Clearlake Capital Group is a global investment firm founded in 2006 that deploys integrated capital solutions across private equity and credit strategies. The firm operates with a flexible mandate to invest in both private and public opportunities across the capital structure, in debt or equity securities, maintaining consistent investment approach through multiple economic cycles.
The firm's value creation strategy centres on transformation and operational improvement in target companies. Clearlake targets market dislocations, out-of-favour industries, and companies in transition, leveraging its integrated platform approach to enhance financial performance. This positions the firm to capture value through systematic operational enhancement rather than financial engineering alone.
Clearlake's capital solutions span three primary platforms: private equity for direct equity deployment, Liquid Credit for public markets credit strategies, and Private Credit for direct lending to sponsor-backed companies globally. This integrated structure allows the firm to provide flexible capital across market conditions and enables coordinated value creation across debt and equity investments within portfolio companies.