Deals of the Year Awards

Below are the main criteria for adjudicating LatinFinance’s 2024 Deals of the Year Awards, the most rigorously judged in the industry. For all categories, our independent judging panel considered transactions that reached financial close between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. 

Transaction Award Categories (6– 29): 

• Market significance; strategic importance; and groundbreaking qualities 
• Structural aspects of the transaction, including complexity, innovation and size 
• Execution, including price and demand achieved compared to other references in the market and with regard to conditions at the time 
• Secondary market performance, and reception by peers and investors 
• Geographical reach, where relevant 
• Sustainability / ESG impact of the project 

Issuer Award Categories (1–5) and Institution Award Categories (30–53): 

• Overall strategy, volume and diversity of transactions 
• Innovation and foresight 
• Execution quality and success of transactions worked on 
• Role in particularly complex, innovative, or large deals over the year 
• Quantity of transactions worked on over the year, and compared to previous years 
• Incorporation of sustainability / ESG considerations into relevant transactions  

LatinFinance‘s 2024 Deals of the Year Awards are decided solely by LatinFinance’s editors following an extensive research process, which includes a review of detailed nominations of transactions and institutions by market participants and a comprehensive evaluation of data, including LatinFinance’s proprietary intelligence. 

The key elements of each step of the process are outlined below. 

Market consultation 

LatinFinance editors can, at their discretion, discuss the relative merits of shortlisted transactions and institutions with a wide range of market participants, while maintaining the integrity of the nomination process. 

Examination of financial data 

LatinFinance researches data and other publicly available information for each of the nominated transactions and institutions. As is relevant in each category, such data includes, but not be limited to: presentations on the transactions being financed, stock exchange filings, transaction pricing details, secondary market trading data. 

Nominations are required to include all relevant CUSIP, ISIN, or unique identifiers that are publicly available to pinpoint exactly which assets are being nominated for a potential award. Non-public transactions that are submitted through the formal nominations process need to have accompanying documentation for appropriate examination if they are to be considered for an award. Special circumstances or technological limitations should be discussed with the editorial department by emailing awards@latinfinance.com. 

Editorial evaluation 

LatinFinance’s editorial team retains discretion over the final allocation of awards in each category. The final decision will be based on nominations, market consultation, research of financial data, and feedback on transactions over the course of the awards review period. 

LatinFinance reserves the right to withhold naming a category winner or to further delineate and sub-divide categories at its own discretion.