Financial sponsor

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A financial sponsor is another name commonly used to refer to private equity investment firms, particularly those private equity firms that engage in leveraged buyout or LBO transactions.

Financial sponsors are considered some of the most lucrative clients of major investment banking which typically have specialized groups dedicated to providing coverage for these investors.

[edit] Notable leveraged buyout firms

• ABRY Partners
• Bain Capital
• The Blackstone Group
• The Carlyle Group
• Goldman Sachs Capital Partners
• Hellman & Friedman
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
• Madison Dearborn Partners
• Providence Equity Partners
• Silver Lake Partners
• TA Associates
• Texas Pacific Group
• Thomas H. Lee
• Warburg Pincus
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

[edit] Europe-based

• 3i
• Apax Partners
• AXA Private Equity
• Barclays Private Equity
• BC Partners
• Candover
• Cinven
• CVC Capital Partners
• Permira
• Terra Firma Capital Partners

[edit] See also

• Private equity
• Private equity firms
• Private equity fund
• Leveraged buyout
• Bootstrap
• LBO
• Divisional Buyout