“We typically invest as a significant limited partner and often serve as an advisory board member.”
Investment Criteria
Company Size (EBITDA)
Average Fund Commitment
Average Equity Co-investment
$10 mm - $100 mm
$30 mm - $75 mm
$10 mm - $100 mm
Disciplined Investment Focus:
We take a differentiated approach to sponsor relationships, specifically targeting those that seek value added partners and support for portfolio company financing needs. We employ a deliberate process to evaluate and underwrite fund investments, typically spanning three to eight weeks.
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Initial vetting & structuring
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Early assessment
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Full due diligence
Recent Equity Solution Transactions
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Medicus
Medicus
Investor
- Equity
Ridgemont Equity Partners / Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company
May 2024
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Armstrong Transport Group
Armstrong Transport Group
Lender
- Structured Capital
- Subordinated Note
Carousel Capital
May 2024
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All Star Healthcare Solutions
All Star Healthcare Solutions
Investor
- Preferred Equity
Knox Lane
May 2024
News & Press
Private Capital with Joe Reilly
New York, July 7th, 2024 – Ken Kencel is the President & CEO of Churchill Asset Management, a $50 billion dollar platform serving over 700 institutional clients. He shared valuable insights on the growing private credit market, the evolution of the industry, his first job at Drexel, working at Carlyle and then going out on his own to start Churchill from scratch. We also discuss the nuances of the art of the covenent and finish with Ken’s desert island discs.
Churchill’s Nick Lawler Recognized as an Emerging Leader by The M&A Advisor
New York, NY – June 24, 2024 – Churchill Asset Management, an investment specialist of Nuveen that provides customized financing solutions to U.S. middle-market focused private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, announced that Nick Lawler, Managing Director and Head of Secondaries, is among the recipients of The M&A Advisor’s 15th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards.
Ken on Bloomberg TV with Sonali
New York, June 17th, 2024 – President & CEO Ken Kencel joined Sonali Basak on Bloomberg’s The Close to discuss how the higher-for-longer interest rate environment is leading to a dispersion in performance among private credit managers.