Livingstone voted Boutique of the Year…Again
April 2010
Livingstone Partners wins Private Equity Award for third time in five years
Livingstone Partners received further industry recognition by being voted Independent Corporate Finance House of the Year at the 2010 Private Equity Awards.The Private Equity Awards are the European Private Equity industry’s most prestigious awards. Livingstone has now won the Independent Corporate Finance House award three times in the last five years. The firm adds this latest accolade to its 2010 Mid-Market Adviser of the Year gong, organised by Acquisitions Monthly in Europe’s leading investment banking industry awards, won in January 2010.
In a rigorous assessment process, Livingstone was short-listed by a team from London Business School’s Coller Private Equity Institute and then selected for the award by an independent judging panel made up of private equity industry representatives including from the Allianz, BVCA, Hermes, The Carlyle Group, Permira and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Livingstone was singled out by the judging panel for having maintained its deal flow and increased its aggregate deal volumes in challenging market conditions. In 2009, Livingstone completed 32 deals valued at £950m across its teams in London, Madrid and Chicago.
Patrick Groarke, Partner at Livingstone, and Gordon Blair, founder of sister boutique Succession Corporate Finance, collected the award. Patrick commented, “We are thrilled to have been chosen for this award against some tough competition. 2009 wasn’t a whole load of fun but we have continued to invest in our teams and are looking to the next 12 months with much greater confidence.”
Other firms short-listed for the same award were Catalyst Corporate Finance, Cavendish Corporate Finance, Clearwater Corporate Finance and Hawkpoint.
For further information contact:
Patrick Groarke
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 4707
Email: pgroarke@livingstonepartners.co.uk
Jeremy Furniss
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7484 4703
Email: jfurniss@livingstonepartners.co.uk
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L to R: Patrick Groarke, Partner - Livingstone Partners, Sarah Hunt, CEO - EquityFD, Gordon Blair, Partner - Succession Corporate Finance