Experienced Team.
Deployment Across Cycles.
Partnership Approach.
Our Private Equity Group seeks attractive risk-adjusted investment returns for a diversified and growing group of high-profile limited partners and has approximately $39.1 billion of assets under management via its Corporate Opportunities, Special Opportunities, APAC Private Equity and other strategies as of December 31, 2023.
The Private Equity Group offers both control and non-control Equity, Debt and Hybrid Capital Solutions for companies in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our investment professionals have demonstrated an ability to actively deploy capital in a disciplined manner in both benign and dislocated market environments.
Our teams focus on helping drive shared long-term success for our portfolio companies, limited partners and shareholders, while also emphasizing strong downside protection.
Our Global Reach
1000 Louisiana Street
Suite 625
Houston, TX 77002
T. (713) 527.2121
Los Angeles
800 Corporate Pointe
Suite 300
Culver City, CA 90230
T. (310) 921-7200
Los Angeles
2000 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
T. (310) 201-4100
245 Park Avenue
44th Floor
New York, NY 10167
T. (212) 710-2100
437 Madison Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY 10022
T. (212) 858-9760
10 New Burlington Street
6th Floor
London, W1S 3BE
United Kingdom
T. +44 (0) 20-7434-6400
12 Cours Albert 1er.
5th Floor
Paris 75008
France
T. +33 (0) 17039 4150
40/F, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark
15 Queens Road Central, Central
Hong Kong
T. +852 3909 8888
Unit 3702, Park Place Office Building
1601 West Nan Jing Road
Shanghai, 200040
China
T. +8621 6186 5200
378 Wukang Road
6/F Xu Hui District
Shanghai, 200031
China
Ares Private Equity
Primary Role
Equity, debt and hybrid solutions provided to growth-oriented businesses
Offices
Los Angeles, Houston, New York, London, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong
Primary Areas of Focus
(i) For control or significant influence growth buyouts, (ii) non-control healthy special situations, (iii) stressed and distressed and (iv) growth capital and deep value
Types of Investments
Common equity, preferred equity, convertible securities, term loans, bonds
Corporate Opportunities
Our flagship corporate opportunities funds seek to invest in high-quality middle market companies in our core industries - Healthcare, Services, Industrials and Consumer - across North America and Europe, where we can utilize our extensive growth-oriented investing experience, proprietary Value Creation System and our ability to flex into distressed investing in an effort to generate predictable alpha across market environments.
Special Opportunities
Our special opportunities funds target private and public market debt and non-control equity investments in healthy, stressed and distressed companies undergoing transformational change.
APAC Private Equity
Our APAC Private Equity strategy is focused on investing in industry-leading consumer companies in seven core sectors while opportunistically investing in deep value across all sectors in the larger Southeast Asia markets and China.
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Contact
Ares Corporate Opportunities and
Special Opportunities Leadership
To reach our leadership, please contact:
Matt Cwiertnia
Partner, Head of Private Equity
Private Equity Investor Relations
(Ares Corporate Opportunities and Special Opportunities)
For inquiries regarding investor relations, please contact:
Jeremy Bergman
Partner, Co-Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, Private Equity
Tel: (212) 808-1115
Email: [email protected]
General Email: [email protected]
APAC Private Equity Leadership
To reach our APAC Private Equity leadership, please contact:
David Hand
Head of APAC Private Equity
APAC Private Equity Investor Relations
For inquiries regarding APAC Private Equity investor relations, please contact:
Jolyn Dang
Tel: (852) 3909-8860
Email: [email protected]