London—Dentons is pleased to announce that it has received the Special Recognition Award – Mid-Cap Advisor of the Year at the Private Equity Africa Awards 2016 (PEA Awards). This is the third consecutive year that Dentons' Africa Private Equity team has been recognised at the annual awards, which were presented at a gala dinner on 9 June 2016 at the Langham Hotel in London.

The PEA Awards celebrate the achievements in the industry, focusing solely on the best-in-class achievements of investors and advisors. The final winners were chosen by an independent panel of highly respected industry leaders.

Dentons' Private Equity team was recognised for the work it carried out during 2015, advising on 17 completed transactions across the continent with a combined value of US$608 million.

In addition, Dentons advised on several transactions that were recognised individually at the event, including:

• AIIM's investment in Azura, which won the Special Recognition Infrastructure Deal Award;
• Duet's acquisition of Societe Africaine des Produits Laitiers et Derives, which won the Special   Recognition Frontier Deal – Côte d’Ivoire Award; and
• Verod for raising its first private equity fund which won the Outstanding First-Time GP Award.

Nicholas Plant, Private Equity partner at Dentons, said, “We are honoured to be recognised for the third consecutive year at the PEA Awards. Private equity in Africa continues to be an exciting sector that can – as some of these deals show – create a significantly positive impact in the region. Thank you to Private Equity Africa for continuing to focus the spotlight on one of the most dynamic areas in the African finance arena."

Gail Mwamba, the Awards Chair and Editor of Private Equity Africa, added, “As the dynamic private equity market in Africa continues to go from strength to strength, this year’s awards have distinguished the innovative investment and advisory work and some of the region’s most transformative deals over the last year.

“The results that the award winners have achieved in the last year truly demonstrate the immense opportunity in African private equity.  Congratulations to Dentons and all the winners for this year and we look forward to gathering again next year.”

Dentons’ private equity teams in Casablanca, London and Paris work with clients in all African jurisdictions, in both common law and civil law systems.  The Firm's lawyers have proficiency in English and French and are well placed to service private equity clients across the continent including in the OHADA region.

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