IJGlobal on 5 December presented the winners of the IJInvestor Awards 2024 at an event held in New York. In its second year, IJInvestor celebrated the great and the good in infrastructure investments across the Americas.

The winners are picked by a panel of independent judges, who waded through a record number of submissions. As always, judges are recused from voting on awards where they have an interest.

The winners for the Rest of the World were presented in London on 28 November. You can see the results here.

We offer up a slew of stories on the winners – with judges’ comments and explanations as to why they have won – as we raise our hats to their achievements in such an important field of activity.

Individual awards:

• IJInvestor Outstanding Individual – Jon Mauck, DigitalBridge
• IJInvestor Rising Star, Latin America – João Villa, Lefosse Advogados
• IJInvestor Rising Star, North America – Chea Hart, DigitalBridge

Company awards:

• IJInvestor Asset Performance, North America - Quinbrook's Gemini Solar + Storage project
• IJInvestor Financial Adviser, North America – CIBC Capital Markets
• IJInvestor Financial Adviser, Latin America – Lakeshore Partners
• IJInvestor Debt Fund Manager, North America – Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock
• IJInvestor Equity Fund Manager, North America – Stonepeak
• IJInvestor Fund Manager, Latin America – BTG Pactual
• IJInvestor Fund Performance, Americas – BTG Pactual
• IJInvestor Institutional Investor, North America – CDPQ
• IJInvestor Direct Investor, North America – DigitalBridge
• IJInvestor Direct Investor, Latin America – Lake Capital
• IJInvestor Legal Adviser, North America, Renewables – Skadden
• IJInvestor Legal Adviser, North America – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
• IJInvestor Legal Adviser, Latin America – Machado Meyer
• IJInvestor Local Legal Adviser – Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
• IJInvestor Lender of the Year, Americas – Blackstone Credit & Insurance
• IJInvestor Market Innovation, North America – Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
• IJInvestor Newcomer of the Year, Americas – Sandbrook Capital
• IJInvestor Placement Agent, Americas – Campbell Lutyens
• IJInvestor Sponsor of the Year, North America – Vinci Concessions
• IJInvestor Technical Adviser, Americas – Arup

Americas transaction awards:

• IJInvestor Joint Venture of the Year – Revolution Wind and South Fork Wind

North America transaction awards:

• IJInvestor Digital Infrastructure Acquisition – Fengate's acquisition of eStruxture Data Centers
• IJInvestor Energy Transition Acquisition – Antin's acquisition of GTL Leasing
• IJInvestor Market Impact Award – Cameco and Brookfield's acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company
• IJInvestor Market Innovation Award – Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
• IJInvestor Oil & Gas Acquisition – EQT's acquisition of Equitrans Midstream
• IJInvestor Power & Transmission Acquisition – BlackRock, Capital Power, CSG Investments and PEI Global Partners - Harquahala & La Paloma, Athens and Millennium
• IJInvestor Refinance of the Year – Conterra Ultra Broadbrand refinancing
• IJInvestor Renewable Acquisition – Brookfield's acquisition of Duke Energy Renewables
• IJInvestor Restructure of the Year – SH130 Highway refinancing
• IJInvestor Transport Acquisition – Stonepeak's acquisition of Textainer
• IJInvestor Utilities Acquisition – Merger of Corix Infrastructure and SouthWest Water Company

Latin America transaction awards:

• IJInvestor Bond Financing, North America – Port of Açu refinancing
• IJInvestor Digital Infrastructure Acquisition – Ardian's acquisition of MXT stake
• IJInvestor Energy Transition Acquisition – MIP's acquisition of 13 power plants
• IJInvestor Market Impact Award – MIP's acquisition of 13 power plants
• IJInvestor Oil & Gas Acquisition – MidOcean Energy's acquisition of Peru LNG stake
• IJInvestor Refinance of the Year – EnfraGen refinancing
• IJInvestor Renewable Acquisition – Engie's acquisition of 5 solar complexes
• IJInvestor Restructure of the Year – Atvos Bioenergia restructuring
• IJInvestor Transport Acquisition – APM Terminals' acquisition of Estaleiro Atlântico Sul
• IJInvestor Utilities Acquisition – Actis' acquisition of Enel Generacion Peru