Lion Capital is a consumer-focused investment firm that seeks to make control investments in mid and large-sized, consumer-oriented businesses in Europe and North America. The Firm aims to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns through the application of deep investment and operating expertise in the consumer sector. Lion’s senior team has over 200 years of collective experience investing in and operating consumer businesses, providing an effective base from which to lead successful investments in the industry.  Our focus on the consumer sector differentiates us from other investment firms and gives us a number of advantages in our pursuit of value-creation strategies in the companies in which we invest.

Within Lion Capital’s partnership are long-standing professional relationships that extend back over seventeen years in some cases, and certain of the Lion Partners have been investing in Europe since the early 1990s. Over this time, Lion’s Partners have led the investment of over €4.5 billion in companies representing €17 billion of enterprise value. Lion Capital is currently managing two active pools of investment capital: Lion Capital Fund I (formed in 2004) and Lion Capital Fund II (formed in 2007), which combined give Lion over €2.8 billion of assets under management.