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Private Capital Advisory

Capital advisory for situations traditional financing won't touch.

US LOWER & MID-MARKET · $10M – $150M ENTERPRISE VALUE · LONDON-BASED

We help business owners, shareholders and their advisers structure and secure financing when the usual routes are too slow, too rigid, or simply say no — acquisition finance, refinancing, structured capital and shareholder liquidity.

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What We Do
Four ways we solve a capital problem.

Debt, structured capital or a mix of both — the solution follows the situation, not the other way round.

Acquisition & Growth Finance

Debt and structured capital to fund acquisitions, buy-outs and growth needs — including club deals across multiple lenders where a single check size isn't enough.

Refinancing & Recapitalisation

Replacing maturing, mispriced or overly restrictive debt; resolving covenant pressure; releasing equity value ahead of a liquidity event.

Structured & Special Situations Capital

Mezzanine and debt-like structured facilities, asset-based lending and sale-leaseback — for situations that fall outside conventional bank credit boxes. Where a solution has an equity component, we advise on structure but do not arrange or place the equity itself.

Shareholder Liquidity

Partial or full buy-outs and introductions to strategic or financial investors, for owners seeking liquidity without a full sale process.

We would rather tell you no in a week than let you find out in month four.

Selected Mandates
Situations we've been mandated on.
Real Estate · Continental Europe
€500m+
Retained to place institutional equity and structure senior debt for a large mixed-use development against a nine-figure equity requirement.
Advisory mandate · Confidential
Business Services · Northern Europe
€40m EV
Part of the acquiring consortium on a leveraged buyout; led vendor negotiations and placed acquisition debt with US lenders against the company's receivables book.
Buy-side mandate · Confidential
Mixed-Use Real Estate · Southeast Europe
$250m
Led a group in a land-concession loan, arranging US debt financing to secure development rights for a stadium-anchored mixed-use redevelopment.
Principal mandate · Confidential
Structured Capital · United States
$1bn
Structured, in joint venture with a US-based partner, a hybrid bond framework for a blind-pool vehicle across diverse project types, carrying a $250m minimum raise.
Principal mandate · Confidential
Real Estate · South East England
£500m+
Worked as principal, in joint venture with a US-based partner, placing debt financing for a major mixed-use development in a South East England conurbation.
Principal mandate · Confidential
Infrastructure PPP · Eastern Europe
Multi-site PPP
Structuring local government and private-sector partnerships for a multi-site infrastructure PPP programme, in joint venture with a US-based partner leading debt and equity financing.
Structuring mandate · Confidential
How We Work
Three stages. Nothing hidden until it matters.

Every stage is disclosed in writing before it begins — including what it costs.

I

Assess

A short, paid assessment before any commitment. We tell you plainly whether financing is achievable, and on what basis — usually within ten business days.

II

Engage

If it's achievable, we structure the solution, prepare the materials, and approach the capital providers best suited to your situation directly.

III

Close

We negotiate terms, coordinate diligence, and see the transaction through to funding.

Who We Work With
A short, honest list of what fits.
Situations
Where the usual answer was no.
  • Turned down or under-served by a bank or standard lender
  • Time-pressured — a normal process won't move fast enough
  • Complex or unusual collateral, structure or ownership
  • Distressed or transitional — refinancing, buy-outs, recapitalisation
Profile
US-based, $10m–$150m.
  • Enterprise value roughly $10m to $150m
  • US-headquartered businesses and transactions
  • Owners, shareholders and their professional advisers
  • Referred or direct — a conversation costs nothing
The Firm
Principal-led, and deliberately low-profile.

We work quietly, by design. The people who need to know who we are already do — reached through the lenders, sponsors and advisers we transact with.

Experience

Senior, and hands-on

The principals have led special-situations financings and complex capital structures across the US, UK and Europe. You deal with them directly, not an associate.

Discretion

Confidential by default

Special situations are sensitive. We keep principals, counterparties and mandates private, and share detail only where there is a reason and a mutual NDA. Here, discretion isn't a courtesy — it's the work.

Reach

Connected to real capital

We work alongside institutional lenders, credit funds and sponsors across the US, UK and Europe — so a situation that stands up gets in front of capital that can actually move on it.

Where We Operate
US-primary. UK & EU by relationship.

We assess each situation on its own merits and only advance mandates where we believe a workable path exists — US-primary, with genuine UK and European relationships for the situations that call for them.

Primary

United States

The core of what we do — US lower and mid-market situations, $10m to $150m enterprise value, sourced through our originator network and direct relationships.

Secondary

United Kingdom & Europe

Based in London, we hold genuine relationships across the UK and European market and take on situations selectively through them — not a separately marketed line, but not overlooked either.

Questions
The things people ask first.
Because a real answer takes real work. The £7,500 Assessment buys a written, five-to-ten business day view on whether your situation is fundable and on what terms — not a sales call. It also means the people who apply are serious, which is fairer to everyone's time. If we're later engaged on the situation, the Assessment fee is deducted from our engagement fee. The first conversation, to decide whether an assessment is even worth it, costs nothing.
Mostly debt and debt-like structured capital — mezzanine, asset-based facilities, sale-leaseback, and combinations of them. Where a solution needs an equity component we'll advise on structure, but we don't arrange or place the equity itself; that's handled by suitably authorised firms.
Third Capital is a private capital advisory firm. It is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, nor registered with the SEC or FINRA. Where a transaction requires a regulated activity, we work with suitably authorised third-party firms, and nothing we publish is an offer or a commitment to provide finance.
The core of our work is US lower and mid-market — that's where the situations and our originator relationships are. Being in London reflects where the principals and part of the capital network sit, and gives us genuine reach into UK and European situations when one calls for it. Capital travels; the mandate is what matters.
Entirely. We treat identities, materials and the fact of a conversation as confidential from the first email, and we're glad to work under a mutual NDA. It's the reason you won't find client names or transaction specifics anywhere on this site.
We read every application ourselves and come back to you personally, usually within one business day, to say whether it looks like a fit. If it does, the next step is the paid Assessment. If it isn't, we'll tell you plainly — and where we can, point you somewhere better suited.

A hard capital problem is easier with the right first call.

No obligation, no cost, no sales process for that first call — just a straight conversation about whether we can help.

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