The London section of the IJGlobal Awards 2023 to recognise achievements in infrastructure finance and refinance activity in the last calendar year was staged this evening – and here we publish all the winners.

The full story on the Transaction Winners have been published in greater detail, as have the Company Awards. This piece pulls together a helicopter view of all the awards that were announced this evening at The Peninsula London.

IJGlobal was delighted to host the event at a packed venue – the spanking new hotel that recently opened in Belgravia – for transactions that made it to financial close between 1 January and 31 December 2023, as well as the organisations and individuals that have impacted the market over the course of the judging period.

The Company Awards are shortlisted and voted on by an independent panel of judges, all of whom are seasoned industry professionals (recusals where there were conflicts of interest). Meanwhile, the Transaction Awards are chosen by the editorial team from submissions.

Here follow all the awards – not all of which were announced this evening – for Europe and Africa.

Individual awards:

• Outstanding Individual Award – Mathias Burghardt, Ardian
• Infrastructure Pioneer – Craig Forrest, Arup
• Rising Star of the Year – Marine Meiller, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
• Rising Star of the Year – Elodie Colliard, Green Giraffe Advisory

The company winners for Europe and Africa can be accessed in full here. They are:

• Sponsor of the Year, Europe – Engie
• Sponsor of the Year, Africa – Africa GreenCo / GreenCo Power Services Limited
• MLA of the Year, Europe & Africa – Societe Generale
• DFI of the Year – EBRD
• Financial Adviser of the Year, Europe – Societe Generale
• Financial Adviser of the Year, Africa – Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL)
• Financial Adviser of the Year, Energy Transition – Green Giraffe Advisory
• Financial Adviser of the Year, Restructure – Bluefield Partners
• Legal Adviser of the Year, Europe – Allen & Overy
• Legal Adviser of the Year, Africa – White & Case
• Technical Adviser of the Year, Europe & Africa – Arup
• Ratings Agency of the Year, Europe & Africa – Moody's Investors Service
• Corporate Trust Provider – Deutsche Bank
• Model Auditor of the Year – BDO

The transaction winners for Europe can be accessed in full detail here. They are:

• Renewables & EV Charging Deal of the Year – Gridserve Green Loan
• Energy Transition Deal of the Year – Project One – Ineos
• Oil & Gas Deal of the Year, RBL – Neptune Reserve Based Lending Amend & Extend
• Bond Financing of the Year – Ørsted Blue Bond
• Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Data Centres – Maincubes – Project Martix
• Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Fibre – Deutsche GigaNetz – Levant
• Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year, Towers – Project Oak – Vantage Towers
• Export Finance Deal of the Year – Kyiv 6 Bridges Project
• Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Solar – Project Cosmos – Cobra Group Solar PV Portfolio
• Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Offshore Wind – Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm
• Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Portfolio Financing – Bruc Energy’s 6GW Renewable Platform
• Energy Storage Deal of the Year – Pulse Clean Energy
• Power Deal of the Year – Ostrołęka CCGT
• PPP Deal of the Year – Ireland Higher Education PPP Bundle 1
• Refinance Deal of the Year – Ventient Energy Refinance
• Refinance Deal of the Year, Offshore Wind – Saint-Nazaire Refinance
• Refinance Deal of the Year, Solar – Project Thor – ContourGlobal Refi, Italy
• Refinance Deal of the Year, Power – Project Jura – West Burton B
• Restructure of the Year – Tees Renewable Energy Plant
• Innovation of the Year – Project NextGen – Hitachi Rail / FirstGroup
• Gigafactory Deal of the Year – AESC Gigafactory Project, Douai
• Sustainability-Linked Deal of the Year – Projects Valogreene CML – Recinor & Roviña
• Market Pioneer Award – Project Blue 1, Albania

The transaction winners for Africa can be accessed in full detail here. They are:

• Innovation of the Year – CFM Release – Catalysing Investment into Renewables
• Sustainability-Linked Deal of the Year – Gold Fields' Sustainability-Linked RCF
• Energy Transition Deal of the Year – ACWA Power – Kom Ombo Solar PV
• Transport Deal of the Year – Cape Verde Airports Concession
• Telecoms Deal of the Year – Project East2West
• Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Wind – Castle Wind Farm
• Renewable Energy Deal of the Year, Solar – Mainstream Solar PV Project
• Power Deal of the Year – Singrobo Hydropower Plant
• Oil & Gas Deal of the Year – Cabinda Oil Refinery, Angola
• Refinance Deal of the Year – SECAA – Dakar-Diamniadio Toll Road PPP