By Pierre Briand, Managing Director, Equiteq Australia and New Zealand
This year’s Financial Review Client Choice Awards proved that the Australian and New Zealand professional services sector is going from strength to strength. At a glittering award ceremony held in Melbourne last night, professional services firms and practitioners were rewarded for the excellent quality and service they provide to their clients.
We are delighted to announce that Equiteq has won the Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year at the 9th Annual International M&A Advisor Awards. This recognition from The M&A Advisor comes hot on the heels of the 15th Annual American Business Awards, where Equiteq was awarded Bronze winner for Company of the Year – Banking & Financial Services – Small.
The Co-CEO and President of The M&A Advisor, David Fergusson, said “The 2017 International M&A Award winners represent the best of international M&A industry in 2016 who earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists.”
Commenting upon the award, our CEO, David Jorgenson, said “I’m thrilled that for the second year in a row, an independent judging committee of top M&A industry experts determined that Equiteq should receive another highly acclaimed award. Equiteq has built a unique global boutique model that is 100% focused on helping owners of knowledge-intensive business services firms achieve their exit goals through sale preparation and transaction execution. We are very proud that our individuality and expertise has set us apart.”
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Our Managing Director for North America, Nico Esposito, collected the award at a ceremony in New York on Nov 9. It was given to us in recognition of the quality of our work on the successful sale of Noah Consulting to Infosys. To read a case study on the deal, please click here.
David Fergusson, Co-CEO and President of The M&A Advisor said “The award recipients represent the finest in the M&A industry in 2016 and earned these honors by standing out in a group of extremely impressive finalists. From lower middle market to multi-billion dollar deals, we are recognizing the leading transactions, firms and individuals that represent the highest level of achievement.”
Nico Esposito added “Our thanks go to Noah Consulting, who gave us the opportunity to work with them and to help realize the value they had built in their very exciting business.”
David Jorgenson, CEO at Equiteq talks about our win.
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The M&A Advisor Awards
The M&A Advisor Awards has been recognizing the leading dealmakers, firms and transactions since its inception in 2002. Celebrating the creativity, perseverance and ingenuity of the M&A industry’s professionals, the 2016 ceremony takes place on 9th November, at which Equiteq are finalist in the following 4 categories:
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