The 2021 Deal Awards honored deals and dealmakers for their work on transactions announced, completed or in flux during 2020. The Deal research team combed through thousands of transactions and hundreds of nominations to decide the top advisers and identify the deals that exemplified the biggest trends of the year.

Target/Seller
Thoma Bravo sells Ellie Mae to Intercontinental Exchange

Outside Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Investment Advisor
Jefferies LLC and JPMorgan Securities LLC

See the full list of winners on The Deal Awards 2021 website here.