NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES | GENEVA | June 27, 2013 – Redwood Capital Group is pleased to announce that it has been named the winner of the “Technology, Media, Telecom Deal of the Year” for its role as investment banking advisor to Paul Heth and Patton Media in the acquisition of Karo Film. Along with advising Mr. Heth and Patton on the acquisition, Redwood helped secure substantial private equity financing for the deal from a consortium of investors consisting of Baring Vostok Capital Partners, UFG Private Equity and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Award winners were announced at the 2013 ACG New York Champion’s Awards Gala celebration on Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Gregory Bedrosian, CEO & Managing Partner of Redwood Capital Group, was on hand to accept the award, along with other members of the Redwood team.
Mr. Bedrosian commented, “It is indeed an honor to have Redwood named the winner of this prestigious ACG Champion’s Award from amongst a field of many of the world’s most successful M&A and private equity dealmakers.” He continued, “Redwood’s award-winning technology, media and telecom investment banking franchise is dedicated to serving our clients across these dynamic growth industries in many of their most important and complex domestic and cross-border transactions.”
Award winners were selected by an independent panel of judges from more than 300 nominated companies, honoring top performers of the year for excellence in private equity and M&A dealmaking.
“Our Champion’s Awards pay tribute annually not only to the year’s outstanding transactions and dealmakers,” said Martin Okner, President of ACG New York. “They also recognize the role of middle-market private capital in our nation’s economy and the significant contribution middle-market private capital makes to our national well being.”
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