Campbell Lutyens
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| Type | Private Ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private equity, Infrastructure |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder(s) | John Campbell, Richard Lutyens |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
| Products | Fund placement, Secondary Advisory |
| Employees | 65 (2012) |
| Website | www.campbell-lutyens.com |
Campbell Lutyens is an independent private equity advisory firm exclusively focused on primary fundraising and secondary transactions in the private equity and infrastructure markets. The firm has offices in London, New York City and Hong Kong and comprises a team of over 60 professionals representing over 17 nationalities.[1]
Campbell Lutyens was founded in 1988 by John Campbell, Richard Lutyens (deceased) and Bill Dacombe. Campbell, after starting his career at NM Rothschild was an executive director of Noble Grossart, an Edinburgh-based merchant bank. Lutyens was formerly a director of SG Warburg and of Merrill Lynch International. Dacombe was formerly a director of NM Rothschild and Royal Bank of Scotland.[2]
Business Lines
The firm operates two business lines:
- Fundraising for private equity and infrastructure fund managers (as a placement agent).[3][4] 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 $300 million and $5 billion from institutional investors globally.
- Advisory services for private equity limited partners with a focus on the secondary market and on Infrastructure secondaries. The firm also acts on behalf of General Partners of private equity and infrastructure funds when advising on the sale of direct secondary portfolios.[5][6] Another advisory service line consists in advising on the restructuring of private equity funds.[7] Typically, advisory transaction mandates range in size from $30 million to $3 billion.
Campbell Lutyens has built-up a dedicated 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.
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 independent firms (e.g. Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Probitas Partners and Triago) and a few captive firms (e.g. Park Hill Group, an advisory business owned by The Blackstone Group).
Within the secondary advisory space, other advisors also include investments banks (Credit Suisse and UBS), as well as other established fund placement agents (e.g.Probitas and Triago) and dedicated boutique firms (e.g. Cogent Partners).
See also
- Private equity secondary market
- Private Equity
- Infrastructure
References
- ↑ Allsopp lands at Campbell Lutyens, Private Equity Online
- ↑ JOHN CAMPBELL PROFILE
- ↑ Winners - The Unquote Private Equity Awards 2010 (Unquote, Dec 2010)]
- ↑ Global infrastructure placement agent of the year (Infrastructure Investor, 1 March 2011)]
- ↑ Saints Capital to Acquire Interests in Ten Companies From Innovacom Gestion (Marketwire, 2008)
- ↑ Bank of Scotland completes a £434m secondary portfolio sale of 47 direct infrastructure assets to a group of four UK pension funds (ppffocus,December 12, 2008).
- ↑ APEN restructures and refinances its private equity fund of fund. (AIG Private Equity, 2009)
External links
- Campbell Lutyens (official website)
- Campbell Lutyens profile, British Venture Capital Association directory
- UK Financial Services Authority
- Marathon of Marathons, Athens 2010
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