Firm Overview
Lone Star Funds, founded in 1995, is an investment firm that specializes in distressed debt and private equity products.
The firm has more than $24 billion in private equity invested, and over 900 completed transactions on record with a total purchase price of over $61 billion. Based in Dallas, Texas, the firm has affiliate offices in Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Tokyo, Brussels, and Dublin.
Lone Star acquisitions typically include distressed assets such as commercial real estate, consumer debt, corporate debt, residential debt products, and banks or other asset-rich businesses in need of rationalization. Management of acquired assets is performed by Hudson Advisors, a company controlled by Lone Star principals and headquartered in Dallas, with approximately 850 professionals worldwide and branch offices in New York, Montreal, San Juan, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Luxembourg, Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam and Tokyo.
Hudson Advisors, under the direction of Lone Star Funds and acting exclusively on their behalf, provides loan servicing and asset management services to companies and products held by Lone Star, including underwriting, tax compliance, due diligence and valuation, information technology and systems support, and risk management.
The holdings of Lone Star Funds include or have included well-known companies such as the grocery store chain Bi-Lo, Shoney’s Restaurant, Korea Exchange Bank, and the home lending division of CIT Group.
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