SVP Strategic Value Partners

SVP Strategic Value Partners is a global investment firm specializing in opportunistic credit and private equity opportunities across North America and Europe. With roots in distressed investing, the firm employs a flexible strategy that spans private debt, event-driven transactions, hard assets such as real estate, infrastructure, airplanes, and power plants, as well as special situations private equity. The firm leverages direct sourcing, financial analysis, and operational expertise to unlock value in complex and distressed scenarios, maintaining control or significant influence over 18 businesses that collectively employ more than 90,000 people. Its platform includes closed-end strategies like special situations targeting senior debt in financially distressed but fundamentally sound mid-market companies, and capital solutions with broad mandates for mezzanine financings, restructurings, and control investments.

Founded in 2001 by Victor Khosla, a seasoned financial executive, SVP Strategic Value Partners began with a focus on distressed debt and has evolved into a market leader in private credit over two decades. Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, the firm established a presence in London in 2004 and expanded to offices in New York and Tokyo, operating across three continents. This global footprint supports its opportunistic approach, pivoting capital deployment as market opportunities shift throughout the credit cycle, with a commitment to responsible investing principles.

SVP has made notable investments in diverse sectors, including APCOA, Europe's leading parking operator; Vita Group, a foam manufacturer; Deucalion Aviation, managing over 180 aircraft; IPC, a financial communications provider; Associated Materials, a siding and windows manufacturer; Klöckner Pentaplast, a packaging producer; SH 130 Concession Company, a Texas toll road; GenOn, a power producer; and Washington Prime Group, a retail REIT. Recent activities include co-leading a €600m investment in Celsa, providing €465m financing for Uvesco with Hayfin, demonstrating ongoing engagement in high-profile deals.

The firm boasts a team of over 200 professionals, including investment experts, business development executives, operating partners, and an advisory council of former senior bank executives and chairpersons. Key figures include Victor Khosla as founder, alongside recent additions like Managing Directors Aleka Bhutiani as Head of Communications and Brand, and Timo Koch and Ahmed Khan leading Structured Capital in Europe, underscoring deep expertise in distressed investing, asset management, and operational turnarounds.