Corporate Partners LLC

Corporate Partners LLC is a prominent private equity firm specializing in investments across various sectors, including media, telecommunications, and technology. The firm focuses on structured minority investments in companies at critical inflection points, aiming to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns. Notable investments include the defense of Polaroid from Roy Disney, the creation of a Bermuda reinsurance company post-catastrophic hurricane, the recapitalization that launched US Bank, and strategic financing for Comcast.

In 2009, Corporate Partners became independent from Lazard Frères & Co., led by two of its founding partners. In 2023, the firm expanded by uniting over twenty partners into the Corporate Partners Investment Alliance (CPIA), a multinational merchant banking partnership. This alliance comprises successful business and financial leaders from institutions such as Lazard, Morgan Stanley, Citi Salomon Brothers, MUFG, Rothschild, Deutsche Bank, Blackstone, Babson, the World Bank, and Lloyds, among others.

The firm's investment strategy encompasses a wide range of stages, including seed, early stage, growth, late stage, pre-IPO, buyout, turnaround, and distressed investments. Geographically, Corporate Partners focuses on markets in North America, Europe, Asia, and select countries in Africa and the Middle East. Their industry focus spans technology, media, telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, energy, real estate, industrial goods, transportation, utilities, retail, education, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals. Investment sizes typically range from $5 million to $500 million, depending on the specific opportunity and sector.