IJGlobal is delighted to today announce the shortlists for the IJInvestor Awards Americas 2023, identifying those organisations that are in the running for the top prize at the New York event.

Although in its fifth year, this is the first time IJInvestor will celebrate the Americas at its own event after receiving a record number of submissions. The shortlist for the awards for the rest of the world can be seen here.

These awards celebrate infra fund and M&A activity in energy and infrastructure, reflecting activity from 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2023. For this year only (a transition year) the awards are open to developments over 17 months.

The Americas investor submissions were reviewed earlier in October by an independent panel of judges.

The shortlists (all in alphabetical order) are as follows:

IJInvestor Equity Fund Manager of the Year:

• Ardian
• Global Infrastructure Partners
• Mirova

IJInvestor Debt Fund Manager of the Year:

• Beel Infrastructure Partners
• BlackRock
• Global Infrastructure Partners
• MetLife Investment Management

IJInvestor Institutional Investor of the Year:

• CDPQ
• Vortex Energy

IJInvestor Financial Adviser of the Year:

• Agentis Capital Advisors
• Arup Corporate Finance
• Banca de Inversión Bancolombia
• Cantor Fitzgerald
• CIBC
• Macquarie Capital

IJInvestor Legal Adviser of the Year:

• Allen & Overy
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• Latham & Watkins
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Orrick
• White & Case

IJInvestor Technical Consultant of the Year:

• Arcadis
• Arup
• ERM
• Lummus Consultants International

IJInvestor Placement Agent of the Year:

• Campbell Lutyens
• Goldman Sachs

Some of the longer shortlists have been regionalised by the independent panel of judges. For example, in the legal category, there are winners for North America and Latin America. 

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