About OLP
Oak Lane approach
Oak Lane’s approach, while creative and flexible, is also calculated, systematic and, most of all, proven … over decades of experience and across industries, geographies and situations. Oak Lane’s team works hand-in-hand with management teams to achieve measurable, lasting change with demonstrable financial impact.
Value is not defined by price alone
Oak Lane crafts an optimal deal structure by formulaically balancing purchase consideration, capital investment requirements, timing urgency, management upside and embedded transaction risks.
Stability is more than strong financials.
Oak Lane institutes clear performance metrics, tracking systems, standardized cost measures, streamlined operational and financial processes and embedded focus on continuous improvement to ensure long-term stability.
Position for results, not exposure.
Oak Lane crafts an optimal deal structure by formulaically balancing purchase consideration, capital investment requirements, timing urgency, management upside and embedded transaction risks.
Growth beyond revenues creates upside.
Oak Lane crafts an optimal deal structure by formulaically balancing purchase consideration, capital investment requirements, timing urgency, management upside and embedded transaction risks.
Oak Lane focus
While industry-agnostic, Oak Lane’s focus is situation-specific.
Value is not defined by price alone
- Businesses requiring creative debt or equity capital to address
complex or urgent strategic, operational, financial or growth
challenges - Owners/Entrepreneurs desiring liquidity, creative succession
planning or a sale - Management teams needing strategic capital and experienced
partner to execute a recapitalization or buyout - Parent companies/institutional owners desiring to spin out, sell,
liquidate, or restructure non-core, under-resourced or
underperforming businesses - Shareholder groups desiring take-privates of public companies
- Out-of-Court or in-court restructurings, debt-to-equity
conversions, reorganizations or turnarounds
Stability is more than strong financials.
- Investment Size: Up to $50M equity
- Revenues: Up to $500M
- EBITDA: No minimum threshold
- Geography: North America
- Industry: All, including hard asset-working capital intensive
industries - Governance: Control or active involvement
Position for results, not exposure.
- Control and non-control equity investments
- Capital stack for spin-outs, carveouts or divestitures
- Asset or equity/loan portfolio purchases
- Senior, subordinated, bridge or mezzanine financing
- Working capital or cash alternatives
- Rescue, DIP and Exit Financing
- Secondary market purchase of debt, bonds or trade claims
Oak Lane edge
Overcoming business challenges, resolving complex situations and addressing suitable growth prospects requires more than just capital, it requires an experienced and proven partner.
Value is not defined by price alone
Oak Lane managers each investment individually and does not have defined holding periods, scripted exit scenarios, structure/size limitations or complex decision-making processes.
Stability is more than strong financials.
Oak Lane prides itself on innovatively structuring each investment to meet the needs of all stakeholders. While there may be temptation to force-fit every investment into a standardized template, Oak Lane exhausts its debt and equity expertise to craft the "deal" that best fits the situation and dynamics.
Position for results, not exposure.
Oak Lane's proven operators possess deep industry experience, operational expertise, functional capabilities and financial intelligence.
Growth beyond revenues creates upside.
With decades of experience leading large companies and advising
smaller innovative enterprises, Oak Lane's Partners and Advisors have built strong and vast business, commercial, political and social
networks that they actively access to help each portfolio company advance its strategic objectives.
smaller innovative enterprises, Oak Lane's Partners and Advisors have built strong and vast business, commercial, political and social
networks that they actively access to help each portfolio company advance its strategic objectives.
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