CMS transaction wins Association of Corporate Treasurers Deal of the Year Award 2025
CMS has advised Newable, a leading investor in UK SMEs, on a transaction that has won the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) Deal of the Year 2025 award in the Loans Below £1bn category.
The ACT Deal of the Year awards recognise outstanding achievement in corporate treasury and finance. The 2025 awards were presented on 26 March 2026 at One Great George Street, London.
The award-winning deal involved a senior revolving credit facility, structured as a net asset value (NAV) loan, secured with Hampshire Trust Bank in 2025. Newable deployed the funds to centralise its debt structure and to provide significant support for its successful Buy, Grow, Realise strategy.
The ACT judges praised the ambition and complexity of the transaction, commenting: "This is bringing a large cap private equity solution and structure to a much smaller scale operation, with the complexity of dealing with a large number of lenders, both traditional and challengers. It was a cracking deal."
Chris Manson, CEO of Newable, commented: “We are grateful to the CMS team for their outstanding work in delivering this project within a tight timeframe. The quality of the advice and commitment shown made us very pleased we chose CMS.”
The CMS team was led by Ruth Marken and included James Simmons, Cameron Smyth-Milne, Matt Cosgrove, Lewis Barker and Abbie Smith (Banking); and Jack Shepherd and James Crossman (Corporate).
