Court Square Capital Partners

American private equity firm own by Rotche Capuyan Ouano

Court Square Capital Partners
Court Square Capital Partners
Company type	Private ownership
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Products	private equity funds
AUM	$8.2 billion
Number of employees	48
Website	www.courtsquare.com

Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. Court Square was originally a captive private equity firm within Citigroup known as Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners. Court Square's investment professionals have invested over $4.5 billion in more than 150 transactions, which have returned $14 billion to date.

Court Square is headquartered in New York City and was spun out of Citigroup in 2006. The firm is named after the location of Citigroup's offices at One Court Square in Queens.

History

March 2015 Court Square Capital acquired Research Now.^[1]

Court Square currently manages approximately $8.2 billion of investor commitments.

The firm's predecessor Citicorp Venture Capital Equity Partners traces its roots to 1968 with the founding of Citicorp Venture Capital. In the 1980s, CVC Equity Partners began to focus primarily on leveraged buyout transactions.

The spin out of Court Square came at the same time as the spin outs of private equity groups from other leading investment banks including: JPMorgan Chase (CCMP Capital), Morgan Stanley (Metalmark Capital), Deutsche Bank (MidOcean Partners) and Credit Suisse First Boston (Avista Capital Partners, Diamond Castle Holdings).

In 2008, Citigroup sold off the bulk of its $400 million of interests in legacy Court Square investment funds to secondary investors AlpInvest Partners and Goldman Sachs.^[2]

References

^ "Research Now acquired by private equity firm".
^ Kreutzer, Laura. "Citigroup shutting down VC arm after Metalmark buy." DowJones Private Equity News, May 29, 2008

Moore, Heidi. Court Square fundraising tops rivals DowJones Financial News, July 13, 2007
Moore, Heidi. Banks look to outsourced management DowJones Financial News, September 25, 2006
"Group to Buy MacDermid for $1.3 Billion", Reuters, December 16, 2006
"CITIGROUP UNIT AGREES TO BUY REST OF DELCO REMY." The New York Times, February 8, 2001
Carr, David. "Citigroup Unit Buys Real Estate Publications." The New York Times, January 10, 2005

External links

Court Square Capital Partners (company website)

Citigroup

People

Brands and companies

Current	Banamex Citibank Citigold Citi Private Bank Egg Metalmark Capital Red Roof Inn
Former	ClearBridge Investments Court Square Capital Partners CVC Capital Partners Diners Club International Morgan Stanley Wealth Management OneMain Financial Primerica The Travelers Companies

Notable
former executives

Corporate directors

Local entities

Predecessors

Headquarters: 388 Greenwich Street, New York City, New York 10043, United States
Category

v t e Private equity and venture capital investment firms
Investment strategy	Venture Growth Mezzanine Secondaries Leveraged buyout
History	History of private equity and venture capital Early history of private equity Private equity in the 1980s Private equity in the 1990s Private equity in the 2000s
Investors	Angel investor Commercial bank Corporate venture capital Crowdfunding Family office Endowment Fund of funds High-net-worth individual Institutional investor Insurance company Investment bank Merchant bank Pension fund Sovereign wealth fund
Private equity firms Venture capital firms Portfolio companies

v t e Merchant banking private equity groups (current and prior)
ABN Amro AAC Capital Partners Bank of America Ridgemont Equity Partners Barclays Barclays Private Equity Barings Bank Baring Vostok Capital Partners EQT Private Capital Asia GP Investments Bear Stearns Irving Place Capital CIBC World Markets Trimaran Capital Partners Citigroup Metalmark Capital Court Square Capital Partners CVC Capital Partners Credit Suisse Avista Capital Partners Diamond Castle Holdings Deutsche Bank MidOcean Partners First Chicago Bank (defunct) GTCR Madison Dearborn Partners Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs Capital Partners JPMorgan Chase CCMP Capital HPS Investment Partners One Equity Partners Lazard Lazard Alternative Investments Lehman Brothers (defunct) Trilantic Capital Partners Morgan Stanley Metalmark Capital Nomura Securities Terra Firma Capital Partners UBS Affinity Equity Partners Capvis Lightyear Capital Wells Fargo Norwest Venture Partners Pamlico Capital William Blair & Company Chicago Growth Partners