Tiger Infrastructure Partners launches in the US

3rd November 2009

Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a new US infrastructure private equity firm, has launched to take advantage of private mid-market opportunities in North America and Europe in the energy, power, water, waste, transportation and communications sectors.

Emil Henry Jr will lead the firm, having previously worked for Lehman Brothers as the global head of their infrastructure private equity business and as Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury before that.

Co-founder Julian Robertson, previously launched the hedge fund Tiger Management. Since returning capital to Tiger fund investors in 2000, Robertson has used his investment expertise to evaluate and back other firms, including those that invest in alternative assets.

Henry said, ‘There are many small and medium-sized infrastructure businesses that are outside the focus of larger infrastructure investors and strategic buyers. With the credit market dislocation and diminished role of debt capital providers, we believe many of these businesses’ growth prospects are constrained by their capital needs. We seek to fill that gap.’

Robertson added, ‘We see a long-term opportunity for investing in infrastructure projects on a global basis and believe the middle market is underserved and less competitive.‘

The members of Tiger Infrastructure Partners previously worked together under Henry’s leadership as members of Lehman Brothers’ infrastructure private equity business.

The investment team includes Leanne Bell, previously of GE Energy Financial Services; Marc Blair, previously of Lehman Brothers Private Equity and Natural Resources Group; Alessandro Boninsegna, previously of Lehman Brothers Private Equity; Pascal Casavecchia, previously of Lehman Brothers Private Equity and the Carlyle Group; and Adam Emmert, previously of Highstar Capital.

The firm has offices in New York and London.

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