Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Announces Key Firm Promotions

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (“LLCP”), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, today announced that Josh Kaufman has been named a Partner of the firm, effective January 1, 2024. Josh will also continue in his role as the Head of the firm’s European business.

LLCP also announced the promotions of seven members of its Investment Management and Originations teams:

Debbie Habib, Michael Knapp, and Adam McKean have been promoted to Managing Director.
Jay Berajawala has been promoted to Director.
Oliver Demaine, Zak Ibnatik and Cole Sterrett have been promoted to Senior Associate.

“We are thrilled to welcome Josh Kaufman to the partnership,” commented LLCP Managing Partner Mike Weinberg. “Josh has played a key role in leading and growing LLCP’s European platform and has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership skills managing the European Investment Team. We look forward to his continued contributions and success.”

Matthew Frankel, Managing Partner of LLCP, added, “We are pleased to congratulate Debbie, Michael, Adam, Jay, Oliver, Zak, and Cole on their well-deserved promotions. As we celebrate another outstanding year at LLCP, we are proud to recognize their hard work and appreciate the meaningful impact these talented individuals will continue to make in our firm’s success.”

Full bios of the professionals being promoted can be viewed here: llcp.com/team

About Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a middle-market private equity firm with a 39-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including Franchising & Multi-unit, Business Services, Education & Training and Engineered Products & Manufacturing. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP believes that by investing in a combination of debt and equity securities, it offers management teams growth capital in a highly tailored, flexible investment structure that can be a more attractive alternative than traditional private equity.

LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by nine partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 19 years. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $14.1 billion of institutional capital across 15 investment funds and has invested in over 100 portfolio companies. LLCP currently manages $10.2 billion of assets and has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Charlotte, Miami, London, Stockholm, The Hague and Frankfurt.