INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
UK BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Large Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERSLEADINGApax Partners Gabriele Cipparrone (Partner), Steven Dyson (Partner)CVC Capital Partners Fred Watt (Managing Partner and COO), Bertrand Meunier (Managing Partner)GS Capital Partners James Brooks (Co-Head of the UK)The Carlyle Group Gregor Böhm (Co-Head of European Buyouts), Andrew Burgess (Partner)EXCELLENTCharterhouse Capital Partners Stephan Morgan (Partner), Duncan Aldred (Partner)Cinven Partners Alex Leslie (Partner), Alexandra Hess (Partner)Equistone Partners Europe Christiian Marriott (Partner), Owen Clarke (Chief Investment Officer)Permira Advisers Kurt Björklund (Co-Managing Partner), Philip Muelder (Partner)HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDBlackstone Gerry Murphy (Sr. Managing Director and Chairman Europe), Tania Daguere Lindbäck (Managing Director)HgCapital Tom Attwood (Chairman), Sebastien Briens (Partner)TDR Capital Manjit Dale (Partner), Stephen Robertson (Partner)UK BEST PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS (LBO)
Mid Cap
The firms are listed alphabetically within each bandFIRMS KEY LEADERSLEADINGAdvent International Tom Allen (Managing Director), Johanna Barr (Managing Director)Apax Partners Gabriele Cipparrone (Partner), Steven Dyson (Partner)CVC Capital Partners Fred Watt (Managing Partner and COO), Bertrand Meunier (Managing Partner)TPG Capital Mark Corbidge (Partner), Dirk Eller (Partner)EXCELLENTBC Partners Stefano Quadrio Curzio (Managing Partner), Nikos Stathopoulos (Managing Partner)Bridgepoint Advisers Patrick Fox (Senior Partner), Chris Busby (Partner and Head of Investments UK)ECI Partners David Ewing (Managing Partner), Lewis Bantin (Partner)Exponent Private Equity Chris Graham (Partner), Richard Lenane (Managing Partner)Inflexion Private Equity John Hartz (Managing Partner), Simon Turner (Managing Partner)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED3i Group Alan Giddins (Managing Partner and Co-Head of UK), Jennifer Dunstan (Partner)Cinven Partners Alex Leslie (Partner), Alexandra Hess (Partner)IK Investment Partners James Yates (Partner), Christopher Masek (Partner)RECOMMENDEDCaledonia Investments Will Wyatt (CEO)LDC Managers Chris Hurley (CEO), Christian Bruning (Investment Director)Lion Capital Lyndon Lea (Partner), Robert Darwent (Partner)Lyceum Capital Partners Daniel Adler (Partner), Jonathan Bourn (Partner)Silvefleet Capital Neil MacDougall (Managing Partner)