The Drawdown Awards
The Drawdown Awards celebrate excellence and innovation within private capital fund operations. The rigorous judging process, based on the views of a panel of leading private capital fund COOs, CFOs, CCOs, GCs, and CTOs, ensures these awards stand out from the crowd as ‘ones to win’ and we hope they act as a catalyst to drive up service standards and operations across the sector.
Working with a judging panel of leading industry practitioners, these awards stand apart in both rigor and prestige.
The Drawdown Awards will recognize and reward leaders across 34 categories:
- 9 Technology Awards
- 6 Advisory Awards
- 5 Fund Administration Awards
- 2 Fund Financing Awards
- 2 IT Provider Awards
- 1 Legal Fund Formation Award
- 1 Foreign Exchange Award
- 1 Recruitment Award
- 7 GP Category Awards
Service provider categories:
The service provider awards celebrate a wide range of suppliers and vendors that have demonstrated expertise and top-class client services standards in their provision of services and advice to the private equity fund community. Success depends on a mixture of demonstrating customer and revenue growth, as well as detailing how new initiatives, products, or services have aided the business and helped clients.
Eligibility
To find out which categories your company is eligible to enter, click here.
The shortlist will be published on 14th April 2022, and the successful nominees will be directly contacted by our awards team with detailed information about the judging process, as well as the ceremony.
Benefits
GP categories
The GP awards recognize a range of private equity operational leaders for outstanding contributions to their firm, their LPs, their portfolio companies, as well as their impact on the wider community. Judges assess the candidates on evidence of innovation, commercial acumen, efficient processes, and testimonials from colleagues, clients, and/or partners.
Application process
Nominate your company or a company that you believe has made a significant contribution to the way in which private equity operates. There is no nomination fee and the entry deadline is 1st April 2022.
Fee information: N/A