Private Equity International Awards 2017

This article was originally published on Private Equity International in 2017.

PLACEMENT AGENT OF THE YEAR IN ASIA

1. Eaton Partners
2. Campbell Lutyens
3. MVision

With LPs scrutinizing commitments like never before, closing five funds in Asia with aggregate capital of over $3.6 billion – all of which hit the hard-cap or were oversubscribed in less than a year – is no mean feat. Eaton has been pivotal in getting the fundraises done but what’s important to highlight is the range and diversity of its investment funds – from early stage through buyouts, to country-specific sector specialists, to pan-Asia. Chris Lerner, global partner and head of Asia for Eaton, calls 2017 the firm’s “best year in Asia in which the firm focused on a limited number of high conviction ideas”.

The Connecticut-based firm also celebrated its first decade in Asia in 2017, having raised over $10 billion for clients in the region since 2007 – a worthy winner for our placement agent of the year category.