Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen providing customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has appointed Nick Lawler as Managing Director and Head of Secondaries.
Lawler, who will be responsible for leading the firm’s new secondaries strategy and investing across the secondaries landscape, is based in Churchill’s Chicago office and reports directly to Jason Strife, Head of Junior Capital & Private Equity Solutions.
Prior to joining Churchill, Lawler spent 14 years at Northern Trust Corporation, 10 of which were at 50 South Capital Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment arm of Northern Trust. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President at 50 South Capital and was integral in building and leading their secondaries business. Additionally, Lawler and his team were responsible for the deal sourcing and execution of over $1 billion of secondary, direct, structured and preferred equity investments.
