Founded 1988 Type of business Private Ownership | CEO Andrew Sealey (Jun 1990–) Number of employees 84 (2015) | |
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Industry Private equity, Infrastructure 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:
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).