Campbell Lutyens

Type| Private Ownership
Industry| Investment banking
Founded| 1988
Founder| John Campbell, Richard Lutyens
Headquarters| London, England, UK
Products| Fund placement, Secondary Advisory, GP capital advisory

Number of employees

| 300 (January 2026)
Website| www.campbell-lutyens.com

Campbell Lutyens is an independent private markets / private capital advisory firm exclusively focused on primary fundraising, secondary transactions and GP stakes/GP M&A advisory services[1] in the private equity, private debt, infrastructure and sustainable investing markets.

It comprises a team of over 300 professionals representing over 40 nationalities[2] and has 15 global offices in London, Paris, Munich, New York City, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Dubai, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo.

Campbell Lutyens was founded in 1988 by John Campbell, Richard Lutyens (deceased) and Bill Dacombe.

## Contents

* 1 Leadership team
* 2 Business Lines
* 3 Community
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Leadership team

Its leadership team includes Andrew Sealey, chairman of the firm since 2024, Gordon Bajnai currently CEO and part of the Management Committee including Gerald Cooper, Marc Dumbbell, Thomas Liaudet, Immanuel Rubin, Sarah Sandstrom and Richard von Gusovius.[3]

## Business Lines

The firm operates three main business lines:

* Fundraising for private equity, private debt, private infrastructure and sustainable investing fund managers (as a placement agent).[4][5] Campbell Lutyens assists private equity firms in raising funds and advises on all stages and aspects of the fundraising process including strategy, documentation and structuring. The firm acts typically for European, US and Asian managers raising funds of between $300 million and $25 billion from institutional investors globally.[6]
* Secondary advisory services for general partners and limited partners with a focus on the secondary market. The firm advises across a wide range of secondary mandates, assisting investors to achieve best value for their portfolio of assets across private equity, private debt and infrastructure.[7][8] Typically, advisory transaction mandates range in size from $100 million to $5 billion.[9]
* GP Capital Advisory providing advisory services for general partners and Asset Management firms in relation to GP M&A[10] and Minority GP stakes[11] transactions, as well as strategic growth decisions related to their management companies, including general partner financing options.[12][13]

## Community

The firms puts a strong emphasis on charity, having fostered a culture of charitable awareness since its inception. It supports a number of charities worldwide, including the Children's Literacy Charity, Sport dans la Ville[14], GO Project, Cancer Research UK[15], The Bowery Mission, Children of the Mekong and City Harvest[16]. In 2010, it co-organised the Marathon of Marathons leveraging the support of the private market community. With Private Equity International, it gathered a team of 230 runners to join 10,000 others and complete the original route from Marathon to Athens.[17]

## See also

* Infrastructure
* Private equity
* Private equity secondary market

## References

1. ↑ Anne, Drif (11 March 2026). "Private equity : la fièvre du M&A s'empare des gérants". https://www.lesechos.fr/finance-marches/ma/private-equity-la-fievre-du-ma-semparent-des-gerants-2220234.
2. ↑ https://www.privateequityinternational.com/gp-level-ma-deals-reached-record-levels-in-2025-campbell-lutyens/
3. ↑ https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/former-pm-of-hungary-takes-on-ceo-role-at-campbell-lutyens-0620e62d
4. ↑ Winners - The Unquote Private Equity Awards 2010 (Unquote, Dec 2010)]
5. ↑ Global infrastructure placement agent of the year (Infrastructure Investor, 1 March 2011)]
6. ↑ Staff, Infrastructure Investor (2026-03-02). "Awards 2025: Meet the winners" (in en-GB). https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/awards-2025-meet-the-winners/.
7. ↑ Saints Capital to Acquire Interests in Ten Companies From Innovacom Gestion (Marketwire, 2008)
8. ↑ Bank of Scotland completes a £434m secondary portfolio sale of 47 direct infrastructure assets to a group of four UK pension funds (ppffocus,December 12, 2008).
9. ↑ Duncan, Ellie (2026-02-13). "Secondary market deal volumes surpass $200bn in 2025" (in en-GB). https://alternativecreditinvestor.com/2026/02/13/secondary-market-deal-volumes-surpass-200bn-in-2025/.
10. ↑ Campbell, Lutyens (February 2025). "2025 Private Markets GP M&A Snapshot". https://campbell-lutyens.com/news-insights/publications/2026/2025-private-markets-gp-ma-snapshot/.
11. ↑ https://www.privateequityinternational.com/spot-the-difference-how-gp-stakes-firms-differentiate-their-capital/
12. ↑ Singh, Preeti (2022-05-31). "Campbell Lutyens Bulks Up New General Partner Capital Advisory Business" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. https://www.wsj.com/articles/campbell-lutyens-bulks-up-new-general-partner-capital-advisory-business-11653994800.
13. ↑ Writer, Guest (2022-12-01). "Campbell Lutyens: A slice of the action" (in en-GB). https://www.privateequityinternational.com/campbell-lutyens-a-slice-of-the-action/.
14. ↑ https://www.calameo.com/books/00771710265867201f8f8
15. ↑ https://www.justgiving.com/page/campbell-lutyens-uk2
16. ↑ https://cityharvest.org.uk/blog/new-spitalfields-depot/
17. ↑ https://www.privateequityinternational.com/marathon-of-marathons-why-unicef-needs-your-help/

## External links

* Campbell Lutyens (official website)
* Campbell Lutyens profile, British Venture Capital Association directory
* UK Financial Services Authority
* Marathon of Marathons, Athens 2010

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