The following lists highlight the main criteria to be used in judging LatinFinance's 2017 Deals of the Year awards. For all categories, we consider transactions that have closed between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017.
Issuers:
Categories 1 and 2 will be judged on:
- Extent of participation in the bond, loan and equity markets over the year, including the volume and diversity of deals
- Sophistication of issuance strategy, including innovation and foresight
- Structural aspects of transactions, success of issuances and geographical reach of deals
Deals:
Categories 3 to 19 will be judged on:
- Market significance, strategic importance and groundbreaking qualities
- Structural aspects of the transaction, including complexity, innovation and size
- Execution, including price and demand achieved compared to other references in the market with regard to conditions at the time
- Secondary market performance, and reception by peers and investors
- Geographic reach where relevant
Investment Banks and Law Firms:
Categories 20 to 28 will be judged on:
- Overall strategy, volume and diversity of transactions
- Innovation and foresight
- Execution quality and success of transactions worked on
- Role in particularly complex, innovative or large deals over the year
- Quantity of transactions worked on over the year, and compared to previous years