Stafford Capital Partners acquires Robeco's private equity business and establishes Rotterdam office
Stafford is pleased to announce the acquisition of Robeco’s private equity business as it expands its private equity capabilities in Europe. Through the acquisition, Stafford is increasing its assets under management in the private equity sector by USD 1.5bn, and opened an office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for the team of 11 experienced professionals who have joined Stafford from Robeco.
The transaction is in line with Robeco’s strategic focus on capabilities where it can continue to create the most added value for its clients. At the same time the transaction will enable the private equity team to continue providing clients with the same level of service while allowing the team to pursue its growth ambitions.
The team will continue to invest in European small and mid-market private equity, through the launch of Stafford European Private Equity Fund VI, or “SEPE VI”. The new fund continues the long and successful track record built up by the team during the past two decades. It also benefits from Stafford’s deep secondaries and co-investment expertise as it increases its allocation to secondary investments and co-investments in time to take advantage of the current market dislocation.
The Stafford and Robeco private equity teams have known each other for many years through a common investment strategy in the field of sustainability, with the combination of these teams representing one of the most experienced private equity teams globally for responsible private equity investing. The European team complements Stafford Private Equity’s current capabilities in the US and Australia, allowing Stafford to offer a truly global private equity solution to clients. The combined private equity business represents USD 3.1bn of assets under management.
Rick Fratus, Managing Partner of Stafford Private Equity: “Robeco’s private equity business is a perfect fit with our own – we have known the team for many years, it has a strong focus on sustainable investing and ESG integration as do we, and with the European coverage we now have deep, local expertise across the key geographies for private equity investing. We firmly believe that this acquisition enhances the service and offering not only to our own clients, but also to those transitioning from Robeco.”
For more information, please contact Stafford Investor Relations:
Email: InvestorRelations@staffordcp.com
About Stafford Capital Partners: Stafford Capital Partners is a leading private markets investment and advisory group with a global presence and USD %%AuM%% billion under management and advice* from over %%numClients%% institutional investors across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US. Founded in 2000, the firm is 100% owned by our employees and has specialist investment teams in infrastructure, timber, agriculture, private equity, and credit. The team consists of over 70 professionals investing from offices in Austin, Boston, Curitiba, London, Rotterdam, Seoul, Sydney and Zurich. Stafford Capital Partners is a member of the Principles for Responsible Investment.
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