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Linzor Capital Partners is a leading mid-sized asset manager focused on Latin America. The firm was founded in 2006 by Tim Purcell, Alfredo Irigoin and Carlos Ingham, all veterans in the Latin American financial markets.

Private Equity

Linzor’s private equity investing targets middle market companies in the region with primary focus on Chile, México, Argentina, Colombia and Perú. The firm operates out of four local offices in Santiago, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Bogotá. The Partners are all locals in their respective markets, have complementary skills, and benefit from extensive networks within the Latin American business community. In aggregate, the five Partners have more than 100 years of combined experience in the Latin American investment and financial markets. In 2000, Tim Purcell and Alfredo Irigoin founded J.P. Morgan Partners Latin America, L.P. (“JPMPLA”), one of the leading private equity funds in the region. Additionally, Tim Purcell was responsible for J.P. Morgan Capital Corporation’s Latin American private equity portfolio from 1996 to 2005. Carlos Ingham was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan for approximately nineteen years where he was the Senior Country Officer responsible for the bank's activities in the Southern Cone, including Argentina, Chile, Perú and Uruguay. Prior to joining Linzor as Partners in 2010, Carlos Gomez and Cipriano Santisteban founded and managed Palmfund, a regional private equity fund. The Partners’ substantial track record includes strong returns on investments totaling over $735 million in 40 Latin American transactions across 10 industries.

Linzor currently has two private equity funds. LCP I was raised in 2006 with $181.5 million of committed capital, and currently includes investments in the retail, healthcare, education and financial sectors. In June 2011, Linzor closed its second fund (LCP II) for a total of $465 million.

In December 2010, the Financial Times and Mergermarket Group awarded Linzor the distinction of Private Equity Firm of the Year in the category “Latin America (excluding Mexico/Brazil)"

Asset Management

Canio Corbo and Tomás Hurtado, two former executives of Compass Group, joined Linzor Capital Partners in 2008 in order to raise and manage our Absolute and Total Return funds. Linzor’s Asset Management Group currently manages approximately $150 million in hedge funds.  The absolute return strategy is managed through two different vehicles, the onshore vehicle based in Santiago Chile denominated in Chilean Pesos and the offshore vehicle based in the Cayman Islands denominated in US Dollars.