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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC (LLCP) is a middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California with locations across the United States and Europe. In 2021, the firm was named to GrowthCap's Top 25 Private Equity Firms for Growth Companies.
LLCP was founded in Los Angeles in 1984 by husband and wife Arthur E. Levine and Lauren B. Leichtman. The firm has nine partners and seventy-three employees, forty-one of which are dedicated investment professionals.
In its thirty-eight years, LLCP has managed approximately $12.9 billion of institutional capital across fifteen investment funds and has invested in over one hundred portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $9.2 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Charlotte, Miami, London, Stockholm, The Hague, and Frankfurt.
LLCP invests in various sectors, including franchising, business services, education, and engineered products, using a differentiated structured private equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. The firm uses this structure to provide a less dilutive solution for management teams and entrepreneurs while delivering growth and income with a significantly lower risk profile. LLCP invests with three dedicated platforms: Flagship Platforms, Lower Middle Market Platforms, and Europe Platforms.