Private Capital Advisory
The integrated, full lifecycle advisor to GPs and LPs
The private capital advisory group's breadth and depth of experience makes us the ideal long-term partner to help our private equity and alternative asset GP and LP clients achieve their goals.
Piper Sandler acquired premier alternative investment bank, Aviditi Advisors, on August 23, 2024. View our press release to learn more.
$500B+
Capital raised by senior management over the past 30 years across more than 300 mandates*
$100B+
Total transaction volume between GP led and LP situations*
200+
Equity capital market and co-investment syndications totaling $140B+ in transaction proceeds
45+
GP advisory transactions totaling more than $40B in transaction value
Our relationship managers cover more than 5,000 LPs on a global basis, engaging in regular dialogue to connect the appropriate investors to investment opportunities spanning across funds, continuation vehicles, direct investments and other GP investment opportunities.
*Represents senior leadership’s experience both at Piper Sandler and prior firms.
The full lifecycle advisor to private equity firms and alternative asset managers.
Piper Sandler is unique in its ability to service private equity and alternative asset management firms.
Providing Comprehensive Tailored Solutions
Private Funds Group
Our private funds group approaches each mandate holistically, offering tailored solutions to each raise to not only drive the best outcome on the primary fundraise, but set the stage for the long-term, strategic benefit of the client.
- Our team has participated in over 300 capital raises totaling more than $500 billion of capital
- We work closely with our GP clients to design detailed capital raising plans, execute against our collective goals and engage in direct investor dialogue to drive successful outcomes
Secondary Capital Advisory
We partner with our clients to drive optimal value and execution on both our GP and LP-led transactions.
- Our team has been part of over 70 GP led transactions. We integrate our deep knowledge of the GP process alongside robust industry and business knowledge to drive optimal outcomes for single asset, multi-asset, and fund financing solutions
- The team designs and drives the execution plan to maximize value for LPs seeking to sell fund, co-investment and FoF holdings
- We act as a full-service provider throughout all stages of our transactions to provide a well-managed process and seamless execution
Capital Solutions
Our goal is to provide sophisticated, conflict-free advice from a senior laden team solely aligned to the client. We have an investor-facing team that has built leading scaled and institutionalized public/private distribution networks to source capital to both acquire and grow businesses.
- Our team has led equity syndications across buyouts, take private transactions, pre-IPO raises and other situations where GPs are seeking thoughtful capital to close transactions
GP Advisory
Our team is uniquely positioned to advise private markets firms on a variety of strategic alternatives designed to position managers for long-term growth, continuity and value maximization.
- Minority equity investments
- Non-dilutive financing solutions
- GP-level mergers & acquisitions
- Spin-outs & seed investments
- Succession planning & restructuring
- Valuation advice
Our Services
- Fund placements
- Single asset and multi-asset continuation vehicles
- Limited partner secondary sales and solutions
- Direct equity syndications
- Debt financing solutions
- Take private transactions
- Fund financing
- GP stakes sales
- Asset manager sales
- GP financing solutions
Who We Serve
- Private equity sponsors
- Alternative asset managers
- Independent sponsors
- Endowments/foundations
- Consultants/advisors
- Sovereign wealth funds/government sponsored retirement plans
- Public pensions
- RIAs
- Family offices
Why partner with us?
We believe our unique model and deep experience makes us uniquely positioned to deliver tailored solutions to alternative investment firms stretching 100% of their lifecycle.
