Cerberus Business Finance (“CBF”) is a leading agent, direct lender, and originator of senior secured loans for large U.S. middle-market companies. With over $24 billion of investment capacity, including more than $18 billion of assets under management, CBF primarily provides financing solutions to private equity-sponsored companies in a wide variety of industries. Since its founding in 1995, CBF has completed loan transactions with over 1,000 borrowers and more than 265 private equity-sponsored clients, with the majority on a repeat basis.
Headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, and Chicago, CBF has approximately 75 dedicated investment and staff professionals, including fund finance, accounting and control, loan servicing, and legal personnel. Additionally, CBF benefits from synergies derived from of the broader Cerberus platform including: (i) the operating and technology professionals from Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company and Cerberus Technology Solution affiliates; (ii) robust industry experience and expertise; and (iii) new business cross-referrals from Cerberus’ investment platforms.
Cerberus Business Finance provides primarily first lien credit facility solutions to its private equity-sponsored clients and their portfolio companies of the following types:
Acquisition Financing Solutions
Acquisitions by private equity sponsors of new platform businesses and/or add-on acquisitions to existing platforms, often as part of “buy-and-build” strategies.
Growth Financing Solutions
Organic and acquisition-driven growth initiatives by private equity sponsors seeking to transform their portfolio companies.
Liquidity and Working Capital Financing Solutions
Capital for day-to-day and strategic operations, including in the form of revolving lines of credit and term loans.
Refinancing Solutions
Refinancings for companies that have outgrown the scale and sophistication of their existing lending relationships.
Recapitalization Solutions
Financings and refinancings for companies seeking to re-set their capital structures, often to better position them strategically and/or for growth.
Bridge Capital Solutions
Financings provided to companies seeking capital on a preliminary basis until a more permanent transaction is completed, including merger or acquisition, IPO, or other form of financing is secured.
$24b
Total investment capacity, including current diversified portfolio
75+
Dedicated professionals across six offices
265+
Private equity-sponsored clients
CBF AUM, as well as CBF’s total investment capacity, are as of June 30, 2022. References to solely CBF AUM (as opposed to total Cerberus AUM) represent the fair value of investment assets plus cash and therefore differ from the calculations of AUM of the CBF lending platform used for purposes of total Cerberus AUM. References to CBF investment capacity include both amounts already invested and additional amounts available for investment, including leverage. CBF AUM includes the Loan Opportunities Strategy and Senior Credit Strategy, in which the Cerberus PNC Senior Loan Fund, L.P. invests exclusively (four SMAs participate in both the Loan Opportunities and Senior Credit Strategies).
Note: Transaction and client figures as of June 30, 2022. HR data as of September 1, 2022, and there can be no assurances that any of these professionals will remain with the Firm.
