Top-tier assets attract strong demand, while mid-tier businesses are often held or moved into continuation vehicles. Meanwhile, the market for complex or “problem” assets is highly liquid, as sponsors and corporates address issues long deferred during years of easy financing. This dynamic underscores the resilience of private equity portfolios, with many funds holding fundamentally strong assets despite challenging conditions.
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Layton has over 20 years’ experience as an investor, the first seven years of which was spent in more traditional private equity at large-cap firm TDR Capital. For the last 15 years Layton has been serving as Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Sullivan Street Partners working with smaller UK businesses. He takes the lead in driving investments, as well as operationally improving businesses and working closely with management. In this time, he has invested in and served as a Director for companies with values of £1m to £5bn and has seen the benefits of driven ownership and the pitfalls in the market of financial machinations, short-term stewardship, and governance.
