The private equity alternative asset class provides clients with an attractive opportunity to diversify large traditional portfolios and pursue an absolute return strategy. Naturally, investments in private equity are most suitable for those clients with a relatively long-term investment horizon (five to ten years). Their team has been active in private equity investments since the late 1980s and has since made numerous investments across geographies, industries, instruments and funds. Their team of specialists works with listed and unlisted companies in both Switzerland and Europe as well as business owners (families, entrepreneurs, investors). They advise on and execute transactions, offering the full range of corporate finance services in the following areas: Mergers & acquisitions, Equity capital market transactions, and Debt Advisory. © LODH Private Equity AG