European Securitization Awards 2025: winners announced!

Players from across the European securitization market gathered together at London's Nobu Hotel Portman Square on March 27 for GlobalCapital's annual awards dinner.

More than 250 people from across the industry were in attendance to celebrate their successes over 2024, and to toast the winning deals, organisations and individuals.

The market was celebrating a record year, in which public market issuance shattered the post-crisis record. Despite several macro events and high-profile elections, windows of favourable conditions saw a slew of innovative and landmark deals hit the market, and the awards provided the opportunity to celebrate those behind them.

The GlobalCapital Securitization Awards are unique in that they are decided by the market itself. This means that the winners are those the industry considers to be its leading lights.

Research for the awards began back in October, when the market was asked to nominate those that it deemed worthy of inclusion on the shortlist. The nominees were published in December and opened to a market vote to select the winners. Over 2,000 individuals from all corners of the market cast their votes, resulting in over 125 nominees and more than 50 winners.

The exceptions to the vote were three pitched categories: Overall Securitization Bank of the Year, Private Securitization Deal of the Year and the Overall Deal of the Year.

These categories were chosen by our editorial team — after much deliberation — and winners were based on pitches received from the nominees themselves.

Citi scooped the title of Overall Securitization Bank of the Year, standing out for its focus on innovation. The bank brought new issuers and novel structures from across the full spectrum of existing asset classes, as well as introducing some altogether new assets to the European public market.

Vantage Data Centers was named Overall Deal of the Year. The transaction was the first public data center securitization in Europe, breaking new ground as ABS steps up to finance one of the fastest growing infrastructure sectors in Europe.

The Private Securitization Deal of the Year was won by Project Spyder.

Alongside the pitched categories, GlobalCapital also named the 2025 winners of the Outstnading Contribution Award — recognising longstanding excellence and impact in the European securitization market. This year's winners are Georges Duponcheele and William Perraudin, in recognition of their crucial role in framing the debate over reforming the way the market is regulated.

Congratulations to all our winners and nominees, and huge thanks to all those who took the time to pitch and vote in the poll. The full list of winners and nominees is below. Click here to download a PDF of the winners.

Outstanding Contribution to Securitization

Georges Duponcheele & William Perraudin

Overall Securitization Bank of the Year

Citi

Overall Securitization Deal of the Year

Vantage Data Centers 2024-1

(Vantage Data Centers, Barclays, SMBC Nikko, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins)

Private Securitization Deal of the Year

Project Spyder

(Beequip, Apollo, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Citi)

To download a PDF of the winners, click here.