Overview
Established in 2001, GI Partners is a leading trans-Atlantic private investment firm that focuses on control-oriented investments in asset-backed businesses and properties located in North America and Western Europe. The firm is active in a number of key sectors, including asset-backed IT services, specialty healthcare and education, leisure, commercial real estate, hospitality, retail and financial services. Since inception, the firm has secured $4.0 billion of capital commitments on behalf of recognized institutional private equity and real estate investors in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
GI Partners is currently investing its third fund, which is targeting businesses and underpriced portfolios of assets with attractive long-term fundamentals. Investments are structured to have substantial downside protection underpinned by intrinsic asset value, which may be in the form of fixed assets, long-term customer contracts or mission-critical business attributes. Consistent with the strategy deployed in the firm’s first two funds, typical deals will include i) platforms for “buy and build” strategies, ii) companies that are either out of favor or in some form of financial distress, and iii) assets around which an independent business can be created or expanded. Companies or divisions that are subject to regulatory or structural change, cyclical challenges or financial complexity are also excellent candidates for the firm’s investment and management expertise. Post-acquisition, GI Partners seeks to recognize the upside potential of its investments by executing identifiable value creation initiatives including add-on acquisitions, geographic expansions, management augmentation, capital structure optimization and new business development.
With 37 investment professionals, the team has specialized expertise in structured finance, real estate, corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and turnarounds. Notably, the senior professionals in the US and Europe have a shared history of executing asset-backed transactions and have invested together since 1994. Overall, GI Partners has demonstrated a proven ability to source attractive opportunities, develop creative investment structures, deploy operationally-oriented strategies and create meaningful value at the EBITDA level to produce superior, risk-adjusted returns.
Established in 2001, GI Partners is a leading trans-Atlantic private investment firm that focuses on control-oriented investments in asset-backed businesses and properties located in North America and Western Europe. The firm is active in a number of key sectors, including asset-backed IT services, specialty healthcare and education, leisure, commercial real estate, hospitality, retail and financial services. Since inception, the firm has secured $4.0 billion of capital commitments on behalf of recognized institutional private equity and real estate investors in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
GI Partners is currently investing its third fund, which is targeting businesses and underpriced portfolios of assets with attractive long-term fundamentals. Investments are structured to have substantial downside protection underpinned by intrinsic asset value, which may be in the form of fixed assets, long-term customer contracts or mission-critical business attributes. Consistent with the strategy deployed in the firm’s first two funds, typical deals will include i) platforms for “buy and build” strategies, ii) companies that are either out of favor or in some form of financial distress, and iii) assets around which an independent business can be created or expanded. Companies or divisions that are subject to regulatory or structural change, cyclical challenges or financial complexity are also excellent candidates for the firm’s investment and management expertise. Post-acquisition, GI Partners seeks to recognize the upside potential of its investments by executing identifiable value creation initiatives including add-on acquisitions, geographic expansions, management augmentation, capital structure optimization and new business development.
With 37 investment professionals, the team has specialized expertise in structured finance, real estate, corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and turnarounds. Notably, the senior professionals in the US and Europe have a shared history of executing asset-backed transactions and have invested together since 1994. Overall, GI Partners has demonstrated a proven ability to source attractive opportunities, develop creative investment structures, deploy operationally-oriented strategies and create meaningful value at the EBITDA level to produce superior, risk-adjusted returns.
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