SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SEPT 10, 2018 – The M&A Advisor have announced the finalists of the Deals of the Year for 2017-18, and Enter Capital has been selected as the Finalist under the following categories: Cross-Border Deal of the Year, IT Deal of the Year, Professional Services Deal of the Year.

The Finalists have been selected from a large pool of nominees. This year’s finalists feature many of the year’s leading transactions including: Divestments of Praxair’s North and South American and European Assets, Sale of Monsanto to Bayer AG, Sale of Medical Transportation Business of Envision Healthcare to KKR, and the Acquisition of Online Tech Stores (OTS) by Blackford Capital.

Enter Capital facilitated the M&A transaction between Sperasoft, a leading game development company headquartered in Silicon Valley with four offices in the US and Europe and Keywords Studios (LSE:KWS), a publicly traded global game services leader.

The transaction meant Sperasoft could continue growing as part of a bigger group to their desired $100MM revenue mark, while allowing Keywords to add a premium IT and Game Development line of business for AAA (highest budget) titles along with notable clients including Warner Brothers (NYSE:T), Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA), and Sony (NYSE: SNE). The acquirer also broadened its reach in North America and Europe and brought new creative and technology talent in the shape of 400 engineers and art creators.

“Since the inception of the M&A Advisor Awards in 2002, we have been recognizing the leading dealmakers, firms and transactions. And each year we celebrate the creativity, perseverance and ingenuity of our industry’s professionals,” says Roger Aguinaldo, Founder of The M&A Advisor. “While our industry has undergone significant transformation since our first awards were presented 16 years ago, we are convinced, more than ever before, that M&A is a driving force of the economy. It is truly an honor for our firm to be able to recognize the contribution that the 2018 award finalists have made.”

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