An eight time British Fashion Awards nominee, Nicole Farhi won the British Classics award in 1989 and the Contemporary collections award three years running, from 1995 to 1997. Nicole Farhi was also named Menswear Designer of the Year at the 2000 FHM Awards. In 2008, she was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire), as well as a Lifetime Achievement prize at the First Women Awards and named Entrepreneur of the Year, at London's Francais of the Year Awards. In 2010, Nicole Farhi was recognized in France's Legion d' Honneur awards list.
For the transaction OpenGate Capital was advised by lawyers Maxwell Winward. Legal and financial advisors to French Connection were Osborne Clarke and Paris-based Richard Morgan Advisory.