Listed below are the 82 deals nominated for Ireland's Capital Markets Deals of the Year awards 2008.

The table below provides you with a one page directory of the most important deals listed by size and sector. It is a compendium of excellence in corporate finance in Ireland.

Each deal links to its own page giving details of the deal and advisers' own assessments of each deal.

This year's survey had a record number of nominations. The nine categories: corporate finance, equity linked deals, mid market corporate finance deals, capital issues, securitisations, private placements, project finance, loans, and bonds, all show the high level of expertise in the Irish market, evidenced by the innovation in many of the deal structures and efficiency of execution.

The winning awards in each category are announced in the June 2008 edition of Finance Magazine. This Online Directory will be supplemented during the latter half of 2008 with profiles of new deal nominations as they are completed, thereby providing a profile list of the nominations for THE FINANCE MAGAZINE CAPITAL MARKETS DEALS OF THE YEAR 2009. The full list of nominations for the 2009 awards will appear first on this site. If you want to find out more about how to profile your company's deals, and to obtain details of the nomination rules for listing on the site, please contact Kennedy O'Brien at kedob@finance-magazine.com.

See this year's winners here: Deals of the Year 2008.

See previous winners here: Deals of the Year 2007 & Deals of the Year 2006.

Deal Date Value Advisers Corporate Finance Hypo Real Estate takeover of Depfa Bank October 2007 €5.7 billion Arthur Cox, Freshfields, McCann Fitzgerald HM Rivergroup takeover of Harcourt December 2007 c. US$4 billion Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Arthur Cox, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, Citi, Davy Corporate Finance Sale of Airtricity to Scottish and Southern Energy February 2008 c. €1.8 billion Arthur Cox, A&L Goodbody, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, NCB Corporate Finance, Lavery Kirby Gilmartin Defence of Aer Lingus from Ryanair offer June 2007 €1.5 billion Merrion Corporate Finance, Goodbody Stockbrokers, Arthur Cox, Goldman Sachs, Norton Rose, Linklaters Disposal of Jury's Inns June 2007 €1.2 billion A&L Goodbody, William Fry, Allen & Overy Acquisition of Rexam by Ardagh Glass June 2007 €887 million William Fry, Freshfields, Allen & Overy LLP Sale of DAA's Stake in Birmingham Airport September 2007 Stl£420 million IBI Corporate Finance, Macquarie Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort, Linklaters, Arthur Cox, Ashurst Reverse takeover of Alphyra by Cardpoint December 2007 €437 million McCann FitzGerald, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Nabarros, Freshfields Disposal of Mater Private Healthcare to Capvest June 2007 €350 million A&L Goodbody, NCB Corporate Finance, Rothschild, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Brian O’Donnell & Partners Britvic purchase of C&C soft drink division May 2007 €250 million McCann FitzGerald, A&L Goodbody Acquisition of Sports Division of Trinity Mirror by FL Capital Partners October 2007 €244 million A&L Goodbody Sale of Highland Radio, FM104 and Today FM by E-map to Communicorp January 2008 €200 million William Fry, McCann FitzGerald, Merrion Corporate Finance, Lovells, Allen & Overy, LK Shields, Island Capital Acquisition of Mastco from Eircom by Towercom - €155 million Goodbody Corporate Finance, Matheson Ormsby Prentice Acquisition of Advanced Environmental Solutions by Bord na Mona March 2007 €61 million AIB Corporate Finance, Davy Corporate Finance, McCann Fitzgerald, Arthur Cox Acquisition of Moyglare Holdings by The Doyle Shipping Group September 2007 €36 million Grant Thornton, Dillon Eustace, Lennon & Heather Acquisition of Servecast by Level 3 Communications July 2007 €33 million Matheson Ormsby Prentice, IBI Corporate Finance, McCann Fitzgerald Acquisition of Digital Harbor by Norkom July 2007 US$36.5 million Goodbody Corporate Finance, William Fry Acquisition of Red Circle by Zamano December 2007 €24.4 million NCB Corporate Finance, CFP, O’Donnell Sweeney Eversheds, Patrick G Flynn Solicitors Acquisition of JVA Analytical by United Drug December 2007 €21 million AIB Corporate Finance, LK Shields, Arthur Cox Acquisition of Fraser Hart Holdings by Anthony Nicholas Group July 2007 Undisclosed William Fry, IBI Corporate Finance, Biggart Baillie, Livingstone Guarantee Acquisition of Kayfoam Woolfson by FL Partners May 2007 Undisclosed BDO Simpson Xavier Corporate Finance, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Mason Hayes & Curran Acquisition of Bewleys Hotel by Moran Hotel Group Undisclosed Undisclosed Byrne Curtin Kelly, Arthur Cox, Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking, Gahan Ritchie & Company AIB/First Data Joint Venture November 2007 Undisclosed Matheson Ormsby Prentice, A&L Goodbody, Sidley Austin, AIB Corporate Finance Acquisition of U Store It by HSBC Private Equity July 2007 Undisclosed Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, O'Donnell Sweeney Eversheds, McCann Fitzgerald Acquisition of Tekno Surgical by Sicon February 2007 Undisclosed Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, Denis Finn Solicitors, Matheson Ormsby Prentice Acquisition of Breeo Foods Limited by Kerry Group plc Undisclosed Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Sale of Perlico Communications Limited to Vodafone plc November 2007 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Sale of Doncaster Bloodstock Sales Limited to Robert J Goff & Co plc Undisclosed Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Sale of Sligo Champion to Independent News and Media plc March 2008 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Acquisition of BUPA Ireland by the Quinn Group April 2007 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran, A&L Goodbody Sale of Eco Wind Power Limited to Viridian Power and Energy Holdings Limited March 2008 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Acquisition of Tomsburg Limited by FL Partners March 2008 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran MBO of Parc HR Services Limited by Budmar Limited December 2007 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Sale of Cape Technologies Limited to WeDo Consulting - Sistemas de Informação October 2007 Undisclosed Mason Hayes+Curran Bonds Westfield Group December 2007 US$ 10 billion A&L Goodbody, Freshfields, Allen & Overy Long-dated bond issue by the State of Ireland October 2007 €6 billion Arthur Cox, Barclays Bank & Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Davys Quinn Group April 2007 US$250 million A&L Goodbody, Clifford Chance, Morrison & Forrester LLP Transalp - US$160 million A&L Goodbody, Clifford Chance Equity/Equity-Linked Deals Smurfit Kappa IPO March 2007 €3.6 billion McCann FitzGerald, William Fry, Lovells, Clifford Chance, Davy, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup SVG Diamond Private Equity III plc April 2007 €700 million A&L Goodbody, White & Case LLP, Slaughter & May D’Amico International Shipping IPO April 2007 €250 million A&L Goodbody, Linklaters, Skadden Arps, Studio Ughi e Nunziante, Moore Stephens, KPMG, JP Morgan, Capitalia TVC IPO and Placing July 2007 €152 million McCann FitzGerald, Arthur Cox, Davy Waterford Wedgwood Open Offer June 2007 €100 million William Fry, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Davy McInerneys Plc Rights Issue March 2007 €87 million William Fry, McCann Fitzgerald, Davy Merrion Pharma IPO December 2007 €67 million McCann FitzGerald, Goodbody Stockbrokers, BCM Hanby Wallace Oak Hill May 2007 €2.2 million Goodbody Stockbrokers, A&L Goodbody, Arthur Cox Helaba International Finance Plc Debt Issue Programme May 2007 Confidential William Fry Origin Enterprises plc IPO June 2007 Confidential Mason Hayes+Curran Loans Sun Capital and Pearl Group November 2007 €2 billion Allied Irish Banks, BNP Paribas S.A., Sucursal en Espana, Linkages Acquisition facility for Jurys Inns deal June 2007 €1.2 billion McCann FitzGerald, Macfarlanes Tods Murray, L’Estrange & Brett, Nauta Dutilh N.V., Mourant du Feu & Jeune, A&L Goodbody, Allen & Overy, Mourant, Dundas Wilson, Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Origin Enterprises facility May 2007 €350 million Arthur Cox, Ulster Bank Ireland Spencer Dock Convention Centre April 2007 €264.1 million AIB, Depfa, Arthur Cox, Ashurst, McCann FitzGerald, A&L Goodbody Racing Post MBO - Stg£170 million McCann FitzGerald, Halliwells, A&L Goodbody, Lovells, Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PREM Group August 2007 €122 million AIB Corporate Banking Ireland, William Fry Towercom Holdings Limited September 2007 €114 million Debt Facilities Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Allied Irish Banks Smart YuRoE Broadband June 2007 €100 million William Fry, Matheson Ormsby Prentice A|wear takeover funding June 2007 €82.5 million McCann Fitzgerald, MacFarlanes Funding for acquisition of Rexham by Ardagh Glass March 2007 Stg£60 million McCann FitzGerald, Clifford Chance, Travers Smith, Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner, Mannheimer Swartling, Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, William Fry, Freshfields, Vinge, Kromann Reumert, Studio Avvocati Zappala, Wiercinski Kwiecinski Baehr, Irish Bank Corporation Funding for Paramount Communications’ acquisition of AEI Cables September 2007 Stg£29million Burdale Financial, Bank of Ireland Refinancing facility for Royal Worcester and Spode April 2007 Stg£16 million Burdale Financial, Bank of Ireland Financing package for the buyout of Precision Technologies January 2007 Undisclosed Burdale Financial, Bank of Ireland Private Placements Porsche Holdings Finance December 2007 €1.17 billion William Fry, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Quinn Group April 2007 US$250 million A&L Goodbody, Clifford Chance and Morrison & Forrester LLP OpenHydro May 2007 €40 million BCM Hamby Wallace, Davy Green Biofuels Ireland April 2007 €23.5 million Merrion Corporate Finance, A&L Goodbody Ballymore Properties B.V. Note Issue July 2007 Confidential William Fry, Davy, Mason Hayes+Curran Project Finance M50 PPP Project September 2007 €933 million A&L Goodbody, Lovells, Norton Rose & McCann FitzGerald, KPMG Corporate Finance M3 Clonee Kells PPP Scheme April 2007 €575m KPMG Corporate Finance Poolbeg Waste-to-Energy Project August 2007 €400 million McCann FitzGerald, Arthur Cox, Ashurst, A&L Goodbody National Conference Centre April 2007 €350 million McCann FitzGerald, Arthur Cox, Ashurst, AIB, Depfa, A&L Goodbody, KPMG Corporate Finance Acquisition of 68 units by Alburn in The Square Tallaght and associated corporate entities October 2007 €350 million Mason Hayes+Curran Celtic Roads Group/ M7/M8 Road PPP June 2007 €327 million Pinsent Mason, Bank of Ireland, ING, Societe Generale, KPMG Corporate Finance N6 Concession April 2007 €308 million Norton Rose, Banco Espanol de Credito, S.A; Fortis Bank, S.A. Sucursal en Span; MCC - Mediocredito Centrale S.p.a.; The Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank Ireland, KPMG Corporate Finance Criminal Courts Complex April 2007 €300 million McCann FitzGerald, A&L Goodbody, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Allen & Overy, KBC Finance Ireland, IIB Bank, KPMG Corporate Finance M50 Concession September 2007 €269 million Norton Rose, Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona; Fortis Bank, S.A. Sucursal en Span; MCC - Mediocredito Centrale S.p.a; The Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank Ireland Greystones PPP Marina Development December 2007 €150mn KPMG Corporate Finance Glen Water March 2007 Stg£122 million Bank of Ireland Global Project Finance Securitisation Irish Life & Permanent plc Securitisation December 2007 €8 billion A&L Goodbody Bank of Ireland RMBS - Kildare Securities March 2007 €2.95 billion McCann FitzGerald, A&L Goodbody, Clifford Chance, Sidley Austin, Deutsche Bank Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc - UK covered bond April 2007 €2 billion McCann FitzGerald, Allen & Overy, ABN AMRO Celtic Residential Irish Mortgage Securitisation No.12 June 2007 €1.9 billion McCann FitzGerald, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Berwin Leighton Paisner RBS Airspeed Securitisation June 2007 €1.09 billion A&L Goodbody, UBS Investments, Calyon, Simpson Thacher Bartlett LLP, Millbank Tweed Hadley McCloy LLP, McCann Fitzgerald ACS Securitisation June 2007 €800 million William Fry, Latham & Watkins LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, A&L Goodbody First ever sterling denominated commercial real estate CDO - Glastonbury Finance 2007-1 plc May 2007 €500 million Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Dresdner Kleinwort, Eurohypo AG Bank of Ireland Value in Force Securitisation October 2007 €400 million A&L Goodbody, Goldman Sachs International, Lehman Brothers International, Ambac Assurance UK Ltd, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters LLP, Lovells, McCann Fitzgerald Eurohome Mortgages 2007-1 July 2007 €302 million McCann FitzGerald, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Baker & Mackenzie, Deutsche Bank Channel Capital CDPC July 2007 €230 million A&L Goodbody First rated CDO of CIS (former Soviet republics) names - Sputnik CDO 1 May 2007 €150 million Matheson Ormsby Prentice, Linklaters, Deutsche Bank First ever Italian CFO - Zoo 3 February 2007 €150 million Matheson Ormsby Prentice, White & Case, Gide Loyrette Nouel MNP, Labruna Mazziotti Segni, BNP Paribas Atlas Reinsurance IV Limited November 2007 €120 million William Fry, Allen & Overy LLP, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Lovells LLP ICS Building Society December 2007 Undisclosed A&L Goodbody, McCann Fitzgerald Capital Issues Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd Mortgage Backed Promissory Notes Scheme December 2007 €3 billion A&L Goodbody, McCann Fitzgerald Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd Floating Rate Notes May 2007 €1.5 billion A&L Goodbody, Allen & Overy Irish Life & Permanent plc GBP£600m FRN January 2007 Stl£600 million A&L Goodbody, Allen & Overy Bank of Ireland Value in Force/Tier 1 Securitisation October 2007 €400 million A&L Goodbody, Goldman Sachs International, Lehman Brothers International Europe, Ambac Assurance UK Ltd, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters LLP, Lovells, McCannFitzgerald Irish Life Assurance PLC Step-Up Perpetual Capital Notes February 2007 €200 million A&L Goodbody, Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc, Citibank N.A., Barclays Capital,Davy, Linklaters LLP, Allen & Overy LLP Waterford Wedgwood Preference Share Open Offer June 2007 €100 million McCann FitzGerald, William Fry, Davy McInerney Holdings plc 1 for 5 Rights Issue February 2007 €86.8 million McCann FitzGerald, William Fry, IBI Corporate Finance, Davy Aminex Placing & 1 for 6 Rights Issue June 2007 €25 million McCann FitzGerald, O’Donnell Sweeney Eversheds, Ashurst, Davy

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