Partners Group (USA)

Investment decisions are overseen by Cyril Amet, who serves as Chief Investment Officer globally, and David Layton, CEO. The North American team is led by regional heads who report into Amet. The firm's investment committee includes senior partners from each asset class (per Partners Group, 2024).

Partners Group uses a direct sourcing model that relies on its 200-plus investment professionals globally, operating through sector-focused industry clusters. The firm builds proprietary deal flow through relationships with management teams, advisors, and its own operational network. It does not rely on intermediaries for deal generation (per Partners Group, 2023).

Partners Group invests primarily through direct private equity, debt, real estate, and infrastructure investments. It also manages dedicated secondaries and co-investment funds. The firm broadly offers customized mandates for institutional clients, allowing participation in both direct deals and pooled vehicles (per Bloomberg, 2023).

The firm targets control-oriented buyouts and growth equity in mid-market companies across private equity. In private debt, it focuses on direct lending to mid-market borrowers. Real estate and infrastructure investments span value-add and core-plus strategies. Its secondaries business acquires portfolios of LP interests and direct assets.

Partners Group has not publicly stated explicit avoidance sectors, but its publicly disclosed portfolio concentrates on defensive, cash-flow generative industries including energy, business services, and healthcare. The firm avoids early-stage venture investments and start-up-stage companies given its mid-market focus (per Partners Group, 2023).

Partners Group (USA) Inc. is the wholly owned US subsidiary of Partners Group Holding AG, a publicly traded Swiss company (SIX: PGHN). The US entity operates as the North American investment and client-services arm, with full integration into the global investment committee and compensation structure.

Partners Group executes co-investments through its dedicated co-investment vehicles, primarily in private equity and infrastructure. These deals are sourced through its direct relationships and executed alongside its own portfolio companies. The firm does not typically participate in traditional fund-of-funds structures (per FT, 2023).