Asante Capital Group, a provider of private equity placement and advisory services, has promoted Laura Leyland to partner.
Ms. Leyland joined Asante more than a decade ago and worked on numerous mid-market private equity fundraisings for growth, buyout, and real assets funds in Europe and the United States totaling more than $23 billion.
“We are thrilled to congratulate Laura on being named a partner at Asante,” said Warren Hibbert, a co-founder and managing partner at Asante. “Laura’s extensive network of LP and GP relationships, combined with her unique insights into the dynamics of the European and US private equity market, is crucial to driving successful capital raising and helping managers grow and institutionalize their franchises.”
Prior to joining Asante in 2013, Ms. Leyland was an attorney at London-based Clifford Chance in its private funds group where she advised GPs on the establishment, fundraising, and operation of private equity, credit and infrastructure funds.
“I am honored to be named a partner at Asante and proud of all the work this exceptional group of private market professionals has accomplished over the past decade,” said Ms. Leyland. “It has been a privilege to work within a network of such highly regarded institutions across the globe. I look forward to continuing to support our GPs’ successful results and future growth ahead, as well as helping our LP network to source and partner with market leading GPs.”
“Laura’s deep industry expertise and unrivaled mentorship is invaluable to our clients and our colleagues,” added Fraser van Rensburg, a co-founder and managing partner at Asante. “Her close work with established and emerging managers helps our GP clients navigate the complexities of the fundraising market, raising their profiles within the broader investment community. We are excited for Laura’s continued contributions to the firm’s strategic global expansion.”
Asante specializes in GP advisory and fundraising support across primary, direct and secondary investments. Since its founding in 2010, the firm’s more than 70 professionals have advised on over $100 billion of private capital raisings from North American, European, Middle East and Asia-Pacific-based investors. Asante has offices in London, New York City, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Munich.
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