Terra Firma Capital Partners
Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. (TFCP) is a leading U.K.-based private equity firm. Financier Guy Hands founded the firm in 2002 through the spin-off of Nomura Principal Finance Group. The firm, which traces its roots to the formation of its predecessor in 1994, has invested over €14 billion since inception.
Terra Firma invests across a range of sectors and has focused on leveraged buyouts of large, asset-rich businesses, often with complex structural or regulatory issues. The firm often targets under-performing businesses in need of strategic, operational or management change.
Terra Firma is headquartered in London with offices in Frankfurt, Guernsey and Beijing. It has a staff of over 100 employees.
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