TMT Finance Awards EMEA 2025

 

The annual TMT Finance Awards EMEA 2026 celebrates excellence in dealmaking and investment within Digital Infrastructure and is the only destination for the EMEA dealmaking community to come together to celebrate the year’s landmark deals in digital infrastructure.

Commending the deals, the people, and companies that have delivered the year’s most significant transactions, it’s a valuable opportunity to showcase success and win deserved recognition from your peers.

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Key dates for your diary:

Entries open: 23 July 2025
Entry deadline: 17 October 2025
First Shortlists announced: 7 November 2025
Awards Dinner: 29 January 2026
 

 

2025 Highlights
 

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Exclusive Interview: Financing Banker of the Year – Andras Kranicz, BNP Paribas

 

2025 Winners

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Europe Telecoms Deal of the Year

Orange Spain / Formation of MASORANGE (Spain)  

BNP Paribas | Evercore | Goldman Sachs | JPMorgan | Santander | Lazard | Freshfields | Jones Day 

Europe Digital Infra Financing Deal of the Year

Project Optics (Acquisition Financing of TIM’s NetCo)

Barclays | BNP Paribas | Citi | Crédit Agricole CIB | Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs | HSBC | Intesa Sanpaolo | JP Morgan | Lloyds Banking Group | Mediobanca | UniCredit | SMBC | Société Générale | UniCredit | KKR Capital Markets | A&O Shearman | Kirkland & Ellis | Gianni & Origoni

Europe Fibre Deal of the Year

Telecom Italia Network fixed-line assets

Equita | Goldman Sachs | LionTree Advisors | Mediobanca, Rothschild | UBS | Vitale & Co | BNP Paribas | Citi | Evercore | JPMorgan | Morgan Stanley | Carbonetti e Associati Studio Legale | Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici | Kirkland & Ellis | Linklaters

Europe Towers Deal of the Year

Cellnex Nordics

AZ Capital | Guggenheim Securities | Nomura | Baker McKenzie | Herbert Smith Freehills | Plesner | Setterwalls

Europe Datacentre Deal of the Year

Vantage Data Centers

UBS | Citi | Linklaters | Herbert Smith Freehills | Homburger | Wolf Theiss

Digital Infrastructure Financial Adviser – Volume

JPMorgan

Digital Infrastructure Legal Adviser – Volume

Linklaters

Digital Infrastructure Financial Adviser – Value

Citi

Digital Infrastructure Legal Adviser - Value

Linklaters

Rising Star – Under 40

Gonzague Boutry, Managing Director Digital Infrastructure, Ardian 

CEO of the Year

Randy Brouckman, CEO, EdgeConneX

Financing Banker of the Year

Andras Kranicz, Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Finance Europe, BNP Paribas

M&A Banker of the Year

Andrei Milekhin, Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking, Nomura

Lawyer of the Year

Tom Levine, Partner, A&O Shearman

Investment Firm of the Year

KKR

Due Diligence Adviser of The Year

Analysys Mason

Legal Advisory Trailblazer

Linklaters
For advising Vantage Data Centres on its E2.5bn investment partnership with a consortium led by MEAG, Infranity, and DigitalBridge

Growth Story Award

DATA4 Group

Financing Bank of the Year

BNP Paribas