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Campbell Lutyens

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Founded
  
1988

Headquarters
  
London, United Kingdom

Type of business
  
Private Ownership

CEO
  
Andrew Sealey (Jun 1990–)

Number of employees
  
84 (2015)

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Industry
  
Private equity, Infrastructure

Products
  
Fund placement, Secondary Advisory

Website
  
www.campbell-lutyens.com

Founders
  
Richard Lutyens, John Campbell, Bill Dacombe

Campbell Lutyens is an independent private equity advisory firm exclusively focused on primary fundraising and secondary transactions in the private equity, private debt and infrastructure & Energy markets. The firm has offices in London, New York City and Hong Kong and comprises a team of over 100 professionals representing over 30 nationalities.

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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 for 15 years, 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. Andrew Sealey has been the Managing Partner and CEO since 2003.

Business Lines

The firm operates two business lines:

  • Fundraising for private equity, private debt, infrastructure and energy 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 $300 million and $5 billion from institutional investors globally.
  • Advisory services for limited partners and general partners with a focus on the secondary market. private debt and on Infrastructure & Energy secondaries. In addition to advising on the secondary sale of portfolio of limited partnership fund interests, the firm acts on behalf of General Partners of private equity and infrastructure funds when advising on the sale of direct secondary portfolios. Another advisory service line consists in advising on the restructuring of private equity funds. 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 (e.g.Credit Suisse and UBS) as well as a range of independent firms (e.g. [Atlantic-Pacific Capital]], Eaton Partners, PJT Partners, [Rede Partners] and Triago).

    Within the secondary advisory space, other advisors also include investments banks (Credit Suisse, [[]], Greenhill Cogent and UBS), as well as other established fund placement agents (e.g. Rede Partners and Triago).

    References

    Campbell Lutyens Wikipedia
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