M&A Awards Netherlands | Best Deal Mid Cap 2025

You're now about to nominate a candidate for the M&A Award for Best Deal Mid Cap 2025.

The nomination period for this M&A Award runs from 18 August to 13 October. After the nomination period is closed, a shortlist of 15 contenders is selected from the total list of nominated candidates.

Subsequently, on the 29th of October the Panel of Judges will assess all shortlisted deals and cast their votes to create a top 6 of finalists for the M&A Award Best Deal Mid-Cap 2025. The organization will publish the finalists for the M&A Awards 2025 in mid-November on MAAwards.nl and MenA.nl, and the online voting by the M&A Community will start.

Please note that only deals that meet the challenging requirements and expectations for this Award will be shortlisted.

Does your nomination meet the criteria for Best Deal Mid-Cap 2025?
Deals eligible for the M&A Award Best Deal Mid-Cap 2025 have a deal value between 50 - 250 million Euros and are characterized by skilled execution, the complexity of the transaction, innovative funding, a competitive purchase price and/or an excellent strategy behind the transaction. The deal should demonstrate authentic and effective leadership, including developing a strong, progressive culture and a wider contribution to all stakeholders and society.

Criteria for your endorsement
In this questionnaire, you will be asked to write an endorsement to substantiate the nomination for Best Deal Mid-Cap 2025. Your endorsement must be specific and consist of a minimum of 500 words. The organization will reject all nominations submitted that do not meet these criteria. Only questionnaires received before October 13, 2025 23:59 hours are valid.

Deals that are not eligible, for more information see the regulations:
- Joint Ventures
- Minority Investments
- IPOs
- Bare Asset Deals
- Non-Dutch Deals