Campbell Lutyens

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Campbell Lutyens is an independent private equity advisory firm founded in 1988. The firm has offices in London and New York and comprises a team of over 40 professionals.

1 Business Lines
2 Regulations
3 Competitors
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Business Lines

The firm operates two business lines:

fundraising for private equity fund managers (as a placement agent). Campbell Lutyens assists private equity firms in raising funds and advises on all stages and aspects of the fundraising process including strategy, documentation and structuring. The firm acts typically for European, US and Asian managers raising funds of between $200 million and $3.0 billion from institutional investors globally.

advisory services for private equity limited partners with a focus on the secondary market. The firm also acts on behalf of General Partners of Private Equity or Venture Capital funds when advising on the sale of direct secondary portfolios. Advisory transaction mandates typically range in size from $30 million to $3 billion.

Campbell Lutyens has built-up European-based secondary advisory team focused on providing advice to institutional investors, general partners and other organisations on all aspects of the private equity sector, including the sale and restructuring of portfolios.

[edit] Regulations

Campbell Lutyens is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority. Campbell Lutyens is a FINRA/SIPC member and a member of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and European Venture Capital Association (EVCA).

[edit] Competitors

Within the private equity fundraising market, Campbell Lutyens faces competition from large investment banks (most notably Credit Suisse and UBS as well as a range of boutique firms (e.g. Atlantic-Pacific Capital and Park Hill an advisory business owned by a private equity firm - Blackstone Group).

Within the secondary advisory space, other advisors also include investments banks (Credit Suisse and UBS), dedicated boutique firms (e.g. Cogent Partners), electronic exchanges (e.g. NYPPE), as well as established fund placement agents (e.g. Probitas Partners and Triago).