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• Financial and legal advisers are tracked on all deals with value over USD 50m where information on the advisory is available via public sources as well as submissions from the advisers directly to TMT Finance.
• We are looking for data for all M&A deals announced between Oct 1, 2023 to Sept 30, 2024
• Qualifying subsectors include anythng under the broader Telecoms and Digital Infrastructure sector. This could include: Mobile Telecoms, Fibre, Cable and Broadband, Datacentres, Subsea Networks, Enterprise Telecoms and Network Services, Towers and Small Cells, Equipment and Hardware, Satellite and IoT.
• Credit for financial advisory is given to financial advisers and providers of fairness opinions, excluding broker, financing provider or arranger and providers of advice related to financial due diligence only.
• Credit for legal advisory is given to legal advisers, legal advisers to the financial adviser, legal advisers to the debt providers (separately).
• Credit is given to advisers of the principals on buy side and sell side (bidder, target or seller) or the parent company of the principals in case of a transaction with a subsidiary.
• An adviser to a principal is credited with the full deal value of the transaction. In cases with more than one adviser, each one is credited with the full deal value of the transaction. Where an adviser is advising a minority shareholder with a stake below 50%, value credit is pro-rated to the size of the stake of the party advised where the information is available. If advice is provided to both the buy side and the sell side, deal value credit will be recorded twice if two separate teams can be identified.
• Geography is defined by the dominant geography (location of the headquarters) of the bidder, target or seller. In cases where the bidder or seller is a subsidiary and has a different geography to the parent company, geography is based on where the advice is given. Where the bidder is a consortium or a group of investors, dominant bidder's geography is defined by the headquarters of the lead investor with the largest equity stake. In case of the sale of multiple companies or assets with different geographies, dominant target geography is based on the geography with most revenue or, if not available, the geography in which the majority of the companies/assets are based.
• Industry on a transaction is defined by the dominant industry of the target company.
• We give credit to both Volume and Value of transactions worked on, and as such have a League Table for each, for both Financial and Legal Advisers.

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• Entries should highlight key individual and company successes across relevant deal successes in the timeframe of Oct 1, 2023 and Sept 30, 2024.
• We recommend entries use case studies to illustrate the above with specific examples of standout work carried out in the above time period.
• Judging will take into account volume and value of deals undertaken, as well as complexity, individual achievement, innovative strategic work and/or standout leadership – depending on the category.
• All entries must be written in English and submitted via our online form and should be no longer than 800 words.
• Your entry needs to tell the story behind these numbers – our judges are looking for how you, the person or company added value to deal processes and solutions to challenging circumstances.
• All corporate and private equity transactions are captured by our shortlisting process and mandates to any party on the deal are valid across buyer, seller or target.
• For the TMT Legal Advisory Trailblazer category, we are looking for a case study highlighting standout work on a particular deal (or series of deals) that was groundbreaking, innovative and complex. Tell us the story behind the numbers.
• For the Digital Infra Growth Story category we are looking for demonstrated growth by a company within the last 12 months, including organic growth and expansion, investment and financing, M&A or partnerships, and building out senior management teams.
• For the TMT Financing Bank category we are looking for the numbers (value and volume of deals done within the last 12 months) as well as specific case studies highlighting particularly complex financing structures or transactions.

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• Deals must be valued at a minimum of US$50m.
• Deals must have officially closed between Oct 1, 2023 and Sept 30, 2024 including regulatory approval.
• All entries must be written in English and submitted via our online form and should be no longer than 800 words.
• Your entry may choose to highlight your successes across a number of different deals or one landmark transaction that tells the story of your year.
• We recommend entries for Deals of the Year and People and Companies use case studies highlighting client successes to presenting a successful deal. Where possible, please include key financials, dates, region, key parties involved, rationale and unique points of the deal including results and performance metrics as well as the team size, mix and collaborators.
• Your entry needs to tell the story behind these numbers – our judges are looking for how you, the person or company added value to deal processes and solutions to challenging circumstances.
• Deals will be judged on factors including size, scale, market impact, complexity, financing, and any other relevant conditions under which the transaction was executed.
• All corporate and private equity transactions are captured by our shortlisting process and mandates to any party on the deal are valid across buyer, seller or target.