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Kendall Stafford Named Investment Banker of the Year at the 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards
November 26, 2024
At the 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards, Kendall Stafford, Managing Partner at Benchmark International, was named Investment Banker of the Year.
This is not the first time she has won this prestigious award. She also won the award in 2018 and, in 2023, was named one of the Top 50 M&A Investment Bankers in the U.S. Before the age of 30, Kendall became a partner at Benchmark International and remains the youngest and only female partner at the firm. She works out of the Denver, CO office and has also been recognized with awards for the 15th Annual Emerging Leaders, Top USA Women Deal Maker, and Deal of the Year for transactions in the $250-500M range.
The awards are presented by The M&A Advisor and are known as the Oscars of the M&A world. The winners were announced at the black-tie gala dinner celebration held in New York City at the 2024 Future of Dealmaking Summit on November 19-20, 2024. Benchmark International received the award over nine other deals that were nominated.
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The M&A awards serve as the industry benchmark for dealmaking excellence, recognizing the leading M&A transactions, restructurings, deal financings, products/services, firms, and professionals. This year, over 350 nominees from over 500 companies were selected as finalists.
“Congratulations to Kendall on continuing to be a game-changer in the M&A community. It is a recognition that is certainly well deserved,” said Steven Keane, Chairman of Benchmark International.
The M&A Advisor was founded in 1998 with a focus on mergers & acquisitions, and today it is the leading organization that recognizes excellence and achievement among the world's leading dealmakers.
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