If you, your organisation, your transaction or your fundraising deserves to be considered for a Real Estate Capital Europe award, we want to hear from you – but you only have until Monday.

The deadline for submissions for the REC Europe Awards 2025 is midday, UK time, on Monday 17 November. To make a nomination, please use the form, which can be accessed HERE. Please also carefully review our detailed awards guidelines.

This year, we have 27 categories, which are listed in full below. Similarly to last year’s accolades, the 2025 awards will be editorially chosen. To ensure our editorial team has the information it needs to make fair and balanced decisions, we want to hear your highlights.

The winners and runners-up will be announced on Monday, 2 March 2026, and will also be featured in the spring 2026 edition of REC Europe.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The categories:

  1. Bank Lender of the Year: Europe
  2. Bank Lender of the Year: UK
  3. Bank Lender of the Year: Germany
  4. Bank Lender of the Year: France
  5. Bank Lender of the Year: Southern Europe
  6. Alternative Lender of the Year: Europe
  7. Alternative Lender of the Year: UK
  8. Alternative Lender of the Year: Germany
  9. Alternative Lender of the Year: France
  10. Alternative Lender of the Year: Southern Europe
  11. Lender of the Year: Benelux
  12. Mid-Market Lender of the Year (€20m-€70m Market): Europe
  13. Small-Ticket Market Lender of the Year (Sub-€20m Market): Europe
  14. Residential Lender of the Year: Europe
  15. Industrial and Logistics Lender of the Year: Europe
  16. Office Lender of the Year: Europe
  17. Sustainable Finance Provider of the Year: Europe
  18. Borrower Finance Team of the Year: Europe
  19. Fundraising of the Year: Europe
  20. Investment Financing Deal of the Year: Europe
  21. Development Financing Deal of the Year: Europe
  22. Debt Adviser of the Year: UK
  23. Debt Adviser of the Year: Continental Europe
  24. Law Firm of the Year: Europe
  25. Loan Servicer of the Year: Europe
  26. Real Estate Finance Industry Figure of the Year: Europe
  27. Real Estate Finance Rising Star of the Year: Europe