Mergers & Acquisitions is seeking nominations for our third annual Best Places to Work in Private Equity awards.
This award will recognize PE firms who demonstrate leadership and innovation in their workplace cultures, policies and internal operations. Awards will go to firms that stand out against the competition in demonstrating initiative and acknowledging ever-changing workplace demands.
Nominations are due no later than Friday, June 20.
What Makes a Winner?
Winners will be determined based on answers to a series of questions related to the firm’s practices and culture including:
- Workplace policies that help the firm stand out from the competition.
- The firm’s approach to work-life balance, training, compensation/benefit packages, career mobility and leadership assessment.
- How your firm is adapting to an ever-changing workplace climate?
- How your organization is making an impact at the firm level and/or at portfolio companies?
- Other efforts to make the firm’s culture unique.
For examples of past winners, please see:
2024 Best Places to Work in Private Equity
Eligibility Requirements and Nomination Process:
· To be considered, candidates must be private equity firms (including growth equity funds, later-stage funds, independent sponsors and family offices), and a representative from the firm must submit a nomination through our electronic form (link above) by Friday, June 20.
· Please provide answers of 100-250 words in the nomination form itself. We will publish excerpts from the answers, so please make them publication-ready.
· There is no fee to submit a nomination.
· Nominations must be submitted through our electronic form only.
· On the nomination form, please provide only information that we may publish.
· Please do not use excerpts taken verbatim from marketing materials and/or press releases as answers to the questions. This diminishes the nomination’s chances of advancing.
Timeline:
June 20: Nominations due.
September 8: Winners announced on our website: www.TheMiddleMarket.com
Our Best Places to Work in Private Equity Awards will also be published in the September/October 2025 issue of Mergers & Acquisitions.
All decisions are made by the editorial team of Mergers & Acquisitions. Please send questions to: [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your nomination. Good luck to all the nominees!
