ABOUT
The experience behind every engagement.
Soleo Partners is led by Ben James, who brings first-hand fund finance experience to sponsors and their financing objectives.
SOLEO PARTNERS
An independent fund finance advisory firm.
We work with financial sponsors to structure and arrange facilities across the full suite of fund finance solutions, from strategic advice to negotiation, execution and life after close.
Each engagement is shaped around our client’s objectives, from the structure of the financing to the choice of lenders.
WHO LEADS
Ben James
Founder & Managing Director
Ben has more than fifteen years industry experience, both from a lending and advisory perspective. He began his career at Barclays working in the London and New York fund finance teams, founded the Deloitte Fund Finance Advisory team and structured complex financing solutions for sponsors at NatWest Markets.
He then built out the tech-enabled fund finance offering at Alpha Group as a Partner, and most recently covered European sponsors as a senior lender at J.P. Morgan.
EXPERIENCE
A career built in fund finance.
Barclays
Fund finance in London and New York.
Deloitte
Leveraged finance advisory and founded Fund Finance Advisory.
NatWest Markets
Structured lending in the UK, Europe and the U.S.
Alpha Group
Led the tech-enabled fund finance offering as Partner.
J.P. Morgan
Covered European sponsors as senior lender.
Soleo Partners
Founded the firm as Managing Director.
WHY IT MATTERS
Having worked on the lending side, Ben understands how a lender will assess your financing requirement, where there is flexibility and what is achievable.
That understanding guides the process with the lenders you select, and how your requirement is best positioned.