Castlelake, L.P.

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Castlelake, L.P. is a private equity specializing in small to mid-size companies, restructurings, buyouts, direct financings, middle market corporate, turnaround and distressed debt. It focus on non-performing loan pools, aviation assets, commercial and industrial loans. It gives asset-based credit to small and mid-sized businesses. It focused on investments in real assets, sub-performing loans, specialty finance, special situations and transportation. The firm is sector agnostic with focus on global aviation finance & assets, global specialty finance and global special situations. In European assets it focuses on secured real estate backed non-performing loans (NPLs), non-core real estate, real estate-owned assets (REOs) and direct investments in niche land opportunities. In North American Assets it focuses on commercial and industrial sub- and non-performing loans/portfolios, commercial real estate loans and assets and residential land acquisition, construction and development opportunities. In global specialty finance it focuses on Non-prime consumer finance receivables, construction finance, and other forms of finance and leasing. In global special situation it discrete opportunities backed by hard assets across dislocated and cyclical industries in need of liquidity. It primarily invests globally but focuses on Europe. It employs combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis to create its portfolio. It prefers to exits its investment by multiple exit alternatives that maximize value such as sale, disassembly, green-time leasing of engines and operating leasing of engines and aircraft, asset-by-asset resolutions tailored to each individual situation, asset-by-asset resolution tailored to each individual situation or aggregated platform exits and Strong influence or control-oriented investment style to unlock value and drive the potential for multiple exit alternatives including at the asset level or on a platform basis. The firm prefers to take majority stake. Castlelake, L.P. was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with additional offices in North America, Asia, Europe.

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