AMERICAN REALTY ADVISORS
515 S. Flower St., 49th Floor | Los Angeles 90071 | aracapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES retail, industrial, office, multifamily PREFERRED
FINANCING STAGE operating
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Stanley Iezman | CEO, Chairman | (213) 233-5700
ANGELES EQUITY PARTNERS
2425 Olympic Blvd., Suite 660E | Santa Monica 90404 | angelesequity.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES industrials
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE control equity investments
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jordan Katz | Tim Meyer | Managing Partners | (310) 844-9200
ARES MANAGEMENT
2000 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor | Los Angeles 90067 | aresmgmt.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES all industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE middle-market buyout/growth/rescue/distressed, power and energy assets, special situations, China growth capital
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE David Kaplan | Bennett Rosenthal | Co-Heads of Private Equity Group | (310) 201-4100
AURORA CAPITAL PARTNERS
10877 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2100 | Los Angeles 90024 | auroracap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES engineered products, technology-enabled services, distribution
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE acquisitions, growth equity
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE John Mapes | Managing Partner | (310) 551-0101
AVANTE MEZZANINE PARTNERS
11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1470 | Los Angeles 90025 | avantemezzanine.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business services, health care, education, software, industrial/manufacturing PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts/recapitalization and expansion
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jeri Harman | CEO, Founding Partner | (310) 667-9242
BALMORAL FUNDS
11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 825 | Los Angeles 90025 | balmoralfunds.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES lower middle-market
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jonathan Victor | Senior Managing Director | (310) 473-3065
BISON CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
233 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 425 | Santa Monica 90401 | bisoncapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES health care, software, financial services, business services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth and acquisition financing, balance sheet restructuring
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Douglas Trussler | Managing Partner | (310) 260-6570
BRENTWOOD ASSOCIATES
11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1200 | Los Angeles 90025 | brentwood.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES consumer products and services, retail, business services, education, restaurants
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE profitable growth
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Bill Barnum | Partner | (310) 477-6611
CALTIUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 850 | Los Angeles 90025 | caltius.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business services, industrial services, health care services and consumer products/services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE management buyouts, growth capital, leveraged recapitalization
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE James Upchurch | CEO, President | (310) 996-9566
CENTURY PARK CAPITAL PARTNERS
2101 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 4275 | El Segundo 90245 | centuryparkcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES specialty chemicals, medical products and services, consumer goods, engineered products, technology-enabled business services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE recapitalizations and buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Martin Sarafa | Charles Roellig | Guy Zaczepinski | Managing Partners | (310) 867-2210
CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP
233 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 | Santa Monica 90401 | clearlakecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES industrials and energy, software and technology-enabled services, consumer products/retail
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, reorganizations
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jose Feliciano | Behdad Eghbali | Founding Managing Partners | (310) 400-8800
CORRIDOR CAPITAL
12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 645 | Los Angeles 90025 | corridorcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES manufacturing, business services, value-added distribution
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE profitable businesses seeking capital and transformational partnership TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Craig Enenstein | CEO | (310) 442-7000
CRESCENDO CAPITAL PARTNERS
10833 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 331 | Los Angeles 90024 | crescendocap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES health care, light manufacturing, distribution, consumer, franchises
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE companies with historical EBITDA of $2 million
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE CL Turner | Managing Partner | (310) 924-1314
ENERGY POWER PARTNERS
4712 Admiralty Way, Suite 1055 | Marina del Rey | 90292 | energypowerpartners.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES clean energy, clean power
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE operating assets, late stage development assets
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Henry Park | Jerry Peters | Founding Managing Partner | (510) 556-2370
FREEMAN SPOGLI & CO.
11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1900 | Los Angeles 90025 | freemanspogli.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES consumer, distribution
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Bradford Freeman | Ronald Spogli | Founding Partners | (310) 444-1822
GORES GROUP
9800 Wilshire Blvd. | Beverly Hills 90212 | gores.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES technology, industrial, health care
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE mature buyouts, corporate carve-outs
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Alec Gores | CEO, Chairman | (310) 209-3010
K1 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
2101 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 6250 | El Segundo 90245 | k1capital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES software
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Hasan Askari | Managing Partner | (800) 310-2870
KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Third Floor | Los Angeles 90067 | kaynecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES energy, real estate, private credit, w growth, other
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE pre-IPO, early- to mid-stage, existing
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Mike Levitt | CEO | (800) 638-1496
LEONARD GREEN & PARTNERS
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2000 | Los Angeles 90025| leonardgreen.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES retail, consumer products, distribution, business services, health care PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE leveraged buyouts of established, cash-flow positive companies
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE John Danhakl | Jonathan Sokoloff | Managing Partners | (310) 954-0444
LEVINE LEICHTMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS
335 N. Maple Drive, Suite 130 | Beverly Hills 90210 | llcp.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES consumer products, manufacturing, services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth equity
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Lauren Leichtman | CEO, Founding Principal | (310) 275-5335
LOVELL MINNICK PARTNERS
2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 5150 | El Segundo 90245 | lmpartners.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES financial services, business services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE acquisition or buyout
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jeffrey Lovell | James Minnick | Co-Chairmen | (310) 414-6160
MARLIN EQUITY PARTNERS
338 Pier Ave. | Hermosa Beach 90254 | marlinequity.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES software, technology, health care IT, technology-enabled services, industrial technology
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts, leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, growth equity, minority, special situations, turnarounds
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE David Mcgovern | Managing Partner | (310) 364-0100
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
333 S. Grand Ave., 28th Floor. | Los Angeles 90071 | oaktreecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES consumer and branded products, food and beverage, financial services, media PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE controlling stakes in distressed companies, buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Howard Marks | Chairman | (213) 830-6300
OCEAN AVENUE CAPITAL PARTNERS
401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 230 | Santa Monica 90401 | oceanavenuecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES general industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE special situations, private company recapitalizations
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jeff Ennis | Duran Curis | Jacques Youssefmir | Partners | (424) 238-0730
ODYSSEY INVESTMENT PARTNERS
21650 Oxnard St., Suite 1650 | Woodland Hills 91367 | odysseyinvestment.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES aerospace, energy services, equipment rental, business/insurance services PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE leveraged buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Bill Hopkins | Managing Principal, Co-President | (818) 737-1111
OPENGATE CAPITAL
10250 Constellation Blvd., 17th Floor | Los Angeles 90067 | opengatecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES all
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE divestitures of global corporations
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Andrew Nikou | CEO, Managing Partner | (310) 432-7000
PACIFIC GROWTH INVESTORS
21515 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 940 | Torrance 90503 | pacificgrowthinvestors.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES manufacturing, business services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE structured growth, either majority or minority investments including both debt and equity securities
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Mark Sampson | Thomas Webster | Co-founders and Managing Partners | (310) 359-0456
PCCP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1000 | Los Angeles 90067 | pccpllc.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES real estate
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE middle market
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE William Lindsay | Partner | (310) 414-7870
PLATINUM EQUITY
360 N. Crescent Drive | Beverly Hills 90210 | platinumequity.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES no preferred industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE acquisitions for control
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Tom Gores | CEO | (310) 712-1850
REGENT
9720 Wilshire Blvd. | Beverly Hills 90212 | regentlp.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES media, software/technology, retail, consumer products and services, industrial PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE $10 million – $300 million
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Michael Reinstein | CEO, Chairman | (310) 299-4100
RLH EQUITY PARTNERS
10900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 850 | Los Angeles 90024 | rlhequity.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business services, health care, government services
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE revenue greater than $25 million, profitable, rapidly growing
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE J. Christopher Lewis | Managing Director | (310) 405-7200
SAYBROOK CAPITAL
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 1400 | Los Angeles 90064 | saybrookfunds.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business services, consumer, health care, manufacturing
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE leveraged buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jonathan Rosenthal | Co-Portfolio Manager | (310) 899-9200
SEIDLER EQUITY PARTNERS
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 1200 | Marina del Rey 90292 | sepfunds.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES general industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth, mature
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Peter Seidler | Robert Seidler | Eric Kutsenda | Founding Partners | (213) 683-4622
SHAMROCK CAPITAL ADVISORS
1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 1600 | Los Angeles 90024 | shamrockcap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES media, entertainment and communications
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth equity, leveraged buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Stephen Royer | Partner | (310) 964-6600
SKYVIEW CAPITAL
2000 Avenue of the Stars, 8th Floor | Los Angeles 90067 | skyviewcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES software, telecommunications, technology, manufacturing, business services PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE corporate divestitures, buyouts, venture capital, distressed
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Alex Soltani | CEO, Chairman | (310) 273-6000
SOLACE CAPITAL PARTNERS
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1275 | Los Angeles 90025 | solacecap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES industrial, consumer, energy, technology/ media/telecommunications, business services, logistics
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE recapitalizations/restructurings, special situations, buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Christopher Brothers | Brett Wyard | Co-founders, Managing Partners | (310) 919-5401
ST. CLOUD CAPITAL
10866 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450 | Los Angeles 90024 | stcloudcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES middle-market companies
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE later stage
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Benjamin Hom | Managing Partner | (310) 475-2700
TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS
2951 28th St., Suite 1000 | Santa Monica 90405 | tennenbaumcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES no preferred industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE middle-market special situations and direct lending
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Firm Partnership | (310) 566-1000
TRANSOM CAPITAL GROUP
10990 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 440 | Los Angeles 90024 | transomcap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES consumer products, retail, industrial, business services, media
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyout
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Russ Roenick | Ken Firtel | Managing Partner | (310) 407-0940
TWIN HAVEN CAPITAL PARTNERS
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 525 | Los Angeles 90025 | twinhavencap.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES general industries
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buyouts, special situations
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Robert Webster | Paul Mellinger | Senior Managing Directors | (310) 689-5100
US RENEWABLES GROUP
2425 Olympic Blvd., Suite 4050W | Santa Monica 90401 | usregroup.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES renewable energy
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE strategy varies
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Lee Bailey | Managing Partner | (310) 586-3900
VANCE STREET CAPITAL
11150 Santa Monica Blvd. | Los Angeles 90025 | vancestreetcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES aerospace/defense, industrial, medical
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE leveraged buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Richard Crowell | Richard Roeder | Managing Partners | (310) 231-7100
VARIANT EQUITY ADVISORS
1999 Avenue of the Stars | Los Angeles 90067 | www.variantequity.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES all
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE buy outs, corporate divestitures
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Farhaad Wadia | Founder and Managing Partner | (310) 467-4700
VARSITY HEALTHCARE PARTNERS
1875 Century Park East, Suite 1980 | Los Angeles 90067 | varsityhealthcarepartners.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES health care
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE David Alpern | Partner | (310) 564-2690
VICENTE CAPITAL PARTNERS
11726 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 300 | Los Angeles 90049 | vicentecapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business services, technology-enabled services, consumer services, specialty manufacturing
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE growth/expansion
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Jay Ferguson | Managing Partner | (310) 826-2255
WEDBUSH CAPITAL PARTNERS
1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 830 | Los Angeles 90017 | wedbushcapital.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES business and financial services, consumer products and services, niche manufacturing
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE management buyout
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Geoff Bland | Managing Director | (213) 688-8018
WESTHOOK CAPITAL
11100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 380 | Los Angeles 90025 | westhook.com
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Michael Hooks | Managing Partner | (310) 984-6582
YUCAIPA COS.
9130 W. Sunset Blvd. | Los Angeles 90069 | yucaipaco.com
PREFERRED INDUSTRIES grocery
PREFERRED FINANCING STAGE leveraged buyouts
TOP LOCAL EXECUTIVE Ron Burkle | Managing Partner | (310) 789-7200
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