Eaton Partners’ deep sector knowledge and unrivaled insight into the private fund market allows us to raise capital efficiently and effectively.

Private Credit

Eaton Partners has a broad and deep history of raising credit-focused funds. Our track record includes working for clients across the spectrum of credit strategies, such as: Corporate Credit, Specialty Credit, Structured Credit, Real Estate Credit, Distressed Credit, Special Situations, and Royalties / Offtakes

Private Equity

Eaton Partners’ deep sector knowledge and unrivaled insight into the private fund market allows us to raise capital efficiently and effectively. We thrive on working alongside the most innovative funds and consistently partner with the highest-quality fund managers. Over the past ten years, we are also proud to have raised more first-time institutional funds for established and emerging managers than any of our competitors.

Real Assets

Eaton Partners is proud to be recognized as the industry leader in the Real Assets space. We partner with best-in-class fund managers, corporate sponsors, and private companies to provide compelling, strongly differentiated opportunities for investors. Our deep relationships with Real Asset investors gives us a competitive advantage when seeking capital for our partners.

Real Estate

Eaton Partners has a long history raising real estate investment vehicles across funds, directs, separate managed accounts and secondaries. Our real estate team is highly entrepreneurial and has a long track record of being a first mover in the space. Prior mandates include both equity and debt focused strategies for first time managers and established firms seeking to diversify or expand their lines of business. Our goal is simple, a true partnership with our clients with the ultimate goal of finding the right capital partner.

Eaton Partners has differentiated itself as the placement agent that has raised more capital for emerging managers than any of our competitors since inception. We define emerging managers as first-time institutional funds, spinout teams, or established platforms looking to expand their platforms with new product offerings, accelerate growth and enhance their LP base.

GP Solutions

The Eaton Partners’ GP Solutions Team advises financial sponsors on GP-led secondary transactions and innovative liquidity solutions, including single and multi-asset continuation vehicles, strip sales, tender offers, fund-level preferred equity raises, and more. As part of the Stifel platform, we are able to bring together the expertise and institutional knowledge of a premier middle-market investment bank and a leading placement agent, to provide best-in-class advice and process execution to every client assignment.

 

LP Solutions

Eaton Partners’ LP Solutions Team serves as a leading advisor to institutional investors for the sale of limited partnership interests in alternative assets. Our professionals interact regularly with many of the world’s largest institutional investors to help actively manage their alternative asset portfolios through the secondary market. We maximize value for clients by leveraging our established buyer relationships, extensive market knowledge, and substantial execution experience.

 

Direct Equity

Eaton Partners leverage an extensive network of institutional investor relationships to raise fee-paying capital for funded and fundless sponsors. These transactions are handled on a deal-by-deal basis, and range across a variety of strategies, industry sectors, and geographies. Such transactions also include minority and majority equity investments raising primary and/or secondary capital, as well as independent sponsor acquisitions, take privates, and carve-outs, and more. Equity capital raises typically range from $25M to $250M, but can scale to an excess of $1B.

 

GP Stakes

Eaton Partners’ GP Stakes Team provides advisory services to sponsors seeking company-level capital solutions backed by the firm’s management fees, GP commitments, and/or carried interest. Solutions include the provision of minority equity stakes, preferred equity, management company loans, and other forms of structured capital. GPs often use proceeds to support future growth, facilitate succession objectives, or to enhance GP commitments. As the landscape for management company solutions continues to evolve, Eaton Partners remains well-positioned in helping clients achieve optimal outcomes.

The Eaton Partners’ Hedge Fund Team successfully raises institutional capital for high-quality managers around the world. We work with our managers to help position their funds in the marketplace with specific messaging on team pedigree, strategy differentiation, and market opportunity. Eaton Partners significantly increases investor outreach, efficiently qualifies investor interest, expedites follow-up and closes on capital such that managers can focus on managing their portfolios throughout the fundraising process.