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Amala Partners provides strategic advice, marketing skills and execution capability to managers of private equity funds seeking to raise capital and continue their success. We deliver creative, relevant and compelling fundraising campaigns that differentiate our clients and lay the foundations for long-term relationships of trust with investors.

Talk to the clients and institutional investors who work with us and if you think that together we can make a difference for your firm, we'd like to talk to you.

Our expertise – the four Ps

Positioning

In a crowded and competitive marketplace, we make sure that our clients stand out. Through experience, market knowledge and our own proprietary due diligence we understand what differentiates our clients. Through our creative approach to communications and marketing, we make sure potential investors do, too.

Preparation

Often beginning as much as two years ahead of fundraising, we guide our clients in getting their message across and building relationships with prospective investors. We foster a receptive audience for the pitch books, private placement memoranda and bespoke due diligence packages we develop. Our reputation for openness and integrity with investors, our empathy with their concerns, our understanding of their people and processes, all mean that our clients are well prepared for success.

Placement

We don’t claim to know everyone who might invest in our clients’ funds but we do have relationships of trust, built over many years, with most of the investors that probably will. Over 100 different institutions and family offices have committed to the funds we have placed, divided about equally between the US, continental Europe and the UK. We are effective advocates for our clients and we focus on making efficient use of their time.

Project Management

No fund is raised unless it is closed. As well as inspiration, it takes a great deal of perspiration to get to a successful closing. We manage the information flow, getting potential investors the answers they need, helping them meet the people they need to see. We understand investment processes and work hard at helping institutional investors get to a positive outcome. We co-ordinate with other advisors and where we can, we help broker solutions to issues that are fair and foster a spirit of partnership.

Our team

Ian Simpson

Ian Simpson

  • Founder of Amala Partners

  • 30 years’ experience in the private equity market

  • Previously co-founded Helix Associates, Europe’s first boutique placement firm

  • MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University

  • Sample deal list: August Equity, Quadriga Capital, OpCapita, Piper Private Equity, Core Capital, Exponent Private Equity, Barclays Infrastructure Funds, Altor Equity Partners, GEM Benelux, Graphite Capital and Bridgepoint Capital

Simone Brands

Simone Brands

  • Joined Amala on its foundation

  • 11 years’ experience in the private equity market

  • Previously at 3i (Fund Investor Relations) and Probitas Partners

  • Masters (Honours) in Finance from UNSW and Bachelors of Commerce & Science from the University of Sydney

  • Sample deal list: Quadriga Capital, OpCapita, August Equity, Rantum Capital, Core Capital, Graphite Capital and Barclays Infrastructure Funds

Christina Keogh

Christina Keogh

  • 10 years’ experience in financial markets, of which seven in the private equity market

  • Previously advised on investment in private equity funds at Altius Associates, the global gatekeeper and fund of funds firm

  • Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA); MSc in Finance from the University College Dublin and BSc Econ Accounting and Management from Cardiff University

  • Sample deal list: OpCapita, Rantum Capital, August Equity

  • Sample fund investments: Riverside Europe Funds, GEM Benelux, Bridgepoint Capital, Carlyle Europe, Gilde Buyout, HgCapital, Navis Capital Asia

Helene Schutrumpf

Helene Schutrumpf

  • 10 years’ experience in financial markets, of which three in the private equity market

  • Previously raised capital at Elm Capital, a mid-market focused placement agent; Head of Marketing at PVE Capital Macro Credit Fund; and invested proprietary capital in credit for Merrill Lynch

  • CFA charterholder, B.A. Economics from Yale University

  • Sample deal list: Core Capital, Banyan Tree Growth Capital II, Kainos Capital, Ironbridge Equity Partners II and Fulcrum Capital Partners V

Thomas Sparrow

Thomas Sparrow

  • 11 years’ experience in financial markets, of which seven in the private equity market

  • Previously worked at Actis and PwC

  • Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP); BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology from the University of York

  • Sample deal list: August Equity, OpCapita, Rantum Capital

Jeremy Gough

Jeremy Gough

  • Jeremy is a Senior Advisor at Amala and brings a wealth of private equity experience, gained over more than 30 years in the industry

  • His experience encompasses investment in start-ups, growth capital, buy-outs, non-executive experience in both private and publicly quoted companies, investment committee roles, fundraising and investor relations

  • He is also serving as a Non-Executive Chairman of Adaxia Capital Partners and of the firm’s Investment Committee. Previously, Jeremy was a Senior Partner of Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market buy-out firm

  • Prior to that, he was a founder Director of Morgan Grenfell Development Capital and a Director of Close Investment Management

  • He began his career in private equity at 3i

  • Jeremy holds an MA in Classics from Oxford University and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD

  • He also has a BA in Politics, Philosophy and History from the University of London

Julia Kim

Julia Kim

  • Julia joined Amala in 2015 from Truston Asset Management, where she was responsible for investor relations and fund raising in Asia, US, Middle East and Europe

  • Previously, she was an investment analyst at Robeco SAM and a management consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton

  • Julia holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in French and Spanish from Oxford University

Corinne McLean

Corinne McLean

  • Corinne joined Amala in 2015

  • She has a legal and investment banking background, having spent 12 years working in London at Linklaters and Barclays Capital

  • Corinne has a Law and Japanese degree as well as an MBA from INSEAD

Andrew McTavish

Andrew McTavish

  • Andrew has seven years’ experience in the private equity market having joined Amala in 2016 from Crasner Capital where he advised on corporate finance transactions across Africa

  • Previously, he worked in fund of funds investment with Pantheon Ventures and Aviva Investors

  • Andrew holds an MSc in Banking & International Finance from CASS Business School and a BA (Hons) Economics from the University of Stirling

Helena Easton

Helena Easton

  • Three years’ experience in the private equity market

  • 11 years’ experience in administrative roles

  • BA and MA in Drama and Theatre

  • Sample deal list: August Equity, OpCapita, Rantum Capital

Becky Beedle

Becky Beedle

  • Five years’ administration experience

  • BA in Drama with Physical Theatre

  • Sample deal list: August Equity, Rantum Capital

Our basis of success

Aligning interests

  • We always invest in the funds we place

  • We only work on a select number of fundraisings each year

Creating emotional engagement

  • Every deal needs a champion who is motivated to act

  • Champions are created when marketing is relevant and compelling

Better advocates, better advisers

We don't split origination and due diligence from distribution

  • Better advocates of our clients' funds because we understand them

  • Better advisers to our clients because we know how investors think


 

Our services

Full fundraise

  • Amala acted as full service placement agent for August Equity Partners, one of the UK's leading mid-market buyout firms

  • Closed August Equity Partners III over-subscribed at its £200 million cap in 2013. Retained again for the forthcoming raise of their fourth fund

Project management

  • Amala developed and managed the due diligence and back office investor data and requests surrounding 17Capital Fund 3

  • Provided platform for a successful fundraise of €500 million in 2015

Restructuring

  • Amala advised on the restructuring of Core Capital, a successful private equity firm with a demonstrated ability to grow small platform businesses to scale

  • 2011 Fund I stapled secondary of €76 million and 2015 Fund II of £85m

Investor relations

  • Amala provides the investors relations function on behalf of Quadriga Capital, the well-known German mid market manager after assisting them to a successful 2012 €529 million raise

  • Arrange road shows, strategic advice, AGM preparation

Strategic advice

  • Amala provided strategic advice to the partners of Exponent, the UK upper mid-market buyout firm, on their most recent Fund III raise which closed over-subscribed at €1 billion

Our clients

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Our funds



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Amala Partners LLP

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Tel: +44 (0)20 3725 2300





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