Nicolas Lanel will join independent financial advisory groups Rothschild & Co to support the firm’s Private Capital business development throughout Europe with the origination and execution of GP-led transactions, particularly continuation vehicles.
Lanel brings more than 30 years of experience in investment banking, the last 18 of which are closely associated with the emergence of the GP-led secondary space. He established and led the broader European secondary advisory franchises at UBS and Evercore, before founding Flow Advisors.
He started his career with Paribas in Toronto, following which he spent close to ten years as an M&A advisor with Deutsche Bank in London and New York.
“Continuation funds have rapidly become a mainstream exit route for PE assets. The successful execution of these transactions requires an understanding of GP-led structures, combined with the ability to articulate a compelling equity story on the underlying assets. In this context, it is key to deliver a dual sector and secondary expertise to clients in an integrated manner,“ Lanel observes.
