The GP Stakes News Awards

What are the GP Stakes News Awards?

The GP Stakes News Awards recognize excellence across the GP Stakes and GP M&A industry, celebrating the firms, individuals, and transactions shaping the future of GP ownership. Spanning a wide range of categories, the awards highlight outstanding achievements, industry leadership, and innovation among the investors, asset managers, and advisors driving the evolution of the alternative asset management landscape.

What makes the GP Stakes News Awards different from other industry awards?

Unlike many other industry awards, the GP Stakes News Awards do not require any application fees or payments from participating firms. This ensures that recognition is based entirely on merit, rather than financial contributions.
Finalists and winners are determined entirely by the votes cast by participants, rather than a select panel of judges or an awards committee, ensuring a transparent, industry-driven recognition process.
Votes from professionals directly involved in the GP Stakes industry are given greater weight than those from outside the industry, ensuring that the results reflect the opinions of those most knowledgeable about the market.

2025 GP Stakes News Awards Winners

GP Stakes Firm of the Year (Large-Cap) — Blue Owl (GP Strategic Capital)
GP Stakes Firm of the Year (Mid-Market) — Bonaccord Capital Partners
GP Stakes Deal of the Year (Large-Cap) — Hunter Point / Nuveen Private Capital
GP Stakes Deal of the Year (Mid-Market) — Investcorp / Vauban Infrastructure
GP Control Deal of the Year — Clearlake Capital / Pathway Capital
GP Financing Deal of the Year — Hunter Point / Willow Tree
GP Seeding Firm of the Year — TPG NEXT
GP Seeding Deal of the Year — Capital Constellation (Wafra) / Niobrara
GP Stakes Value Creation Team of the Year — Business Services Platform (Blue Owl)
GP Stakes Limited Partner of the Year — CAZ Investments
Investment Bank of the Year (Sell-Side) — Evercore
Investment Bank of the Year (Buy-Side) — Evercore
Law Firm of the Year (Sell-Side) — Kirkland & Ellis
Law Firm of the Year (Buy-Side) — Kirkland & Ellis
Accounting Firm of the Year — PwC
Investor of the Year — Michael Rees (Blue Owl)
Next-Gen Investor of the Year — Gunnar Sveen (Hunter Point)
Value Creation Professional of the Year — John Dyment (Blue Owl)
Next-Gen Value Creation Professional of the Year — Mariacarla Doval (Blue Owl)
Investment Banker of the Year — Saul Goodman (Evercore)
Next-Gen Investment Banker of the Year — Johnny Ringo (Evercore)
Lawyer of the Year — Peter Vaglio (Kirkland & Ellis)
Next-Gen Lawyer of the Year — Rami Totari (Kirkland & Ellis)