel Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd by Actis Actis, RMB Ventures DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr FirstRand Bank Limited (Proprietary) Limited and MIC MIC Investment Holdings Investment Holdings Nedbank Capital divisions (Proprietary) Limited Nedbank Corporate Nedbank Limited Newman Lowther & Associates PwC Rand Merchant Bank division Remgro Limited RMB Ventures, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Tracking and Signal Technologies Limited

 Acquisition of Elan Drug A&L Goodbody Technologies from Elan Alkermes Corporation Plc by Alkermes, Inc Arthur Cox Cleary Gottlieb Elan FTI Consulting Morgan Stanley PwC

 Acquisition of Old World William Blair & Company Chemicals by Indorama Bracewell & Giuliani Indorama Ventures PCL Old World Industries, LLC

M&A Deal of the Year (Between $100mm and $250mm)

WINNER

 Acquisition of BEA (The first-ever White & Case acquisition of a US bank by a Sullivan & Cromwell Chinese bank) by ICBC

FINALISTS

 Equity Investment in Royal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co. Camp Services, Ltd. by Bank of Montreal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & BMO Capital Partners Flackman, Goodman & Potter Company, Inc. Kaiser Associates Lazard Middle Market Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP TriWest Capital Partners

 Sale of Power Distribution Inc to Bertram Capital Smiths plc Hirschler Fleischer Lincoln International Morgan Stanley Smiths Group plc Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

 Acquisition of Ophir Optronics Headwaters MB LCC Ltd. by Newport Corp (Nasdaq: Bank of America NEWP) Bingham McCutchen LLP Deloitte & Touche Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Headwaters MB Naschitz Brandes & Co Newport Corp. Ophir Optronics Ltd.

M&A Deal of the Year (Between $50mm and $100mm)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Energy Products of D.A. Davidson & Co. Idaho by Outotec Oyj Energy Products of Idaho Ernst & Young LLP Fredericks Michael & Co. Golder Associates Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh Janice Loux CPA Merrill Corporation Outotec Oyj Shearman & Sterling LLP

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of BOB Trailers, Inc. Capstone Partners LLC by Britax Group Limited Ashurst LLP BOB Trailers, Inc. Britax Group Limited Eide Bailly, LLP KPMG LLP Moffat Thomas Barrett Rock & Fields, CHTD

 Acquisition of Dow AgriSciences YES BANK Limited LLC’s (USA) European Bain & Company ANK Limited “Mancozeb” (fungicide) Business Bird & Bird Dow AgriSciences LLC by Indofil Industries Limited Indofil Industries Ltd (India) KPMG

 Acquisition of 4 oil rigs by John Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd Energy Limited Desai & Desai ICICI Bank IL&FS

 Sale of O.K. Industries, Inc. to SSG Capital Advisors, LLC Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de Bachoco C.V. KPMG Mexico McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP O.K. Industries, Inc. Shearman & Sterling LLP

 Acquisition of NAPC by Eurovia, Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd a Vinci Group Subisidiary

M&A Deal of the Year (Between $10mm and $50mm)

WINNER

 Sale of Creative Electronic Headwaters MB Systems SA to a Consortium of Chess Consulting LLC Private Equity Dimension SA Ernst & Young Kaye Scholer LLP LFPE S.A. MRV Communications, Inc. Python & Peter Schellenberg Wittmer Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Union Bank of Switzerland Vinci Capital

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Sonar6 by Harbor View Advisors, LLC Cornerstone OnDemand Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. Ernst & Young Limited Harbor View Advisors, LLC Lowenstein Sandler RR Donnelley - Venue Sonar Limited (dba Sonar6) Wilson Sonsini

 Acquisition of Interlabels YES BANK Limited Industries Pvt Limited (India) by Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd Skanem AS (Norway) Alliance Legal India Partners Interlabels Industries Private Limited Iseme, Kamau & Maema, Advocates J. Sagar & Associates Kaplan & Stratton Skanem AS

 Acquisition of Tarasoft Generational Capital Markets, Inc., Member Corporation by CoreLogic FINRA/SIPC Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP CoreLogic Lam Lo Nishio Chartered Accountants Tarasoft Corporation

 The Sale B2B-Center by Russian ALPHA Associates Funds Investment Group B2B-Center Da Vinci Capital Management Insight Venture Partners Runa Capital Russian Funds Investment Group Willkie Far & Gallagher LLP

 Synergy Health plc Merger with McColl Partners, LLC SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. DLA Piper FirmEx Hill Ward Henderson KPMG McColl Partners, LLC SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. Synergy Health plc (LSE:SYR)

 Sale Of Union Tractor, Ltd. to Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC Mill City Capital Blue Tee, Inc. Faegre & Benson Bennett Jones Mill City Capital Northstar Capital Ogilvey Law Firm (Edmonton)

 Acquisition of Zhiqiang Food Co. Business Development Asia (“Joysun”) by Lunar Capital Lunar Capital Sichuan Zhiqiang Food Co. Ltd.

III. CORPORATE/STRATEGIC ACQUISITION DEAL OF THE YEAR

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Over $1 Billion)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Skype Global Microsoft Corporation S.a.r.l. by Microsoft Corporation JP Morgan Silver Lake Partners Skype Global S.a.r.l.

FINALISTS

 France Telecom’s US$3.35 Dechert Billion Tender Offer for MobiNil / Beltone Financial ECMS and Related Transaction Cleary Gottlieb LLP France Telecom with Orascom Telecom Media Ibrachy Law Firm and Technology Lazard Frères Orascom Telecom Media & Technology Holding SAE Zaki Hashem & Partners

FTI Consulting  Acquisition of Aker Drilling by Aker Capital AS Transocean Fearnley Fonds / Fearnley Offshore Morgan Stanley Transocean Wikborg Rein

 Acquisition of Talecris by Grifols Proskauer Rose LLP S.A. Grifols S.A. Osborne Clarke Proskauer Rose LLP Talecris Biotherapeutics

 BP takes 30 Percent Stake in 23 Vinson & Elkins oil and gas Production Sharing Allen & Overy Contracts That Reliance AZB & Partners Operates in India BP Linklaters Morgan Stanley Reliance Talwar Thakore & Associates Vinson & Elkins

 Acquisition of EMI Music White & Case Publishing by Sony Corporation Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld of America Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Clifford Chance LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

 Acquisition of 60 Percent of Hsu White & Case Fu Chi by Nestle S.A. Maples and Calder Reed Smith

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year

(Between $100mm and $1 Billion)

WINNER

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Avis Europe Plc by Avis Budget Group, Inc. Avis Budget Group, Inc. Avis Europe Plc Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division

 Life Healthcare Acquires 26 Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd Percent Stake in Max Healthcare Luthra & Luthra

 Acquisition of BEA (The first- White & Case ever acquisition of a US bank by Sullivan & Cromwell a Chinese bank) by ICBC

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year

(Between $50mm and $100mm)

WINNER

 Acquisition of BOB Trailers, Inc. Capstone Partners LLC Capstone Partners LLC by Britax Group Limited Britax Group Limited BOB Trailers, Inc. Capstone Partners LLC Ashurst LLP Moffat Thomas Barrett Rock & Fields, CHTD KPMG LLP Eide Bailly, LLP

FINALISTS

 Port-A-Cool LLC, a Portfolio MHT Partners, LP Company of Rosewood Private Axley & Rode Investments and its Co- Haynes and Boone, LLP Port-A-Cool LLC investors, has Been Acquired by Walter Meier Walter Meier Wells Fargo

 Acquisition of Dow AgriSciences YES BANK Limited LLC’s (USA) European Bain & Company ANK Limited “Mancozeb” (fungicide) Bird & Bird Dow AgriSciences LLC Business by Indofil Industries Indofil Industries Ltd Limited (India) KPMG

 Acquisition of Energy Products D.A. Davidson & Co. of Idaho by Outotec Oyj Energy Products of Idaho Ernst & Young LLP Fredericks Michael & Co. Golder Associates Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh Janice Loux CPA Merrill Corporation Outotec Oyj Shearman & Sterling LLP

Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (Between $10mm and $50mm)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Zhiqiang Food Co. Business Development Asia (“Joysun”) by Lunar Capital Lunar Capital Sichuan Zhiqiang Food Co. Ltd.

FINALIS

 Strategic Global Alliance Business Development Asia Between SRG Global and FALTEC FALTEC Co. SRG Global

 Acquisition of Pea Ridge Iron Alberici Group, Inc Ore Mine by MFC Industrial Behre Dolbear & Co. (USA) MFC Industrial Alberci Group Inc Sangra Moller Wings Enterprises

 Acquisition of 50 percent Equity Ernst & Young Stake in Legacy Iron Ore Limited

 Acquisition of Tarasoft Generational Capital Markets, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC Corporation by CoreLogic Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP CoreLogic Lam Lo Nishio Chartered Accountants Tarasoft Corporation

 The Weir Group Acquires Valves Business Development Asia Business from HIM Tech, Korea HIM Tech Co. PwC The Weir Group, PLC

IV. RESTRUCTURING DEAL OF THE YEAR

WINNER

 Out-of-Court Restructuring of Miller Buckfire & Co. PlayPower, Inc. Apollo Investment Management Mackinac Partners PlayPower, Inc./Mackinac Partners UBS AG Willkie Farr & Gallagher

FINALISTS

 Restructuring of Travelport Skadden, Arps Limited and Travelport Holdings Limited

 Chukchansi Gold Resort & The Seaport Group Casino Debt Restructuring Chukchansi Economic Development Authority Faegre & Benson GLC Advisors Latham & Watkins Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP Rosette & Associate Whetstone LLP

 The Restructuring of the Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc Shareholding of Each of Cell-C, Convergence and Dimension Data in FibreCo

V. DEAL FINANCING OF THE YEAR

WINNER

 Development of a Secure DIP Skadden, Arps Facility by Barclays Bank Barclays PLC Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle Kirkland & Ellis Mayer Brown Morrison & Foerster Morrison Cohen

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of MYOB by Bain Ropes & Gray Capital Allens Arthur Robinson Bain Capital Clayton Utz Corrs Chambers Westgate Morgan Stanley MYOB PwC

 Bain Capital Restructuring and Ropes & Gray Dividen Recapitalizations Anderson Mori Bain Capital Baker McKenzie Bellsystems 24 Dominos Pizza Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba Nagashima & Ohno Nomura Securities PwC

 Project Fino Appleby Barclays Bank plc Deloitte LLP Deutsche Bank FSHC (Guernsey) Holdings Limited Gleacher Shacklock Goldman Sachs Latham Watkins Rothschild Terra Firma Coinvestment Fund Terra Firma Fund III

VI. DEALMAKER OF THE YEAR

WINNER

Euan Rellie, Senior Managing Director, Business Development Asia

FINALISTS

Guy Alexander, Co-Head M&A and Equity Capital Markets, Allens Linklaters

Christo Els, Partner, Webber Wentzel

Sergio Galvis, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell

John Rovani, Senior Managing Director, The McLean Group, LLC

Dieter A. Schmitz, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP

VII. M&A PRODUCT/SERVICE OF THE YEAR

Professional Service/Portfolio Companies

WINNER

 SRS MAX

FINALISTS

 Lockton, Inc.

 Tasman Consulting Post-Merger Human Capital Integration Services

 VSA Consulting Group LLC

Information Management

WINNER

 Merrill DataSite

FINALISTS

 EMIS DealWatch

 S&P Capital IQ

 V-Rooms Virtual Data Rooms

VIII. FIRM OF THE YEAR

Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year

WINNER

Capstone Partners LLC

FINALISTS

 Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC

 Record Point

 Tegris Advisors

Private Equity Firm of the Year

WINNER

 Audax Private Equity

FINALIS

 3i Group Plc

 AXA Private Equity

 H.I.G. Capital, LLC

 CVC Partners

 EQT Partners

 LeapFrog Investments

 Sun European Partners

Accounting/Due Diligence Firm of the Year

WINNER

 Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.

FINALISTS

 Deloitte

 KPMG

 ShineWing

Valuation Firm of the Year

WINNER

 Valuation Research Group

FINALISTS

 Deloitte

 Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.

 Houlihan Lokey

Law Firm of the Year

WINNER

 White & Case LLP

FINALISTS

 A&L Goodbody

 Clifford Chance

 Dechert LLP

 Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc.

 Shearman & Sterling LLP

 Torys LLP

 Webber Wentzel

Marketing/PR Firm of the Year

WINNER

FTI Consulting

FINALISTS

 BackBay Communications, Inc.

 Infinite Public Relations, LLC

 LANE PR

Investment Banking Firm of the Year

WINNER

 Houlihan Lokey

FINALISTS

 Business Development Asia (BDA)

 Deloitte

 Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.

 Headwaters MB, LLC

 William Blair & Company

IX. SECTOR DEAL OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Healthcare/Life Sciences

WINNER

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Talecris by Grifols Proskauer Rose LLP S.A. Grifols S.A. Osborne Clarke Proskauer Rose LLP Talecris Biotherapeutics

 Acquisition of Elan Drug A&L Goodbody Technologies from Elan Alkermes Corporation Plc by Alkermes, Inc Arthur Cox Cleary Gottlieb Elan FTI Consulting Morgan Stanley PwC

Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution (Between $100mm and $1 Billion)

WINNER

 Sale of Power Distribution Inc to Bertram Capital Smiths plc Hirschler Fleischer Lincoln International Morgan Stanley Smiths Group plc Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

FINALISTS

 Out-of-Court Restructuring of Miller Buckfire & Co. PlayPower, Inc. Apollo Investment Management Mackinac Partners PlayPower, Inc./Mackinac Partners UBS AG Willkie Farr & Gallagher

 Acquisition of Ophir Optronics Headwaters MB LCC Ltd. by Newport Corp (Nasdaq: Bank of America NEWP) Bingham McCutchen LLP Deloitte & Touche Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Naschitz Brandes & Co Newport Corp. Ophir Optronics Ltd.

 Acquisition of Hilite International Houlihan Lokey by 3i Group 3i Group Clifford Chance E&Y Team Hilite Lazard Freres & Co Merrill Datasite PwC Team

 Acquisition of Hayes Lemmerz Proskauer Rose LLP (Proskauer) by Iochpe-Maxion Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Iochpe-Maxion S.A.

 Acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell Skadden, Arps by Vitol Group and Helios Investment Partners

 Acquisition of Old World William Blair & Company Chemicals by Indorama Bracewell & Giuliani Indorama Ventures PCL Old World Industries, LLC

Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution (Between $10mm and $100mm)

WINNER

 The Weir Group acquires valves Business Development Asia business from HIM Tech, Korea HIM Tech Co. PwC The Weir Group, PLC

FINALISTS

 Strategic Global Alliance Business Development Asia Between SRG Global and FALTEC FALTEC Co. SRG Global

 Sale of Union Tractor, Ltd. To Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC Mill City Capital Blue Tee, Inc. Faegre & Benson Bennett Jones Mill City Capital Northstar Capital Ogilvey Law Firm (Edmonton)

Financial Services Deal of the Year

WINNER

FINALISTS

 NYSE Euronext Acquired a Marlin & Associates Minority Interest in Fixnetix Nabarro LLP NYSE Euronext, Inc.

 Acquisition of BEA (The first-ever White & Case acquisition of a US bank by a Sullivan & Cromwell Chinese bank) by ICBC

Professional Services (B-to-B)

WINNER

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Ideas Marlin & Associates International Ltd by Gartner Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited Ernst & Young Australia Norton Rose Australia Sparke Helmore

 Parsons Corporation Acquires Cobham Analytics Solutions Cobham Analytics Solutions Cobham PLC Hogan Lovells Houlihan Lokey Lazard Parsons Corporation Steptoe & Johnson Stone Key Partners LLC

Technology, Media, Telecom ($100mm and Over)

WINNER

 France Telecom’s US$3.35 Dechert Billion Tender Offer for Beltone Financial MobiNil / ECMS and Related Cleary Gottlieb LLP France Telecom Transaction with Orascom Ibrachy Law Firm Telecom Media and Lazard Frères Technology Orascom Telecom Media & Technology Holding SAE Zaki Hashem & Partners

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Ophir Optronics Headwaters MB Ltd. by Newport Corp Bank of America (Nasdaq: NEWP) Bingham McCutchen LLP Deloitte & Touche Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Naschitz Brandes & Co Newport Corp. Ophir Optronics Ltd.

 Acquisition of Tracker Webber Wentzel Investment Holdings (Pty) Actis Ltd by Actis, RMB Ventures DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr FirstRand Bank Limited (Proprietary) Limited and MIC MIC Investment Holdings Investment Holdings Nedbank Capital divisions (Proprietary) Limited Nedbank Corporate Nedbank Limited Newman Lowther & Associates PwC Rand Merchant Bank division Remgro Limited RMB Ventures, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Tracking and Signal Technologies Limited

 Acquisition of Nortel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Networks’ Patents Portfolio by Shearman & Sterling LLP Rockstar Bidco Apple Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP Ericsson, Jefferies & Company, Inc. Lazard Ltd. Microsoft Nortel RIM SEB Enskilda Sony Weil, Gotshal, and Manges

 Acquisition of EMI Music White & Case Publishing by Sony Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Corporation of America Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Clifford Chance LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Technology, Media, Telecom (Between $10mm and $100mm)

WINNER

 Acquisition of Metabit by Marlin & Associates NYSE Euronext

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Ideas Marlin & Associates International Ltd by Gartner Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited Ernst & Young Australia Norton Rose Australia Sparke Helmore

 Sale of Creative Electronic Headwaters MB Systems SA to a Consortium Chess Consulting LLC of Private Equity Dimension SA Ernst & Young Kaye Scholer LLP LFPE S.A. MRV Communications, Inc. Python & Peter Schellenberg Wittmer Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Union Bank of Switzerland Vinci Capital

 The restructuring of the Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc shareholding of each of Cell- C, Convergence and Dimension Data in FibreCo

 Acquisition of Atrium Network Marlin & Associates by TMX Group LFE Partners TMX Group Torys LLP

 Acquisition of IMS Research Marlin & Associates by IHS IHS Macfarlanes LLP

Energy

WINNER

 Acquisition of Aker Drilling by FTI Consulting Transocean Aker Capital AS Fearnley Fonds / Fearnley Offshore Morgan Stanley Transocean Wikborg Rein

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Pea Ridge Iron Alberici Group, Inc Ore Mine by MFC Industrial Behre Dolbear & Co. (USA) MFC Industrial Alberci Group Inc Sangra Moller Wings Enterprises

 Acquisition of Energy D.A. Davidson & Co. Products of Idaho by Outotec Energy Products of Idaho Oyj Ernst & Young LLP Fredericks Michael & Co. Golder Associates Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh Janice Loux CPA Merrill Corporation Outotec Oyj Shearman & Sterling LLP

 Equity Investment in Royal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co. Camp Services, Ltd. by Bank of Montreal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney BMO Capital Partners Flackman, Goodman & Potter & Company, Inc. Kaiser Associates Lazard Middle Market Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP TriWest Capital Partners

 Acquisition of Metorex Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc Limited by Jinchuan Group Allen & Overy Limited DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Goldman Sachs Asia Goldman Sachs SA Intralinks Jinchuan Group KPMG Services (Proprietary) Limited Metorex Limited Standard Bank

 Minor Acquisition of Energias Skadden, Arps de Portugal S.A. by China Three Gorges

 BP takes 30 percent Stake in Vinson & Elkins 23 oil and gas Production Allen & Overy Sharing Contracts That AZB & Partners BP Reliance Operates in India Linklaters Morgan Stanley Reliance Talwar Thakore & Associates Vinson & Elkins

 Acquisition of Royal Dutch Skadden, Arps Shell by Vitol Group and Helios Investment Partners

Industrial Goods and Basic Resources

WINNER

 Acquisition of Ferretti S.p.A. Houlihan Lokey by Weichai Group Holdings D’Urso Gatti e Bianchi Limited Ernst & Young Ferretti S.p.A. Houlihan Lokey HSBC ICBC King & Wood The Royal Bank of Scotland Weichai Group Holdings Limited

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Pea Ridge Iron Alberici Group, Inc Ore Mine by MFC Industrial Behre Dolbear & Co. (USA) MFC Industrial Alberci Group Inc Sangra Moller Wings Enterprises

 The Weir Group Acquires Business Development Asia Valves Business From HIM HIM Tech Co. Tech, Korea PwC The Weir Group, PLC

 Sale Of Union Tractor, Ltd. to Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC Mill City Capital Blue Tee, Inc. Faegre & Benson Bennett Jones Mill City Capital Northstar Capital Ogilvey Law Firm (Edmonton)

 Anglo American plc Webber Wentzel Divestment of its Scaw Metals Anglo American plc Group Edward Nathan Sonnenburg ERM Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd IDC Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited Linklaters Nortons PwC Rand Merchant Bank Shanduka Resources (Proprietary) Limited Southern Palace Group of Companies Ltd. UBS/Goldman Sachs

 Acquisition of Royal Dutch Skadden, Arps Shell by Vitol Group and Helios Investment Partners

 Minor Acquisition of Energias Skadden, Arps de Portugal S.A. by China Three Gorges

 Acquisition of Hancock Coal Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd mines by GVK Group Amarchand & Mangaldas Minter Ellison Lawyers

Consumer and Retail Products

WINNER

 Merger of Burger King and Tegris Advisors Justice Holdings Ltd. Greenberg Traurig LLP Barclays Capital Burger King Justice Holdings Ltd. Price WaterHouse Coopers LLP Sullivan and Cromwell LLP

FINALISTS

 Sale of O.K. Industries, Inc. SSG Capital Advisors, LLC to Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. Bachoco de C.V. KPMG Mexico McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP O.K. Industries, Inc. Shearman & Sterling LLP

 Acquisition of BOB Trailers, Capstone Partners LLC Inc. by Britax Group Limited Ashurst LLP BOB Trailers, Inc. Britax Group Limited Eide Bailly, LLP KPMG LLP Moffat Thomas Barrett Rock & Fields, CHTD

 Sale of Del Monte Canada by Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Sun Capital Partners to ConAgra Foods, Inc. ConAgra Foods Del Monte Canada Harris Williams Morgan Lewis Stikeman Elliott LLP

 Acquisition of a Controlling Webber Wentzel Interest in Massmart Holdings Deloitte Limited by Wal-Mart Stores, Deutsche Bank Edward Nathan Sonnenberg Inc. Ernst&Young Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Chase Inc Massmart Holdings Limited Merill Data site RBB Economics Rothschilds Wal-Mart Stores

 Acquisition of Zhiqiang Food Business Development Asia Co. (“Joysun”) by Lunar Lunar Capital Capital Sichuan Zhiqiang Food Co. Ltd.

 Acquisition of Stake in Dunar Dunar Foods Foods by TVS Shriram ICICI Securities Growth Fund I TVS Capital

 Acqusition of Provimi Holding Baker & McKenzie by Cargill Incorporated Cargill Incorporated Credit Suisse Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP JPMorgan Permira

Real Estate

WINNER

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of MAAF Assurances Banque Degroof & Philippe SA by Cofinimmo SA and Cofinimmo SA Fonciere Atland SA MAAF Assurances SA Wragge & Co LLP

 Acquisition of The Kingfisher Addleshaw Goddard LLP Shopping Centre by Capital & DLA Piper Regional Plc and Oaktree Oaktree Capital Management Paul Hastings Capital Group Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited Strutt & Parker

Consumer Services

WINNER

 Restructuring of Travelport Skadden, Arps Limited and Travelport Holdings Limited

FINALISTS

 Acquisition of Zhiqiang Food Co. Business Development Asia (“Joysun”) by Lunar Capital Lunar Capital Sichuan Zhiqiang Food Co. Ltd.

 Acquisition of 60 Percent of Hsu White & Case Fu Chi by Nestle S.A. Maples and Calder Reed Smith

 Acquisition of Stake in Dunar Dunar Foods Foods by TVS Shriram Growth ICICI Securities Fund I TVS Capital

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