Awards

The winning organisations will be announced at events in both London and New York in September

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Berlin headquartered Enpal scooped up six awards at GlobalCapital’s European Securitization Awards on March 27, for its deal in October last year, Golden Ray 1. The deal was Europe’s first ever solar ABS. GlobalCapital’s senior securitization reporter George Smith caught up with Enpal’s head of refinancing Gregor Burkart to discuss the company’s journey so far and where it is going next.

Crédit Agricole CIB had another remarkable year in the loan market. The firm played a key role in the multi-award winning FiberCop transaction and secured the award for Best Arranger of Infrastructure and Renewables Loans. To discuss the bank’s success, GlobalCapital spoke to Charlotte de Parseval, deputy head of TMT finance EMEA and head of TMT finance London, and Toby Walker, head of project finance & rail distribution EMEA, incorporating syndicate and specialist PF sales reports for the distribution of infrastructure (including digital), renewables.

The loan market is evolving rapidly, fueled by the emergence of transformative tools and a new generation of market players. In such an environment, cutting-edge technology has never been more crucial. For its work building a peerless platform that combines efficiency, transparency and accessibility, Debtdomain is this year’s loan market Technology Provider of the Year. GlobalCapital spoke to John Conway, head of Debtdomain EMEA, about solving client problems, the role of AI and the firm’s expansion into new markets.

BNP Paribas’ success in the loan market was on full display this year. In addition to having its fingerprints on a host of award-winning regional deals, the bank secured the coveted Loan House of the Year award and was chosen as the top arranger of loans in France and Western Europe as a whole. In a true testament to its breadth of expertise, the firm was also recognised for its excellence in the mid-cap market and ESG lending. GlobalCapital spoke to Stanford Hartman, BNP Paribas’ EMEA head of high yield & loan syndicate, about the bank’s banner year, its approach to different markets and strategy for the years ahead.

Nigeria’s leading development finance institution, Bank of Industry (BOI), completed a landmark transaction in August 2024. The firm’s €1.425bn globally syndicated transaction was its largest yet, drawing strong interest from investors across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. GlobalCapital spoke to managing director and CEO Olasupo Olusi about the bank’s growing status in the capital markets, how its use of proceeds supports the Nigerian economy and BOI’s plans for the future.

The leading deals and organisations of 2024, as voted by the market, were crowned at a gala dinner in London

The vote to choose the leading firms and individuals in the international debt capital markets has begun

Winners will be presented at live events in London and New York in September

The winning deals, organisations and individuals will be crowned at a ceremony in New York on April 22

Decades of top decile returns and a focus on client needs made GoldenTree Asset Management a market leader. The employee-owned firm’s culture of collaboration and innovation drives differentiated strategies across asset classes. All this makes GoldenTree the deserving winner of Global & Americas Hedge Fund of the Year.