EUROPE BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Large Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERSLEADING
Bain Capital Joshua Bekenstein
KKR George Roberts, Henry Kravis
The Carlyle Group Daniel D'Aniello, David M. Rubenstein, William Conway Jr.
TPG Capital James Coulter, David Bonderman
EXCELLENT
Advent International Peter Brooke
Apollo Global Management Leon Black, Marc Rowan, Joshua Harris
Blackstone Stephen Schwarzmann
Centerbridge Capital Partners Jeffrey Aronson, Mark Gallogly
Clayton Dubilier & Rice Joseph Rice, Donald Gogel
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Richard Friedman
Hellman & Friedman Philip U. Hammarskjold, Patrick J. Healy
Leonard Green & Partners John Danhakl, Jonathan Sokoloff, Peter Nolan
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
CVC Capital Partners John D. Clark
Cerberus Capital Management William L. Richter, Stephen Feinberg
First Reserve Corporation Timothy H. Day
JC Flowers & Co. J. Christopher Flowers
Providence Equity Partners Jonathan M. Nelson
Thomas H. Lee Partners Scott M. Sperling, Anthony J. DiNovi
Vestar Capital Partners Daniel O'Connell, James KelleyEUROPE BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Mid Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERS
LEADING
Apax Partners Martin Halusa
BC Partners Raymond Svider
CVC Capital Partners Jean Christophe Germani
Cinven Hugh Langmuir
EXCELLENT1 Bain Capital Marc Valentiny, Dwight Poler
Charterhouse Capital Partners Lionel Giacomotto, Gordon Bonnyman
EQT Partners Conni Jonsson
KKR Johannes Huth
PAI Partners Michel Paris
2 Advent International Cédric Chateau
Apollo Global Management Sanjay Patel
Bridgepoint William Jackson
Eurazeo Bruno Keller, Patrick Sayer
Goldman Sachs Capital Partners Andrew Wolff
Lion Capital Lyndon Lea
Permira Tom Lister, Kurt Björklund
The Carlyle Group Gregor P. Böhm, Jonathan Zafrani
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Herkules Capital Gert W. Munthe
Investcorp Nemir Kirdar
Triton Partners David J. Asmann, Gregory J. Nowlin
Wendel Frédéric Lemoine
RECOMMENDED
Candover Malcolm Fallen, Richard Stone
Nordic Capital Robert Andreen
Terra Firma Capital Partners Tim Pryce, Guy Hands